Steven H. Stewart

Practice Areas: Construction, Real Estate, Business, Personal Injury, and Administrative Law.

Admitted: Utah Supreme Court, 1971; United States District Court for the District of Utah, 1971; Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1974; United States Supreme Court, 2001.

Biography: Mr. Stewart graduated from the University of Utah College of Law in 1971. Immediately after graduation, he entered private law practice with a firm which represented a major financial institution. Mr. Stewart has also represented owners, general contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers in construction disputes. He served as Chair of the Construction Law Section of the Utah State Bar and is the author of an article entitled “What Do You Do When Site Conditions Differ from Plans and Specifications,” National Business Institute Seminar, 1992.

In September of 1993, Mr. Stewart left private practice to become the Director of the Real Estate Division in the Utah Department of Commerce, where he supervised the licensing and regulation of real estate brokers, agents, and appraisers. In September of 1995, he became the Executive Director of the Utah Judicial Conduct Commission, an eleven-member agency charged with investigating and resolving ethics complaints against judges.

For 20 years, Mr. Stewart served as Justice Court Judge for the Town of Alta, Utah. He also served as a member of the Utah Citizens Advisory Council on Alcoholic Beverage Control and has been a presenter in seminars on construction law, real estate law, and judicial ethics.