The Career

Professional Background:

Attorney – Partner in the law firm of Hillyard, Anderson, & Olsen, P.C.:  Since joining the firm in March of 1980, I have been focused on personal injury, criminal defense, and municipal law.  I am a member of the Personal Injury Section of the Utah Bar Association.

House of Representatives:  Appropriations Committeeman for Congressman K. Gunn McKay, 1979-1980.
Chief Legislative Counsel and Head of Legislative Staff:  Congressman McKay 1977-1980.
Navajo Nation:  Navajo Legal Department – Staff Attorney, 1976.

Served as Chief Legislative Counsel and Head of the Legislative Staff for Congressman McKay for approximately three years.  Served as Appropriations Committeeman for the House Appropriations Committee, involving the appropriations process.

Areas of concentration included:  Interior appropriations (which funds the Department of Energy Research and Development Budget, Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and other Interior related functions).  Also involved with Military Construction Appropriations.

Educational Background:

University of Utah College of Law;
Doctor of Jurisprudence – January, 1976;
Member of Law Forum, 1974;
Chairman, Law Forum, 1975;
Assistant Article Editor – Utah Bar Journal (Official Publication of Utah State Bar) 1974-1976;
Member of University of Utah Legal Aid Staff;
Member of Search Committee for University of Utah Law School Dean.
Utah State University; Bachelor of Science (Political Science)
Graduated June, 1973 – Magna Cum Laude;
Political Science Major (GPA – 4.0, Overall GPA 3.9).
Received “Student of the Year†Award – 1973;
Nominated for “Man of the Year†Award – 1973;
Received Kiwanis Achievement Award for Outstanding Student in College of Humanities – 1973;
Student Body President – 1972-1973;
Member of Blue Key – National Honors Fraternity;
Member of Phi Kappa Phi – National Academic Fraternity;
Member of Phi Sigma Alpha – National Political Science Honorary Fraternity;
Member of Sigma Gamma Chi – L.D.S. Service Fraternity;
Outstanding Political Science Student – 1972;
John S. Welsh Pre Law Scholarship – 1972;
Leadership Scholarship – 1972;
Academic Scholarship – 1971;
Member of Honors Program – 1971-1973.

Supplemental Work Background:

Roe and Fowler, Salt Lake City, Utah:  Law Clerk;
Utah State Supreme Court – Henri Henriod:  Law Clerk;
Utah State Supreme Court – Richard Callister:  Law Clerk;
Utah Power and Light Company – Salt Lake City:  Law Clerk;
First Security State Bank – Salt Lake City:  Mortgage Department;
Pan – Alaska Fisheries – Dutch Harbor, Alaska.

Publications and Articles:

Judicial Salaries and Retirement:  Committee Report, Utah State Bar Journal, Volume 3 Numbers 7-9 Fall, 1975, Page 51.
Analysis of Utah State Legislative Action – 1975.
Single Purpose Legislation in an Era of Multiple Needs – Presented before Utah Association of Counties, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 21, 1979.
Danger of Toxic Chemicals at Hill Air Force Base – Testimony before Post Office and Civil Service Investigation Committee, Washington, D.C., April 2, 1979.
The Dilemma of the American Steel:  Public Hearing in Provo, Utah, September, 1977.
America’s World Role:  A Call to Action:  Presented during Military Week at Brigham Young University, February 9, 1979.
Energy and the Public Lands – Our Real Interests:  Presented to Rocky Mountain Gas and Oil Association in Salt Lake City, Utah, April 27, 1979.
Tuning Up the American Military Construction Program:  Presented before the Architectural and Engineering Association, Denver, Colorado, March 16, 1979.
Archaeology, Anthropology and Indian Myths:  A Religious Analysis, an unpublished manuscript in the author’s possession.
Ethics in Local Government:  University of Utah – Article prepared for Jefferson B. Fordham, November, 1975.