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Mr. Saperstein maintains an AV rating with Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest rating awarded to attorneys for professional competence and ethics. He has also been included on the list of The Best Lawyers in America for 23 years in Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law, and has also been voted by his peers throughout the state as one of Utah’s Legal Elite in the category of Bankruptcy/Creditor Rights Law (as published in Utah Business Magazine).
EDUCATION
University of Utah, LLB, 1952
Order of the Coif
University of Utah, B.S., Political Science, 1950
Phi Beta Kappa
PRACTICE AREAS
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Banking and Financial Institutions
Bankruptcy, Reorganizations and Insolvency Law and Litigation
Litigation
PRIOR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Watkiss & Saperstein, 12/1/89 to 3/31/92
Watkiss & Campbell, 9/1/74 to 11/30/89
Moyle & Draper, 4/1/72 to 8/30/74
Draper, Sandack & Saperstein, 1962 to 3/31/72
Oman & Saperstein, 1958 to 1962
Sole Practitioner, 1954 to 1958
Deputy Salt Lake County Attorney, 1957-1959
Office of the Judge Advocate General, U.S. Army, Military Justice Division, 1952 to 1954
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
Utah State Bar
United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
United States District Courts
United States Court of Military Appeals
Supreme Court of Utah
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Federal Bar Association
Salt Lake County Bar Association
Fellow American College of Trial Lawyers
Fellow American College of Bankruptcy;
Master of the Bench Emeritus, Aldon J. Anderson American Inn of Court (President 1989-1990)
National Roster of Arbitrators and Mediators/American Arbitration Association
Utah lawyer member of the Tenth Circuit Court Advisory Committee 1989-1992
Member of the Board of Utah Legal Services 1983-1993 (President 1983-1986)
Young Lawyers' representative to the Utah State Bar Commission 1962-1964
Member Board of Bar Examiners, Uniform Commercial Code, 1981-1985
Visiting Associate Professor of Law, University of Utah College of Law, 1970, 1973
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES
Utah State Bar Distinguished Lawyer of the Year, 1991
Federal Bar Association, Utah Chapter, recipient of the "Outstanding Lawyer Award" for 2001 | 