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Clayton A. Simms

Clayton Simms

Clayton A. Simms, LLC
39 Exchange Place, Suite 100
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Contact Contact Clayton A. Simms
T: 801-359-0404
F: 801-534-1948

Visit: www.saltlakecriminaldefense.com
Practice areas: Criminal Defense (100%)

Selected to:

Mountain States Super Lawyers 2009

About Clayton Simms

Admitted: 1998, Utah

Professional Webpage: www.claytonsimms.com/main/about

Honors and Awards: Lawyer of the Year, Utah Minority Bar Association, 2008, Business Magazine Legal Elite In Criminal Law, 2008, Business Magazine Legal Elite In Criminal Law, 2007, Business Magazine Legal Elite In Criminal Law, 2006, Business Magazine Legal Elite In Criminal Law, 2005, Business Magazine Legal Elite In Criminal Law, 2004
Bar/Professional Activity: Fellow, American Board of Criminal Lawyers, Member, Utah Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1999-Present, Utah Supreme Court Committee on Professionalism, 2004-Present, President, Utah Minority Bar Association, 2001-2002, Co-vice chair, Utah State Bar Criminal Law Section, 2004-2006, Ex-Officio Member, Utah State Bar Commission, 2002-2004, Voting Member, Utah Bail Bond Board, 2007-Present, Litigation Exec. Committee, Utah State Bar Association, 2002-2004, Member, New Lawyer CLE Committee, 1999-2003, David K. Watkiss, Inn of Courts, 2003-Present
Pro bono/Community Service: Attorney Volunteer, Court Alternative Treatment Program, 1999 - 2003
Scholarly Lectures and Writings: Guest Speaker, Reality Town Career Day, Union Middle School, 2005, Panelist, The Places You'll Go, Utah State Bar, 2005, Guest Speaker, Law & Government Class/ Workplace Mentor Program, Salt Lake City Mayor's Office, 2005, Brown v. Board of Education, 50 Years Later, Salt Lake City Library, 2004, Panelist, Brown v. Board of Education, With All Deliberate Speed, University of Utah, 2004, Forum Panelist, Freedom From Gun Violence, Salt Lake City Freedom Forum, 2004, Guest Lecturer, Criminal Law and Illegal Searches & Seizures, BYU, J. Ruben Clark School of Law (Professor Margueritte Driessen), 2004, Guest Lecturer, Fourth Amendment, Searches and Seizures, Brigham Young University, 2003, Presenter, Open House: How to get into Law School, Brigham Young University J. Ruben Clark School of Law, 2003, Lecturer, Basics on Criminal Law, Utah State Bar New Lawyer CLE, 2003, Presenter, Racial Profiling, University of Utah, MECFIA Conference, 2003, Presenter, Pledge for Racial and Ethnic Diversity for Utah's Legal Employers, Racial and Ethnic Task Force Committee, 2002, Presenter, I Fought the Law and I Won, DUI Defense, Utah State Bar New Lawyer CLE, 2001
Educational Background: University of Houston, Bachelor of Business Administration, 1993
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