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Michelle Waddoups

Personal Injury Law

623 E Fort Union Blvd., Suite 108, Midvale, UT 840470

Michelle is passionate about life and helping others. She’s dedicated to helping her clients through their personal injury claims and understands how stressful and difficult the process can be for her clients. Prior to earning her law degree, Michelle earned 2 B.S. degrees – Political Science and Human Development and Family Studies – from the University of Utah, and she’s a big Utah Utes' fan. She enjoyed living in Grand Rapids, Michigan while pursuing her law degree, now known as Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School and made lifelong friends there. She enjoys playing with her Doodles and spending time with family and friends.

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Taryn Evans

Taryn Evans

Distinguished Lawyer

Family and Divorce Law

405 South Main Street, Suite 900, Salt Lake City, UT 84111

Taryn grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah. After attending the Air Force Academy and playing division one soccer, she attended the University of Utah and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Business Management. She began her legal career as a legal assistant while finishing her undergraduate degree, working mostly on criminal law, family law, and miscellaneous civil litigation matters. After gaining knowledge and encouragement from her mentors, she attended the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law. She graduated from law school in 2013, earning her Juris Doctorate with highest honors. Taryn began one of Utah’s former larger and oldest law firms, Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough, as a law clerk during the summer before her last year of law school. Taryn continued to work as a law clerk at Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough during her third year of law school. Following her graduation from law school, Taryn was hired by Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough as an associate attorney. After working as an associate attorney at Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough for approximately 7 years, she was promoted and became a shareholder. Many attorneys at Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough mentored Taryn in her first decade of practicing law. Taryn stayed at Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough until April 2022. For the remainder of 2022, Taryn worked as a lawyer at a small family law firm. In late December 2022 to early January 2023, Taryn was excited to announce her decision to open her current law firm Adair Evans with her partner, Douglas Adair. From the start of her legal career, Taryn has always worked on family law related matters. Initially, while at Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough, Taryn did split her litigation time between general commercial litigation matters and family law. Taryn now devotes nearly all of her time and practice to family law—her chosen field and practice which she is passionate about. Taryn is dedicated to helping people navigate the harsh waters of domestic litigation, seeking to assist clients in getting the best results possible

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Thomas Seiler

Personal Injury Law

2500 N University Ave, Suite 100, Provo, UT 84604

As a leading Utah commercial litigation and personal injury lawyer, Thomas W. Seiler has earned a prestigious reputation throughout the Utah legal community as a diligent, experienced and knowledgeable advocate. Mr. Seiler has earned the prestigious AV rating from Martindale Hubbell. He was recently named one of the top 100 Mountain States Attorneys by Super Lawyers magazine 2013 edition. In addition to serving numerous corporate and individual clients, he has long been committed to advancing the legal profession and serving the civic and community life of Provo and the state of Utah . Since 1991, he has served on the Advisory Committee to the Utah Supreme Court on the Rules of Evidence. Mr. Seiler has served as an Examiner in Torts for the Utah State Bar since 1994, and has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Utah Association for Justice since 1997.

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Dena L. Mosley

Family and Divorce Law

10619 S Jordan Gateway #100, South Jordan, UT 84095, USA

Dena understands that cases involving families and especially children can take a toll – physically, emotionally and financially. She brings compassion and knowledge to guide you effectively through any challenges your circumstances may have. Dena works hard to ensure that your case focuses on those issues that are most important to you. Dena assists clients in all matters of family law – divorce and separation, child custody and child support, property division, asset division, retirement division and alimony. Dena has experience with modifications of custody and parent time plans and enforcement of existing orders. Dena also handles protective orders and domestic violence issues. Dena attended Brigham Young University where she obtained a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and a minor in Logic. Dena then received her Doctor of Jurisprudence Degree (JD) from Drake University Law School in Des Moines, Iowa. During law school, Dena clerked for the late Honorable Judge Joel Novak, worked in the mediation clinic to mediate for low income family law clients and interned at the Unita County Attorneys Office in Wyoming.

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