Salt Lake

Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Litigation
Professional Liability
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Byron is a shareholder and trial lawyer at Strong & Hanni, P.C. He manages an insurance defense practice that includes bad faith, coverage, personal injury, products liability, professional liability, automobile accident, construction defect, and other defense matters. In addition to civil jury and bench trial practice, he has substantial appellate experience involving multiple successful appeals before the Utah Supreme Court and the Utah Court of Appeals.

Utah State Bar, 2000

U.S. District Court, District of Utah, 2001

U.S. District Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 2002

Washington State Bar, 2006

Brigham Young University, J.D., 2000, Cum Laude

Brigham Young University, B.A., 1997

Italian

A. Sherman Christensen American Inn of Court

Salt Lake County Bar

Utah Defense Lawyers Association

Defense Research Institute

Topic: umbrella and excess liability insurance. Alpine, Utah, February 8, 2011.

“Honesty Requirements under the Rules of Professional Conduct.” Strong & Hanni, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 1, 2010.

“Diligent Investigation of Insurance Claims under the Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing.” Utah Claims Adjusters Association, Sandy, Utah, September 20, 2010.

Topic: economic loss doctrine. State Auto Insurance Companies, Indianapolis, Indiana, March 11, 2010.

“Fair Claims Practices Act.” Utah Law Day, Energy Solutions Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 1, 2008.

Topic: economic loss doctrine. Milbank Insurance Company, Milbank, South Dakota, May 7, 2008.

“Insurance Law A to Z” (insurance coverage component). National Business Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 2, 2008.

“Changes in Utah’s Underinsured Motorist Statute.” Utah Law Day, Salt Lake City, Utah, September, 2006.

“First-Party Bad Faith and UM/UIM Issues in Utah.” EMC Insurance Companies, Denver, Colorado, March 29, 2006.

Topic: jury verdicts / settlements. Utah Law Day, Little America Hotel, Salt Lake City, Utah, September 16, 2005.

Mountain States Super Lawyers 2010 – Rising Star, Insurance Coverage

Mountain States Super Lawyers 2009 – Rising Star, Insurance Coverage

Borghetti v. Sys. & Computer Tech., 199 P.3d 907 (Utah 2009) (legal malpractice).

American Family Home Ins. Co. v. Miller, Case No. 2:07-cv-852DB (D. Utah) (insurance coverage).

Adams v. Hercules Mfg. Co., Inc., 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 75930 (D. Utah) (automobile liability).

Armstrong v. McMurray, 2005 Utah App. LEXIS 88 (legal malpractice).

Advanced Management Concepts, Inc. v. Redland Ins. Co., Case No. 20050032-CA, August 30, 2005 (insurance coverage).

Harris v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 86 P.3d 728 (Utah 2004) (insurance coverage).

State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Sundance Dev. Corp., 78 P.3d 995 (Utah Ct. App. 2003) (construction defect).

Phoenix Indem. Ins. Co. v. Smith, 48 P.3d 976 (Utah 2002) (insurance subrogation).

Fennell v. Green, 77 P.3d 339 (Utah Ct. App. 2003) (construction defect).