I. Vital Statistics
NAME: David A. Thomas
BIRTH DATE: February 4, 1944
BIRTHPLACE: Los Angeles, California
CURRENT ADDRESS: 188 East 1864 South
Orem, Utah 84058
Tel.: (801) 225-1355 (res.)
(801) 378-3210 (bus.)
MARITAL STATUS: Married the former Paula Rasmussen of Orem, Utah, in 1967. Children born in 1968, 1970, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981 and 1985.
FAMILY BACKGROUND: Parents are Mr. and Mrs. Albert R. Thomas of Orem, Utah. Family has lived in Orem since 1950.
II. Education
HIGH SCHOOL: Orem High School, Orem, Utah; graduated 1961.
COLLEGE: Brigham Young University: B.A., cum laude; political science major and German minor; May 1967.
Graduated with high honors in Honors Program; four-year Honors Scholarship; Dean's List, 1966-67; Phi Kappa Phi honorary fraternity; student body attorney-general; chairman of student body committees; participant in intramural athletics.
LAW SCHOOL: Duke University School of Law, Durham, N.C., 1967-69, 1971-72. J.D. degree awarded May 14, 1972. Legal education was interrupted for military service.
Editorial Board, Duke Law Journal.
Duke Law School winner, American Trial Lawyers Environmental Essay Contest, 1972 (cash prize).
Foreign language (German) legal research and writing under Professor Kasimierz Gryzbowski for Law and Contemporary Problems.
Senior class member of faculty curriculum committee (considered issues of grading, clinical education and non-graded course offerings, as well as routine curriculum matters).
Hardt Cup Moot Court Competition; scholarship recipient; intramural athletics.
OTHER: Awarded Master of Library Science degree, April 1977, Brigham Young University.
III. Employment and Professional History
Professor of Law, Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School. (Appointed assistant professor, April, 1974; appointed associate professor, September, 1976; appointed professor, September, 1979; appointed Rex E. Lee Endowed Chair and Professor of Law, September, 2005). Courses taught at the law school: civil procedure, federal courts, property, real estate finance, legal research, legal writing, advanced legal writing, Anglo-American legal history, legal history. Order of the Coif. Director of the Law School Library, 1974-1990. University Teaching Excellence Award, 1998 (voted by graduating law students); law school Professor of the Year (1st-year faculty), 2000, 2005.
Private law practice with the firm of Christensen, Gardiner, Jensen & Evans, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1973-74. Part-time law practice and consulting, expert witness assignments, 1974–present.
Law clerk to U.S. Senior District Judge A. Sherman Christensen, Salt Lake City, 1972-73. This clerkship included work with the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, a term with the Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, several cases before the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals, and various projects for the U.S. Judicial Conference's Committee on Court Administration and a subcommittee for Revision of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Employed at BYU to assist in first phases of obtaining and cataloging law library books, May-June 1972.
Law clerk, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, New York, New York, Summer 1971.
Library assistant, Duke Law School Library, 1968-69, 1971-72.
Research assistant, Professor Frank T. Read, Duke Law School, 1968.
German instructor, BYU Language Training Mission, 1966-68; private language tutor, 1967-68.
Sheet metal work, farm labor and service station work during high school and college.
IV. Publications
Books, Chapters in Books, Articles, Other
A. Books (law-related)
Utah Civil Procedure (Provo, Utah: 1980) [4 Volumes]; 350-page supplement issued in 1984; 250-page supplement issued in 1985; 400-page supplement issued in 1986.
Utah Civil Practice (The Michie Co., 1992, and 1993, 1994 and 1995 supplements).
Editor-in-Chief and principal author of complete revision of Thompson on Real Property, Thomas Edition (Michie Co. (now LexisNexis Publishing, 15 volumes, 1994; supplements 1995--). Chapters contributed include: Chapter 1, "Property Concepts Among Primitive Cultures"; Chapter 2, "Landholding in Ancient Britain"; Chapter 3, "Property Rights in Anglo-Saxon England"; Chapter 4, "The Growth of the English Common Law of Real Property"; Chapter 5, "English Property Law After the Middle Ages"; Chapter 6, "Development of Property Law in England's American Colonies"; Chapter 7, "Development of American Property Law After Independence"; Chapter 8, "The Rise and Role of the Restatements of Property and the Restatements of Trusts";
Chapter 9, "Uniform and Model Laws Related to Property"; Chapter 10, "Theories of Private Property Formation"; Chapter 11, "Possible Future Developments in American Property Law"; Chapter 12, "Special Problems of Real Property Ownership"; Chapter 13, "The American Law of Personal Property"; Chapter 14, "The Nature and Kinds of Property,"; Chapter 15, "The Emergence of Property Rights for Women"; Chapter 16, "Property Rights from the Perspective of Critical Legal Studies"; Chapter 17, "Fee Simple Absolute"; Chapter 18, "Fee Tail"; Chapter 19, "Life Estate"; Chapter 20, "Defeasible Fees"; Chapter 21, "Marital and Homestead Interests"; Chapter 22, "Reversions"; Chapter 23, "Remainders"; Chapter 24, "Possibilities of Reverter"; Chapter 25, "Rights of Entry"; Chapter 26, "Executory Interests"; Chapter 27, "The Law of Trusts Related to Real Property"; Chapter 28, "Rules Against Perpetuities"; Chapter 29, "Restraints on Alienation";
Chapter 51, "Private Property Rights in Airspace"; Chapter 54, "Railroad Lands"; Chapter 55, "Public Lands"; Chapter 59, "Property Issues in Space Law"; Chapter 63, "The Concept of a Unified Servitude"; Chapter 67, "The Property Law Aspects of Private Nuisance"; Chapter 68, "Trespass on Land"; Chapter 69, "Rights of Lateral and Subjacent Support"; Chapter 70, "Waste"; Chapter 72, "Sources of Government Police Power"; Chapter 73, "Public Nuisance"; Chapter 74, "An Overview of Land Use Regulations"; Chapter 75, "The Impact of Environmental Regulation on Real Property"; Chapter 76, "Taxation of Real Property"; Chapter 80, "The Power of Eminent Domain"; Chapter 84, "Impact of Bankruptcy Law on Real Property Interests"; Chapter 90, "Land Descriptions, Boundaries and Surveys";
Chapter 91, "Title and Marketable Title"; Chapter 95, "Real Estate Brokers"; Chapter 96, "Vendors and Purchasers"; Chapter 103, "Federal and State Securities Regulation of Real Estate Transactions"; Chapter 105, "Alternative Dispute Resolution in Real Property Matters"; Chapter 106, summaries of the property laws of Austria, Brazil, Chile, China, Denmark, Egypt, European Union, France, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Switzerland; vol. 10 second edition (1998); vol. 9 second edition (1999); vol. 2 second edition (2000); vol. 3, second edition (2001); vol. 11, second edition (2002); vol. 6, second edition (2003); vol. 4, second edition (2004); vol. 8, second edition (2005); vol. 7, second edition (2006).
A Practical Guide to Disputes Between Adjoining Landowners-Easements (Matthew Bender, 1989-) (2 volumes, co-author, with Backman).
Co-author of Methods and Techniques of Corridor Preservation: A Guide for Utah Practice (with Saito, 2 volumes), (Utah Department of Transportation, 1999).
Author (with Backman) of Thomas and Backman on Utah Real Property Law (LEXIS Law Publishing, 1062 pp., 1999 and annual supplements).
Utah Civil Practice 2003 (LexisNexis Publishing, 2003).
Utah Civil Practice 2004 (LexisNexis Publishing, 2004).
Utah Civil Practice 2005 (LexisNexis Publishing, 2005).
Author (with Backman) of Utah Real Property Law (LexisNexis Publishing, 2005).
Utah Civil Practice 2006 (LexisNexis Publishing, 2006)
Utah Civil Practice 2007 (LexisNexis Publishing, 2007)
B. Books (related to library and information science)
Micrographics Systems for Law Librarians (Provo, Utah: 1980).
Supervising editor, Legal Research Manual for Law Students, 1984 (Awarded the American Association of Law Libraries first prize as the best law library publication of 1984).
C. Chapters in Books (law-related)
Chapter 50 ("Tenancy in Common, Tenancy in Partnership and Tenancy in Coparcenary"), Chapter 51 ("Joint Tenancy"), and Chapter 52 ("Tenancy By The Entirety") in Powell on Real Property (New York: Matthew Bender & Co., 1986).
Chapter 35 ("Sources of Zoning Power") in Rohan on Zoning and Land Use Controls (New York: Matthew Bender & Co., 1986).
Chapter 6 ("Real Property Rights of Natural Persons"), Chapter 7 ("Real Property Rights of Unincorporated Groups"), and Chapter 8 ("Real Property Rights of Private Corporations") in Powell on Real Property (New York: Matthew Bender & Co., 1987).
Chapter 28, ("Federal Tax Considerations Relating to Transfer and Ownership of Real Property"); Chapter 29, ("Survey of State Transfer and Recording Taxes"); Chapter 30, ("Survey of State Real Property Taxes"); and co-author of Chapter 43, ("Foreign Party Transactions") in K. Holtzschue, Purchase and Sale of Real Property (New York: Matthew Bender & Co., 1987); annual updates to Chs. 28-30, 42, and 43 (1988–2000).
Chapter 3 Appendix, "Estate, Inheritance and Gift Taxes in the States," in J. Murphy, Murphy's Will Clauses (New York: Matthew Bender & Co., 1987).
Chapter 4E ("Federal Securities Regulation of Real Estate Transactions"), and Chapter 4F ("Broker-Dealer Licensing of Real Estate Syndications,") in Real Estate Financing (Matthew Bender & Co., 1991).
Chapter 4 ("Concurrent Ownership"), Chapter 9 ("Lateral and Subjacent Support"), and Chapter 10 ("Waste, Nuisance, and Trespass") in 1 A. Gaudio (ed.), The American Law of Real Property (3 vols., Matthew Bender & Co., 1991).
Chapter 4, "Federal Securities Regulation," in Real Estate Syndications (Matthew Bender & Co., 1992).
Author of Chapter 8A, "Landowner Disputes Arising Out of Public Nuisance," in 1 James H. Backman and David A. Thomas, A Practical Guide to Disputes Between Adjoining Landowners (New York: Matthew Bender, 2001).
Author of "Preface," in LeGrand L. Baker, Murder of the Mormon Prophet: Political Prelude to the Death of Joseph Smith xii-xvi (Salt Lake City, UT: Eborn Books, 2006)
D. Chapters in Books (related to library and information science)
Chapter 18, "Micrographics," in Manual of Procedures for Private Law Libraries (1984 ed.).
"The Role of Legal Bibliographies in Law Collection Development: An Overdue Debunking," 9 Legal Reference Services Quarterly 71-78 (1989), also published as a chapter in The Legal Bibliography: Tradition, Transitions and Trends (The Haworth Press, 1989).
Chapter 7, "Brigham Young University Law Library," in Campus Strategies for Library and Electronic Information (Bedford, Mass.: Digital Press, 1989) (EDUCOM Strategies Series on Information and Technology).
E. Articles (law-related)
"State Statutes of Limitations in Federal Courts: By Whom Is the Rule Tolled?" 1971 Duke Law Journal 78.
"Use of Easements in Preserving Utah Historical Sites," 2 Utah Bar Journal 31 (1976). The legislation proposed in this article was eventually adopted by the Utah State Legislature and appears now as Utah Code Annotated §§ 63-18a-1 to -6.
Book Review, "Real Estate Syndicate Offerings Law and Practice," 4 Real Estate Law Journal 349 (1976).
Book Review, "The Judicial Record of Justice William O. Douglas," 1975 Brigham Young University Law Review 324.
"The Erosion of Erie in the Federal Courts: Is State Law Losing Ground?" 1977 Brigham Young University Law Review 1.
"Legal Issues in the Use and Abuse of Student Records," The Mid-western Archivist, Vol. III, No. 1, 1978.
Contributor, "1981 Legislation Affecting Real Property," 17 Real Property, Probate and Trust Journal 115 (1982)
Contributor, "Recent Real Property Decisions" and "1983 Legislation Affecting Real Property," 19 Real Property, Probate and Trust Journal 154-347, 399-463 (1984).
"The Disappearance of Roman Law from Dark Age Britain," 1984 Brigham Young University Law Review 563-598 (Part I of the series "Origins of the Common Law").
Contributor to "1984 Legislation Affecting Real Property" and "Recent Real Property Decisions," 20 Real Property, Probate and Trust Journal 111, 215 (1985).
"Anglo-Saxon Antecedents of the Common Law," 1985 Brigham Young University L. Rev. 453-503 (Part II in the series "Origins of the Common Law").
"Common Law Under the Early Normans," 1986 Brigham Young University L. Rev. 101-117 (Part III in the series "Origins of the Common Law").
Contributor to "Recent Real Property Decisions" and "1986 Legislation Affecting Real Property," 22 Real Property, Probate & Trust Journal 81, 233 (1987).
Contributor to "1987 Legislation Affecting Real Property," 23 Real Property, Probate and Trust Journal 127-170 (1988), and to "1987 Developments in Real Property Law," 23 Real Property, Probate and Trust Journal 295-325 (1988).
Book Review, "Zion in the Courts: A Legal History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1900," 13 The Legal Studies Forum 197-203 (1989) (a peer-reviewed law journal).
"Why Mandatory CLE is a Mistake," 6 Utah Bar Journal 14 (January, 1993).
"The Illusory Restraints and Empty Promises of New Property Protection Laws," 28 The Urban Lawyer 223 (Spring, 1996).
"Instructive Comparisons Between Jewish and Anglo-American Land Law," in Jewish Law Association Studies VIII: The Jerusalem Conference Volume 205 (1996).
"Adverse Possession: Acquiring Title to Stolen Personal Property," 10 Probate & Property 12 (March/April 1996).
"Accessing U.S. Land Title Records Through the Internet," 4 E Law, Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law (June 1997).
"Establishing Title to Stolen Artworks in the United States," III International Trade & Business Law Annual 253 (May 1997).
"Accessing U.S. Land Title Records Through the Internet," 8 Journal of Law and Information Science 200 (1997) [1998].
"Long-Range Highway Corridor Preservation: Issues, Methods and Model Legislation," 13 The BYU Journal of Public Law 1-47 (1998). The legislation proposed in this article was enacted as Utah Code Ann. §§ 72-5-401 to -406.
Annual contributions to "Significant Real Property Decisions" (1983-1993) and to "Significant Real Property Legislation" (1988-1993), Real Property, Probate & Trust Journal.
Author of regular bi-monthly column titled "Keeping Current--Property Legislation," in Probate & Property published by the Real Property, Probate & Trust Section of the American Bar Association, 1993-1998.
Author of the regular quarterly section "Recent State Property Legislation," and contributing author to case law summaries in American Bar Association Real Estate Quarterly Report and to the annual cumulation, 1993-1998.
Author of three part series "Anglo-American Land Law: Diverging Developments from a Shared History" in Real Property, Probate and Trust Journal: Part I: "The Shared History," 143-203 (Spring 1999); Part II: "How Anglo-American Land Law Diverged After American Colonization and Independence" (Summer 1999); Part III: "British and American Property Law and Practice–A Contemporary Comparison" (Fall 1999).
Co-author of "Utah’s Legal Framework for Corridor Preservation Activities," Transportation Research Record 1706, Journal of the Transportation Research Board 29-37 (Paper No. 00-0406, 2000).
Author of "American Legal Education: Moving from the Classroom Without Pager to Instruction Without the Classroom," published in May, 2000, as conference proceedings of the 15th Annual Conference of the British & Irish Legal Education Technology Association, http://www.bileta.ac.uk/2000papers/. Author of "American Legal Education: Moving from the Classroom Without Paper to Instruction Without the Classroom" [revised and expanded], Journal of Information Law & Technology (February 2001).
Author of "Current Issues in U.S. State and Federal Taxation of Electronic Commerce," Proceedings, 16th Annual Conference, British & Irish Legal Education Technology Association,
http://www.bileta.ac.uk/0lpapers/thomas.
Author of "Fixing Up Fair Housing Laws: Are We Ready for Reform?" 53 South Carolina Law Review 7-61 (Fall 2001).
Author of "The Law School Rankings Are Harmful Deceptions: A Response to Those Who Praise the Rankings, and Suggestions for a Better Approach to Evaluating Law Schools," 40 Houston L. Rev. 419 (Summer 2003).
Author of "Predicting Law School Academic Performance from LSAT Scores and Undergraduate Grade Point Averages: A Comprehensive Study," 35 Arizona State L. Rev. 1007 (Fall 2003).
Author of "Restatements Relating to Property: Why Lawyers Don’t Really Care," 38 Real Property, Probate and Trust J. 655 (Winter 2004).
Author of "Finding More Pieces for the Takings Puzzle: How Correcting History Can Clarify Doctrine," 75 U. Colo. L. Rev. 497-547 (Spring 2004).
Author of "How Educators Can More Effectively Understand and Combat the Plagiarism Epidemic," 2004 B.Y.U. Educ. and L. J. 421.
Author of "Why the Public Plundering of Private Property Rights Is Still a Very Bad Idea," 40 Real Property, Probate and Trust J. 25-71 (Spring 2006).
Author of "Book Review: When Bad Things Happen to Good Property by Robert A. Simons," 41 Real Property, Probate and Trust J. 663-669 (Fall 2006).
Author of, "Is the Right to Private Property a Fundamental or an Economic Right?" ALI-ABA Course of Study on Eminent Domain and Land Value Litigation, SM006 ALI-ABA 33-72 (January 4-6, 2007).
Author of, "Plundering Property is a Very Bad Idea: Misuse of History in Takings," ALI-ABA Course of Study on Inverse Condemnation and Related Government Liability, SM040 ALI-ABA 529-585 (April 12-14, 2007).
Author of "How Far Does the Covenant Run? Covenants That Run With the Land in Oil and Gas Transactions," in 53 Rocky Mt. Min. L. Inst. 19-1 to 19-37 (2007).
Author of "Tips for Successfully Regulating Sexually Oriented Businesses," 22 Probate & Property 43 (January/February 2008).
F. Articles (related to library and information science)
"Administrative Assistants: Key Roles for a Non-Lawyer Non-Librarian in a Law Library," 70 Law Library Journal 309 (1977).
"Legal Issues in the Use and Abuse of Student Records," The Mid-western Archivist, Vol. III, No. 1, 1978.
"1979 Statistical Survey of Law School Libraries and Librarians," 73 Law Library Journal 451 (1980).
"1980 Statistical Survey of Law School Libraries and Librarians" 74 Law Library Journal 359 (1981).
"1981 Statistical Survey of Law School Libraries and Librarians," 75 Law Library Journal 540-546 (1982).
"1981-82 and 1982-83 Summaries of Law School Library Statistics and Observations on Applications of Library Statistics," 76 Law Library Journal 632-683 (1983).
"Peaceful Partnerships: Suggestions for Law School Libraries Sharing Local Computer Systems," 77 Law Library Journal 26 (1984-85).
Editorial, "Controversial Issues: Caution Advised," 16 AALL Newsletter, 81, 88 (November, 1984). Cited in Torres, "The Social Responsibility Movement Among Law Librarians: The Debate Revisited," 78 Law Library Journal 405, 422 (1986).
"The American Law School and Its Library: A Unique Relationship," 16 Law Librarian 77 (August, 1985), the official journal of the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians (this article was cited as a substantive source in Zachert, "Qualitative Evaluation of Law School Library Services," 81 Law Library Journal 269, 271 (1989)).
"1983-84 Statistical Survey of Law School Libraries and Librarians," 77 Law Library Journal 575-6l0 (1985).
Editorial, AALL Newsletter, September, 1985, pp. 8-9.
"The Paperless Law Library in the United States," 17 Law Librarian 13-17 (April 1986).
Bibliography of recent British legal publications, 18 AALL Newsletter No. 3, pp. 75-76 (Oct. 1986).
"1985-86 Statistical Survey of Law School Libraries and Librarians," 79 Law Library Journal 547-596 (1987).
"Training American Law Students in Computer-Assisted Legal Research," 19 Law Librarian 59 (1988).
"The Role of Legal Bibliographies in Law Collection Development: An Overdue Debunking," 9 Legal Reference Services Quarterly 71-78 (1989), also published as a chapter in The Legal Bibliography: Tradition, Transitions and Trends (The Haworth Press, 1989).
Author of "Introduction" and "A Bibliographic Overview of Early English Legal History," and editor of seven accompanying articles on British legal profession and legal research, all in 81 Law Library Journal 637-731 (1989).
Author of "Introduction to Symposium on Foreign Legal Databases," and editor of three accompanying articles on European legal databases in 83 Law Library Journal 235-282 (1991).
Contributor to Frank G. Houdek (comp.), "'alt.lawlibrarian': New Career Paths for Law Librarians," 93 Law Library J. 375, 418 (2001).
G. Other
Faculty Editor, 1975 Brigham Young University Law Review.
Faculty editor, Summary of Utah Real Property Law, 2 vols. (1978).
Producer, author and narrator of "A Lasting Legacy," a 1-hour audiovisual program on the history of the common law, 1982. The program has been shown to numerous lay and professional audiences in America and Europe.
Quoted in "Lawscope," 71 ABA Journal 25 (April, 1985).
Quoted in Flores, "Volume Count: A Survey of Practice and Opinion from Academic Law Libraries," 79 Law Library Journal 241, 250 (1987).
Quoted extensively in "From the Editor," 22 American Association of Law Libraries Newsletter 187 (December 1990).
Cover photos for Utah Bar Journal issues of Aug.-Sep., 1991; Jun.-Jul., 1992; Jan., 1993; Feb., 1993; April, 1993; Aug.-Sep., 1993; Oct., 1993; Aug.-Sep., 1996; Oct. 1996; Jun.-Jul., 2003. Cover photos for J. Reuben Clark Society annual directory, 1999-2000, 2001-2002, 2003-2004, 2004-2005.
Editor, Bryce C. Tingle, Start-up and Growth Companies in Canada: A Guide to Legal and Business Practice (LexisNexis Butterworths 2005).
Quoted extensively in Heidi Toth, "Yes in Deed?: A Deed More Than 100 Years Old Causes Building Controversy," [Provo] Daily Herald May 22, 2006.
V. Presentations
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VI. Professional Activities
Admitted to practice before the Utah Supreme Court, U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, and Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (all 1972), and before the United States Supreme Court (1994).
Member of Utah State Bar, Utah County Bar Association, American Bar Association, and Bar of the United States Supreme Court.
Legal Committee and Past Chairman of Nominating Committee, Utah Heritage Foundation.
Chairman and member, Constitution and Bylaws Committee, American Association of Law Libraries, 1975-80, 1990-91; member, 1984-86.
Member, Ethics Committee, American Association of Law Libraries, 1975-78.
Member, Statistics Committee, American Association of Law Libraries, 1986-1988.
President, 1979-81, and Vice-President, 1977-79, Western-Pacific Chapter, American Association of Law Libraries.
Chairman, Utah College Library Council, 1977-78, 1987-88.
Chairman, Constitution and Bylaws Committee, Utah Library Association, 1976-79.
Parliamentarian, Utah Library Association, 1976-79.
National Statistics Coordinator, American Association of Law Libraries, 1978-1988.
American Association of Law Libraries liaison to American Library Association administrative statistics committee, l978-l980.
American Bar Association:
Member, Supervisory Council, Real Property, Probate and Trust Section, 2003-2009.
Member, Committee on Significant Legislation, 1975-2005; vice-chair of committee, 1991-92, 1999-2004; chair of Future Trends Subcommittee, 1989-1992; chair of committee, 1992-99, Real Property, Probate and Trust Section.
Member, Legislative Council, 1996–2000.
Member, Committee on Significant Decisions (1979-2004; reporter for Pacific region, 1991-1994), chair, 2002–2004, Real Property, Probate and Trust Section.
Member, Limited Liability Companies Committee (1992–1998), Real Property, Probate and Trust Section.
Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Section Publications Advisory Board (1997–); vice-chair (2000–2003); chair (2003–).
Member, Section on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar, (1974--).
Group Chair of the Continuing Education and Developments group of four committees, Real Property, Probate and Trust Section (2004–).
Associate Editor, Real Property, Probate and Trust Journal (2004–).
Supervisory Council Member, Residential, Multi-Family and Special Use Group of four committees, Real Property, Probate and Trust Section (2006–).
Outstanding Young Men of America recognition, Utah, 1978.
Listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Law, Who’s Who in Real Estate, Who’s Who in Library and Information Sciences.
Member, American Bar Association/Association of American Law Schools law school accreditation inspection teams: May, 1978; April, 1979; March, 1980; May, 1980; March, 1982; March, 1983; April, 1985; March, 1986; March, 1987; March, 1988; October, 1988; April, 1989; October, 1990; October, 1996; March, 1997.
Part-time private law practice and legal consultation, 1974-1994; (specializing in real estate, estate planning, corporate, and procedural matters); expert witness for property and procedure issues, 2000–.
Lecturer, Utah bar review course, real property.
Research in Anglo-American legal history, United Kingdom and Europe, April-June, 1981; September, 1982; September, 1983; September, 1984; May-June, 1994, June 2002.
National Advisory Board, Law Library Microform Consortium, 1982-86.
Consultant to South Texas College of Law, 1983; to Loyola-Marymount College of Law, l985; to West Virginia University College of Law, 1989.
Consultant to American Bar Association Consultant on Legal Education, 1989, 1990.
Drafter of property and probate and trust questions for Alaska, Arizona, California, Montana and Utah bar examinations; drafter of civil procedure questions for Utah bar examinations.
Representative of American Association of Law Libraries to British and Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL), 1982-1989 (awarded life membership in BIALL, 1989).
Member, Law Program Committee, Research Libraries Group,
1978-1990; member of executive committee, 1984-89; chair, 1987-89.
Utah State Bar:
Member, Committee on Law and Technology, 1974-75.
Member, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1985-1997.
Member, Bar Examination Committee, 1989-1994.
Member, Corporations Code Revision Committee, 1989-1992.
Member, Real Property and International Law Sections.
Member, Utah Real Estate Commission’s Standardized Forms Advisory Panel, 1999–.
University assignments: chair, Student Housing Adjustment Board, 1975-1980; member, Archives and Records Management Committee, 1977-1982; chair, Task Force on Compliance with New Copyright Law, 1976; member, Continuing Education Faculty Advisory Committee, 1984-89; Advisory Board, School of Library and Information Sciences, 1989-91; Faculty Advisory Council, 1997-2000 (chair, 1998-2000); law school college adviser (1997–), chapter president-elect (2003-2005) and chapter president (2005-2007), university chapter of Phi Kappa Phi national honor society.
Adviser to J. Reuben Clark Law School Student Bar Association, 1984-1988; to Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity, 1983--; to Journal of Public Law, 1986-1988.
Vice-President and Board of Directors, Northwest Law Library Consortium, 1985-1989.
Association of American Law Schools:
Member, Libraries and Technology Committee, 2001-2004 (organized and presented a committee program at the 2004 annual meeting)
Member, Real Property Section
Member and secretary, Real Estate Transactions Section
Member, Committee on Creation of a National Law Placement Data Base (1988-89)
Member, Standing Committee on Libraries (1989-1992)
Member, Committee on Bar Admissions and Lawyer Performance (2004-2007).
Member, American Association of Law Libraries National Legal Resources Committee, 1988-89.
Coordinator of volunteer services for American Association of Law Libraries 1989 annual meeting.
Faculty "Habits of the Mind" Section Leader, BYU New Student Orientation, August, 2004; August, 2005; August, 2006.
VII. Volunteer and Community Service
Volunteer full-time missionary for Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 6/1963-12/1965, North Germany; fluent in speaking, reading and writing German. Executive Committee member in charge of commissioned art work, Celebration of the Welsh Settlers of Utah, March, 1993; active in preservation of BY Academy building; volunteer service, Habitat for Humanity; master of ceremonies, Timpanogos Storytelling Festival, 1998–.
VIII. Military Service
U.S. Army, February 1969 to January 1971. Served with 1st Infantry Division and 199th Light Infantry Brigade in Vietnam, 1969-70. Served with Combat Developments Command in Washington, D.C., 1970-71. Awarded two Bronze Stars and Army Commendation Medal for service in Vietnam.
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