Jeffrey N. Starkey

Shareholder
St. George Office
Main: 435.674.0400
Direct: 435.986.7613
jstarkey@djplaw.com

Mr. Starkey is the past Chair of the firm's Real Estate and Banking Section. His practice focuses on real estate, development, and litigation. His litigation experience has ranged from representation of Japanese clients in a federal intellectual property lawsuit involving trade secret, Lanham Act, and related intellectual property issues to representation of local municipalities in state and federal courts. He has argued in front of appellate courts in both Utah and Nevada.

He currently acts as city attorney for the fastest growing municipality in the consistently fastest growing county in Utah (also one of the fastest growing counties in the nation for many years). That representation has involved issues ranging from intellectual property issues to electrical power ownership to all categories of real estate development and zoning matters. Governmental representation has included litigation in both state and federal courts, involving land use, eminent domain, development, employment, and constitutional claims.

Mr. Starkey has represented one of Fortune magazine's 400 wealthiest individuals and her related significant land holdings and business entities in Utah for the past 15 years. He has consistently represented some of the largest landowners in Southern Utah for all legal areas of importance, ranging from zoning and entitlements to master project development (including planned development formation, documentation and operation for residential, gated, commercial and industrial parcels).

PRACTICE AREAS

Real Estate

  • Land Use & Zoning
  • Lending
  • Real Estate Development

Litigation

  • Commercial Litigation

Aviation & Transportation Law

Government

EDUCATION

Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School - J.D. (1988)
Utah State University - B.S., Finance (1983)
Weber State University - A.S., with honors (1981)

  • Phi Sigma Alpha, Omicron Delta Epsilon

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ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

  • Utah
  • All State and Federal Courts in Utah
  • Nevada

INDUSTRIES

  • Government
  • Technology

ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES

  • German

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES

  • Presenter and Facilitator, Washington County Economic Summit
  • Member, Southern Utah Bar Association
  • Member, Utah Municipal Attorneys Association
  • Member, Washington County Economic Summit Committee
  • Chair, Red Cross Blood Drive
  • Coach, Local Youth Soccer and Basketball

PUBLICATIONS

  • Heideman v. Washington City, 155 P.3d 900 (Utah Ct. App. 2007)
  • Blackburn v. Washington City, 101 P.3d 391 (Utah Ct. App. 2004)

PRESENTATIONS

  • "Navigating Legal Potholes in a Recession Economy," Washington County Economic Summit, January 2010

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