David W. Tufts

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Salt Lake City Office
Main: 801.415.3000
Direct: 801.297.1172
dtufts@djplaw.com

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David W. Tufts is an experienced trial attorney who has handled a wide array of business litigation matters, including state and federal trials as first chair and appeals before the Utah Supreme Court and Court of Appeals.

Mr. Tufts has enjoyed the privilege of serving as an advocate in the courtroom on behalf of his clients' business interests for more than 15 years. In so doing, Mr. Tufts has acquired substantive legal expertise and practical courtroom experience applying the rules of law to a broad array of commercial and business matters. This includes such areas as contract disputes, enforcement of security interests in real and personal property, defending allegations of commercial fraud, securities fraud, and defamation, enforcement of intellectual property rights, unfair competition, unjust enrichment, technology disputes, construction matters, mechanics liens enforcement, employment disputes, and real property matters. In addition to trial work, Mr. Tufts has significant experience in successfully obtaining pre-judgment relief and related remedies, including obtaining summary judgments for clients, writs of replevin, writs of attachment, and preliminary injunctions.

Mr. Tufts joined DJP in 1999 after spending the first four years of his practice training as a litigation associate in the Los Angeles office of a nationally ranked 700+ lawyer law firm. Although he spends most of his time in Utah courtrooms, Mr. Tufts continues to actively litigate cases pending in California's state and federal courts. For Utah-based clients who are being sued in California this has proven to be a cost-effective way to handle disputes that arise from interstate commercial activities. Mr. Tufts has successfully obtained dismissals of Utah clients who have been improperly sued in California.

Mr. Tufts has twice been nominated by his peers as one of Utah Business magazine's "Legal Elite" in the area of Business Litigation. Recently, based upon the recommendation of the Supreme Court's Committee on Professionalism, the Utah Supreme Court appointed Mr. Tufts to serve as a mentor for the New Lawyer Training Program during its 2010 inaugural year.

Mr. Tufts is active in community service and in pro bono matters. He currently serves as a Unit Commissioner for the Boy Scouts of America. In 2006 the Utah Supreme Court appointed Mr. Tufts to serve as Judge Pro Tempore in the Small Claims Division of the Second District Court, Layton, Utah. In this capacity, Mr. Tufts sits as judge once a month. He has decided more than 70 small claims trials since 2006.

Within the firm, Mr. Tufts serves as Chairman of DJP's Recruiting Committee. He is the past Chairman of the firm's Associate Development Committee.

PRACTICE AREAS

Litigation

• Commercial Litigation
• Appellate Practice

EDUCATION

Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School - J.D. (1995)

• Executive Editor, Brigham Young University Law Review
• Best Brief, Western Region, Giles Sutherland Rich Moot Court Competition (1995)
• President, Student Chapter, American Intellectual Property Law Association (1994–1995)

Brigham Young University - B.S., Civil Engineering (1992)

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