RBMN Hires Three New Associate Attorneys
Posted by: Susan Patterson
October 26, 2010

Richards Brandt Miller Nelson Hires Three New Associate Attorneys

October 13, 2010 - (Salt Lake City, Utah) Richards Brandt Miller Nelson announced today that attorneys Rudy J. Bautista, Tanya N. Lewis and Chad E. Funk have joined the firm as associates.

The addition of the three brings the total number of attorneys with the Salt Lake City, Utah-based firm to 39.

Bautista is a 1991 graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, NY and a 1999 graduate of the Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark School of Law. He has spent the last eleven years practicing criminal defense, and has tackled over 50 jury trials as lead counsel with 42 acquittals, and of the guilty verdicts, two have been reversed on appeal and one was to a lesser misdemeanor charge. At Richards Brandt Miller Nelson, Mr. Bautista will focus on representing individuals and companies in white collar criminal cases, and individuals in all criminal cases.

Lewis is a 1996 graduate of the University of Washington and a 1999 graduate of the Seattle University School of Law. She is licensed to practice law in Utah, Nevada and Washington State, and focuses her practice in the areas of insurance law, commercial litigation, employment law and family law. Prior to and during law school, she worked as a marketing manager in the brokerage and high-tech industries. She worked previously at another large Salt Lake City firm and in Las Vegas, Nevada, where she served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Clark County Bar Association's monthly magazine.

Funk is a 2002 graduate of Brigham Young University and a 2010 graduate of the Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark School of Law. He will be practicing in the areas of commercial litigation and insurance law. Prior to law school, he worked in commercial banking as a loan underwriter for various Salt Lake City and Washington, D.C. financial institutions.

"Rudy, Tanya and Chad bring a combined over 20 years of civil and criminal litigation experience to Richards Brandt Miller Nelson," said Gary L. Johnson, managing partner. "They also have achieved substantial success in careers outside the law. The biggest asset to any law firm is its people, and they will contribute greatly to the Richards Brandt team as we continue to grow our business across the board."

Richards Brandt Miller Nelson, established in 1978, is a regional law firm based in Salt Lake City. It serves clients throughout the Intermountain West and nationwide, and offers services across a broad spectrum of legal practice areas. The firm is recognized statewide and nationally in such practice areas as litigation, business law, health care law, construction industry services, insurance law, family law and other matters, including appeals.

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