J. Craig Smith

J. Craig Smith


Smith Hartvigsen, PLLC

Recognized since 2012

Salt Lake City, Utah

Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation

Natural Resources Law

Water Law

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J. Craig Smith, Esq., is a founding member of the Salt Lake City firm of Smith Hartvigsen, PLLC, where he practices in the areas of water law, land use, and redevelopment law. He has argued more than 30 appeals before the Utah Supreme Court. Mr. Smith is listed in Utah Legal Elite, Superlawyers and Best Lawyers publications. Major accomplishments include, lead counsel for the development of the Amangiri Resort in southern Utah and obtaining the passage of federal legislation to obtain water rights for Duchesne City. He was a law clerk for the Hon. J. Robert Bullock for the 4th District of Utah, and an assistant city attorney for Park City, Utah. Mr. Smith has written “Local Government Regulation and Bankruptcy: To Stay or Not to Stay,” Urban Lawyer 151-176, Volume 21, Number 1, Winter, 1989; “Bankruptcy and Development Regulations,” Urban Land, April 1991; “Ethics and the Government Lawyers,” Utah Bar Journal, Volume 6, Number 2, February 1993; “Basic Utah Water Law,” Utah Bar Journal, Volume 7, Number 2, February 1994; and “A Preference for Domestic Use in Utah: A Relic of The Past?” ABA Water Resources Committee Newsletter, Volume 12, No. 1, Fall 2009. He earned his A.S. degree, with high honors, from the College of Eastern Utah, and his B.A. degree, magna cum laude, and J.D. degree, cum laude, from Brigham Young University. Mr. Smith is a member of the American Bar Association and the Utah State Bar’s Sections on Urban, State and Local Government Law, Natural Resources and Litigation. In 2004 the Utah State Bar, Energy, Natural Resources and Environmental Law Section recognized him as Lawyer of the Year

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Location
  • 257 East 200 South, Suite 500
    Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Languages
  • English

Smith Hartvigsen, PLLC
Headquarters: Salt Lake City, Utah

5 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

2 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

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Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Natural Resources Law
  • Water Law
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Environmental Law

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