Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, INDUSTRY NEWS: Reyes appointed Utah Attorney General, (Dec 27, 2013)
Organizations Mentioned:Accelerate Ventures, LLC | Brigham Young University | Parsons Behle & Latimer, PLC | University of California
Sean D. Reyes has been appointed by Governor Gary R. Herbert to serve as Attorney General of Utah through 2014, according to a December 23 announcement. He is replacing John Swallow, who resigned on November 21, in the wake of federal and state investigations into alleged improprieties.
A prominent Utah litigator, Reyes ran for the attorney general nomination in the Republican primary in 2012, losing to Swallow. For 14 years, he served as an attorney and litigation partner with Parsons Behle & Latimer, before starting Reyes Legal Management and becoming a partner in Accelerate Ventures, overseeing legal strategy and execution for venture funds.
He has litigated some of Utah’s largest and most high-profile cases, and has appellate experience in the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Utah Supreme Court, and the U.S. Supreme Court, according the Attorney General’s office. A graduate of Brigham Young University (B.A., English) and the University of California Boalt Hall School of Law (J.D.), Reyes has served as an ex officio member of the State Bar Commission and has received Outstanding Young Lawyer awards from both the American Bar Association and the Utah State Bar.
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