Civil and Criminal Litigation
Governmental Law
Bankruptcy and Debtor/Creditor Issues
Family and Domestic Law
Business Planning
Real Estate
KENT L. CHRISTIANSEN
OF COUNSEL
Farmington
Direct: (801) 438-7120
E-Mail: kchristiansen@sagelawpartners.com
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Kent L. Christiansen concentrates his law practice on governmental, commercial, domestic issues, civil and criminal litigation. He has been a practicing attorney for more than thirty years. In the area of commercial litigation, Mr. Christiansen has successfully represented companies and governmental entities at both the trial and appellate court levels in complex cases involving claims for breach of contract, violation of non-competition agreements, interference with economic relations, and civil conspiracy. He previously served as a City Attorney for nearly two decades, successfully arguing before the Utah Supreme Court the right of governmental bodies to enact laws and ordinances pursuant to the Equal Protection clauses of the Utah and the United States Constitutions. (Greenwood v. City of North Salt Lake, 817 P.2d 816 (Utah 1991). His commercial litigation practice includes the representation of companies in cases involving violations of non-compete and non-disclosure agreements, protecting creditor rights, and asserting lien priority for real estate taxes in bankruptcy. (In re United Construction and Development Co. v. Iron County, 140 B.R. 573 (D.Utah 1992).
Mr. Christiansen handles a broad array of disputes and substantive issues, including breach of contracts, asset protection, foreclosures, title and escrow disputes, land use and zoning, easements, wrongful liens, boundary disputes, condemnations, partitions, fraudulent transfers, lender liability claims, and landlord/tenant disputes. Mr. Christiansen has briefed and argued numerous appeals before the Utah Supreme Court and Utah Court of Appeals. He has the legal expertise and experience to provide timely, practical advice and service. He handles relatively simple and straightforward matters with the same expertise he brings to specialized, highly technical and complex issues.
B.A. (Political Science/Chinese) Brigham Young University, 1981
Small Business Management – Business Technology, Davis Applied Technology College, 2013