Clark R. Nielsen

Practice Areas: Family Law; Domestic Law; Juvenile Court; Real Property, General, Wills, Trusts & Estates; Appeals—Utah Supreme Court and Court of Appeals.

Admitted: Utah Supreme Court, Utah: 1976 - United States District Court: 1976 - United States Supreme Court: 1981 - United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals: 1989

Biography: Mr. Nielsen received his Juris Doctor degree from BYU’s J. Reuben Clark Law School in its first graduating class in 1976. He entered law practice in 1976 in a general civil trial practice and appellate work before the Utah Supreme Court and the Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. In 1978, Mr. Nielsen specialized in appellate matters for all firm clients, including appeals from final judgments, interlocutory matters, petitions for certiorari to the higher appellate courts, and extraordinary writs. He was admitted to the United States Supreme Court Bar in 1981.

In June 1985 he left law practice and accepted the position as a Utah Supreme Court staff attorney. In 1987 he was assigned to assist in the organization and start-up of the Utah Court of Appeals. He returned to private practice in December 1991, specializing in appellate practice and serving as a member of the Utah Supreme Court’s Appellate Rules Committee and the Utah Bar Appellate Section Chair. He has also developed extensive expertise in family law matters and real estate sales transactions.