Utah Lawyers

Criminal Defense Law

2300 W 4805 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84129, USA

Area of Practice: Family Law & Criminal Law Laura J. Fuller is an experienced trial attorney licensed in both Utah and California. Since beginning her legal career in 2008, she has represented clients in hundreds of criminal and family law matters, earning a reputation as a dedicated advocate who combines meticulous preparation with genuine compassion for the people she serves. Laura has extensive courtroom experience handling felony and misdemeanor criminal cases, including serious violent offenses, drug crimes, domestic violence cases, and sex offense allegations. She has also represented clients in a broad range of family law matters, including divorce, custody disputes, paternity actions, modifications, protective orders, adoptions, grandparent rights, and enforcement proceedings. Throughout her career, she has successfully resolved cases through negotiation, mediation, motion practice, and trial. Before returning to private practice, Laura served as a public defender, where she managed a demanding felony caseload and represented individuals facing some of the most serious charges under Utah law. Her experience includes multiple jury trials, significant motion practice, successful suppression motions, felony dismissals, and not guilty verdicts. She understands that every case has the power to change a person’s life and approaches each client with the preparation and determination their case deserves. Clients consistently praise Laura for being responsive, compassionate, and relentless in protecting their interests. Many describe her as an attorney who truly listens, communicates clearly, and never stops fighting for the best possible outcome. Her commitment to treating every client with dignity and respect has earned her numerous five-star reviews and recognition through the 2026 Avvo Client’s Choice Award. Laura believes that effective representation requires more than legal knowledge—it requires trust. She takes the time to educate clients about their options, develop practical strategies, and stand beside them through every stage of the legal process. Whether defending constitutional rights in a criminal case or helping families navigate difficult transitions, Laura is committed to providing skilled, honest, and client-centered representation. When clients hire Laura Fuller, they gain an attorney who prepares thoroughly, advocates fearlessly, and genuinely cares about achieving the best possible result.

Intellectual Property Law

1580 Crestmont Way, Kaysville, UT 84037, USA

Levi Brown’s practice involves the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the computer, electrical, and mechanical arts and related strategic counseling. Mr. Brown has been registered as a Patent Agent since 2014 and currently practices before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Brown joined Workman Nydegger in 2015 as a law clerk. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Brown worked as an electrical engineer for the Bechtel Marine Propulsion Corporation (formerly Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory). There, he assisted in the development of a system-wide calibration program and designed a series of programs to automatically calibrate a large amount of equipment. He also designed various data acquisition systems to extract and synthesize test data. During law school, he initially served as an associate editor for the Penn State Law Review. Later, he became a member of the managing editorial board.

Personal Injury Law

67 S Main St ste 100, Layton, UT 84041, USA

Matt has stood toe-to-toe with corporations, trucking companies, hospitals, doctors, schools, nursing homes and care facilities, drivers, and government entities throughout his career to effectuate change. When wrongdoers violate safety rules and then run from accountability or try to escape responsibility for their actions Matt forces accountability; forcing these wrongdoers to pay the full and fair compensation in order make the injured party whole; forcing the wrongdoers to change behavior, policies, procedures, and practices in order to prevent reoccurrence of the bad act making our communities safer for all of us.

Corporate and Transactional Law

10212 Royal Meadows Ct, South Jordan, UT 84095, USA

Medical Malpractice Law

36 South State Street, Ste. 2400, Salt Lake City, UT 84111

One of the nation’s most distinguished and active trial lawyers, Michael Worel has developed a significant record in both the number of cases and the size of jury awards and settlements for catastrophic personal injury and medical malpractice throughout his long career as a lawyer, most recently within the last decade at Dewsnup King Olsen Worel Havas. One of the most highly recognized referral attorneys sought by colleagues across the country, Mr. Worel, along with co-counsels, has amassed many successful major verdicts, including a record $11.2 million award in Utah for a medical malpractice case on behalf of a man seriously injured during a non-indicated brain surgery. In 2014, along with co-counsels, he won for his client a record-setting arbitration award in a medical malpractice case regarding a sciatic injury that occurred during a lithotripsy procedure. With meticulous precision, he evaluates the underlying events of each case. He proceeds with a medical malpractice case only when it has been supported by highly qualified experts. He recognizes that the defendants in the cases he handles rely on the enormous resources of their insurers that will aggressively defend cases even when there is no merit. Despite the financial resources of the insurance companies supporting the defendants, he has continued to achieve success at trial due to his commitment to justice and his clients. Worel has been the lead attorney in many major cases, including a 2018 jury verdict in Utah for a woman with CO poisoning from a car she purchased, a 2014 jury verdict in Mobile, Alabama resulting in a $4 million award for a part time farm worker severely injured by an auger while digging post holes. Other major verdicts include $3.1 million in Utah for a wife and two daughters following the death of their husband and father in a trucking accident case and a $1.4 million verdict for a Cache County, Utah, family regarding the wrongful death of their wife and mother due to a surgeon’s negligence during and after a hernia repair. Licensed to practice in state and federal courts in Utah, Alabama and Georgia, he obtained a verdict of $1.6 million for a turkey farmer in Moroni, Utah, who suffered a mild traumatic brain injury when he was rear-ended by an 18-wheeler pulling two trailers of milk. At trial, Mr. Worel was able to show that, at the time of the collision, the other driver was on the phone with the home office, which caused him to be distracted while driving. A few years earlier, in Mobile Alabama, he received a verdict of $20 million for the family of a 32-year-old wife and mother of two who died after receiving improper anesthesia care prior to an elective laparoscopic exploratory surgery. He is widely recruited to speak before his colleagues on medical malpractice and negligence, and trial practices including the effective tactics for depositions from experts for the plaintiffs as well as handling experts for the defense, and other areas of complex civil litigation. Board certified as a civil trial specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, he is a long-time regular honoree as among the Best Lawyers in America listing since 2003 in both personal injury and medical malpractice litigation. Within the first few years he moved from Alabama to Utah, he was named by Best Lawyers as Salt Lake City Medical Malpractice Lawyer of the Year (2010) and has been named lawyer of the year in personal injury litigation for Salt Lake City. (2015). In 2007 Mr. Worel was named one of 500 Leading Plaintiff’s Lawyers in America in Law Dragon, Inc. He is also listed in The Best of the U.S., L.L.C. and Super Lawyers. The American Trial Lawyers Association has voted him one of the top 100 trial lawyers in Utah. Before joining Dewsnup King Olsen Worel Havas, he was a partner at Cunningham Bounds in Mobile, Alabama, one of the southeast U.S. most prominent firms in civil litigation, during a tenure that spanned a quarter of a century. He also is committed to several prominent community organizations, including serving on the boards of directors for Big Brothers, Big Sisters; YMCA; Victory Health Partners, a nonprofit health clinic for uninsured patients, the Egyptian Theatre in Park City, Utah, and KPCW-FM, a local nonprofit radio station.