Brett N. Anderson concentrates his practice on personal injury and products liability (e.g., catastrophic injuries, toxic and mass torts, industrial accidents, failure to warn, strict liability, etc.), commercial and real estate litigation, banking and lending litigation, construction defect litigation, and general insurance defense. He has significant appellate experience before the Utah Court of Appeals and the Utah Supreme Court. He has successfully taken cases through trial and the entire appellate process.

Brett completed a one year judicial clerkship with the US Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Virginia, where he worked with Chief Judge Ross W. Krumm. Brett was previously an extern for the honorable Lawrence L. Koontz, Jr., Supreme Court of Virginia. Brett was also an extern for The Honorable Earl C. Carroll, US District Court for the District of Arizona.

He was named as a “Rising Star” for 2007 by Washington Law and Politics magazine.

Education

Washington and Lee School of Law (J.D., 2001)
Magna Cum Laude
Order of the Coif
Recipient, American Bankruptcy Institute Medal of Excellence
Brigham Young University (B.A. 1998)

Admissions

Utah State Courts
United States District Court, District of Utah
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
United States District Court Western District of Washington
United States District Court Eastern District of Washington
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Professional Experience

Clerk, United States Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Virginia
Extern, Supreme Court of Virginia
Extern, United States District Court for the District of Arizona

Publications

Recognizing Substance: Adoptees and Affiliates of Native American Tribes Claiming Free Exercise Rights,” Washington & Lee – Race and Ethnic Ancestry Law Journal, Spring 2001