James Stewart

James W. Stewart is recognized by his legal peers as a pre-eminent employment lawyer in both employment law counseling and litigation. Mr. Stewart has practiced law since 1983. He joined Smith Hartvigsen in 2015, having formerly worked as a partner and of counsel for the large Salt Lake City law firms of Jones Waldo & Ballard Spahr. He has also litigated hundreds of general commercial law cases, practiced business transactional law (forming businesses, conducting transactions, and drafting contracts), lobbied for many clients before the Utah State legislature, and has expanded his law practice to include family law and wills/trusts.