Background
Dewsnup, Ralph L. was born on March 13, 1948 in Salt Lake City. Son of Edwin Grant and Mary Jeannette (Fairbanks) Dewsnup.
Dewsnup, Ralph L. was born on March 13, 1948 in Salt Lake City. Son of Edwin Grant and Mary Jeannette (Fairbanks) Dewsnup.
University of Utah (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1972). J. Reuben Clark Law School (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1977). Spoken languages: Spanish.
Swan vs. Lamb, 584 p.2d 814 (Utah 1978); Moore vs. Burton Lumber & Hdwe Company, 631 p.2d 865 (Utah 1981).Worked at Wilcox, Dewsnup & King (Salt Lake City, Utah) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Negligence and Tort Law. Admitted to the bar, 1977, Utah. 1985, United States. Supreme Court.
Beta Gamma Sigma. Adjunct Professor (Medical Malpractice), J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, 1995. Master of the Bench, The Aldon J. Anderson American Inn of Court VII, President, 1991-1992. Recipient: Hugh B. Brown Barrister's Award.
A. Sherman Christensen Award. Editor, Interprofessional Code for Utah, 1982. Member, United States.
Judicial Conference Ad Hoc Committee on American Inns of Court, 1983-1985. Secretary and Member, 1985-1996 and Treasurer, 1996, Board of Trustees, American Inns of Court Foundation. President, 1990-1992 and Member, Board of Governors, 1987, Utah Trial Lawyers Association.
Member: Salt Lake County and American (Member, Section of Litigation) Bar Associations. Utah State Bar (Chairman: Legal/Medical Committee, 1979-1984, 1987-1988. Co-Chairman, Interprofessional Committee, 1978-1984.
Reporter, Jury Instruction Committee, 1978-1982. Chairman, Medical Malpractice Model Jury Instruction Subcommittee. Member, Executive Committee, Litigation Section, 1984-1989).
Military: Lieutenant Colonel, USAF, UANG. Wilcox, Dewsnup & King was formed by combining the plaintiffs' personal injury practice of W. Brent Wilcox, Colin P. King, and Edward B. Havas with the personal injury practice of Ralph L. Dewsnup and Ruth Lybbert. Jeffrey D. Eisenberg, whose practice is concentrated in personal injury and commercial litigation, joined the firm as a shareholder in 1992.
The firm concentrates on complex cases, including products liability, medical malpractice, work place injuries and plaintiffs' commercial litigation. Members of the firm have handled major mining, medical malpractice, motor vehicle crashworthiness, aviation, oil field disaster and commercial cases in various states. The firm is committed to the objectives of the American Inns of Court, American Trial Lawyers Association, and the Utah Trial Lawyers Association.
Stake president Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) Church, Salt Lake City, 1988-1997, bishop, 1985-1988. Chairman prelitigation task force Division of Occpl. and Professional Lics., Salt LakeCity, 1995-1996. Colonel United States Air Force, Utah Air National Guard, 1967-1997.
Member ATLA, Utah State Bar, Temple Bar Foundation (trustee since 1996), Aldon J. Anderson American Inn of Court (president 1991-1992), Utah Trial Lawyers Association (president 1990-1992, governor since 1987), American Inns of Court Foundation (trustee, member Executive Committee since 1988).
Married Mary C. Dewsnup, March 26, 1971. Children: Emily, Rebecca, Hillary, Nathan, Heidi.
