Executive Committee

• Gloria Allred
• Sam Bernstein
• Roy Black
• Benjamin Brafman
• Michael Burg
• Fernando Chavez
• Sam Cherry
• Morris Dees
• Tom Demetrio
• William Edwards
• Robert Eglet
• Geoffrey Fieger
• George Fleming
• Mark Geragos
• Tom Girardi
• Keith Givens
• Edward Hershewe
• Ed Hill
• Len Jacoby
• Lynn Johnson
• Gail Koff
• Mark Lanier
• Fred Levin
• Ramon Lopez
• Tom Mesereau
• Robert Michael
• Sheldon Miller
• Billy Murphy
• Howard Nations
• Richard Newsome
• Brian Panish
• Jerry Parker
• Jim Parkman
• Darryl Phillips
• Dan Ramsdell
• Mark Robinson
• James Rolshouse
• John Romano
• Sheldon J. Schlesinger
• Derek Sells
• Hezekiah Sistrunk
• Jock Smith
• Stephen Smith
• Harvey Weitz

EDWARD HAVAS

Well respected among other personal injury and medical malpractice attorneys, Edward Havas ("Ed") is a founding member of Dewsnup, King & Olsen. Born in Ogden, Utah, Ed graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from Weber State University in 1979. He earned his Juris Doctorate degree in 1981 from the University of Utah College of Law, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif legal honor society. He was admitted to practice before the state and federal courts of Utah and the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in 1981.

Since 1983, he has focused his practice on representing victims in negligence, product liability, medical malpractice, and other catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases. Ed is a member of the Utah State Bar, the Salt Lake County Bar Association (and its Litigation Section), The American Association for Justice, and the Utah Trial Lawyers Association, of which he is a past president and current Board of Governors member. He is also a member of the American Inns of Court. For several years, Ed has held an AV rating (the highest possible) from Martindale-Hubbell, a respected national lawyer and law firm directory.

Since 1988 Ed has served as volunteer judge pro tem in the Salt Lake County Third District Court, Small Claims Division, sitting monthly to hear small claims court cases. Ed is also an arbitrator in medical malpractice cases and sits on the United States District Court's approved panel of mediators, where he volunteers his time to mediate federal cases. He currently serves on the Utah Supreme Court's Advisory Committee on Rules of Evidence. He has published articles and presented at seminars and presentations on legal matters, and has been actively involved in legislative affairs to preserve the civil justice system and access to the courts.

Ed enjoys flying for both recreation and business. An instrument-rated pilot, he has put his aeronautical knowledge to use in several aviation cases. He is the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Utah Arts Festival and enjoys the arts in their many forms. He also enjoys motorcycling, scuba diving, and traveling.