About Us
Welcome to Utah Family Law, LC. We're straight-shooting and we don’t shy away from high conflict divorce and child custody cases. We love it if a case settles fairly (and we work hard to get settlements—that’s why we’re known as the “aggressively reasonable” firm). However, if your spouse or ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend isn’t interested in cooperation or fairness, we will help you protect your good name, your relationship with your children, your property, and your rights. We work quickly and creatively to deliver service you are happy to pay for.
How We Got Started
We saw what people wanted but that nobody else was providing, then we built that.
We freely share the knowledge other lawyers withhold.
We don’t play on your fears or exploit your ignorance and confusion for our gain.
Instead, we educate and inform. We explain and advise. We do what we’d want done for ourselves, if we were in your shoes.
We charge fixed fees, not by the hour. We're the only firm that offers the no questions asked, money back satisfaction guarantee.
We do a lot of things that most attorneys have never thought to do. Or are too afraid or too lazy to do.
We don’t make a lot of friends among divorce attorneys, and that’s fine by us. We don’t want those kinds of friends. We work for you, not other lawyers.
We don’t settle for mediocrity, and neither should you.
The products and services we offer
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"Outstanding and compassionate legal representation!"
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There is so much focus on settlement and mediation in divorce and family law that fewer and fewer attorneys know how to go to trial and argue a cas...
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"Although I am a lawyer myself, I know personally that very few lawyers are decent people. It's..."
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"Although I am a lawyer myself, I know personally that very few lawyers are decent people. It's sad and embarrassing, but true. Jon Rogers, however, is both a decent man and a very skilled, effective lawyer. I recommend him highly."
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I'm not sure he ever provided you a warranty in the first place. It was a used engine and, from the way you describe it, he didn't have or provide a written warranty, he just told you something to the effect of "this used engine may be good for a year or two". If so, that's not a warranty, that's...
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I'm not sure he ever provided you a warranty in the first place. It was a used engine and, from the way you describe it, he didn't have or provide a written warranty, he just told you something to the effect of "this used engine may be good for a year or two". If so, that's not a warranty, that's a guess, and you can't hold him "legally responsible" for guessing how long the engine would last.
If he assembled and/or installed
the engine incorrectly, that's another story. Can you prove that he assembled and/or installed the engine incorrectly? If you simply claim, "He must have assembled and/or installed the engine incorrectly because it failed" that is not proof of any fault on his part, especially given that it was a used engine in the first place. You would need to provide the court with verifiable proof that the engine failed due to some fault of the mechanic and not due to your misuse, the nature of the engine, or regular usage or wear and tear.
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We don't offer health care as a benefit because it's too expensive--people would rather be paid more money than be paid less money and have their health insurance covered.
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We don't offer health care as a benefit because it's too expensive--people would rather be paid more money than be paid less money and have their health insurance covered.
No, the best possible negotiation outcome is a win-win, but not just any win-win, but an outcome that results in both parties being completely happy with the outcome. Notice I did not state that the best negotiation results in both parties "getting everything each party wants," but being...
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No, the best possible negotiation outcome is a win-win, but not just any win-win, but an outcome that results in both parties being completely happy with the outcome. Notice I did not state that the best negotiation results in both parties "getting everything each party wants," but being completely happy with the outcome. Sometimes the parties can do "worse" than the position they may have taken at the outset of a negotiation yet come to change their minds about that position such that they reach agreement on different terms.
Is it realistic to expect all (or even most) negotiations to result in both parties being completely happy with the outcome? No, not even close. But it can be done when the parties to the negotiation are willing and invested in
results in which both/all parties are completely happy with the outcome.
Blatant lies?
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Blatant lies?
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There comes a point at which I cannot do the job well unless I am paid well. If a customer or client cannot accept that, then both he and I are better off not doing business.
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There comes a point at which I cannot do the job well unless I am paid well. If a customer or client cannot accept that, then both he and I are better off not doing business.
Do not think about what you believe business clients want to know. Unless you are incredibly humble and creative (two things lawyers rarely are), your own ideas will usually bomb. Instead, offer to meet with a few potential business clients over lunch (they pay) for an hour. Listen (commenting...
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Do not think about what you believe business clients want to know. Unless you are incredibly humble and creative (two things lawyers rarely are), your own ideas will usually bomb. Instead, offer to meet with a few potential business clients over lunch (they pay) for an hour. Listen (commenting only as needed to keep your guest speaking freely and honestly) and then take notes of all the stupid, frightened, serious, surprising, repeated questions he/she asks and comments he/she makes says and asks and you'll have the best survey material. Most issues deal with money, time, and reputation.
Then promise to answer all of the questions posed during the lunch meeting in an email you send within 24 hours of the lunch meeting. Offer to do this monthly with your go-to group of representative potential client and actual clients. You will soon be revered for your uncanny sense of how well you understand the real concerns of business owners and managers.
Let's find someone who will both teach how marketing works AND offer marketing services for a fair price. I'd listen to that kind of speaker all day.
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Let's find someone who will both teach how marketing works AND offer marketing services for a fair price. I'd listen to that kind of speaker all day.
That depends upon the objective of your marketing. If the goal of marketing a law practice is to make as much money for the law practice is possible, I run into a problem.
Law, like medicine and the priesthood, is one of the healing professions. That is particularly true in my case, because I...
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That depends upon the objective of your marketing. If the goal of marketing a law practice is to make as much money for the law practice is possible, I run into a problem.
Law, like medicine and the priesthood, is one of the healing professions. That is particularly true in my case, because I am a divorce and family lawyer. I practice law as my livelihood, but if my top priority is making money before taking care, I am failing as a lawyer (and as a person people believe they can trust to take care of them).
I struggle with the role of marketing in a lawyer's practice. I need and deserve to get the word out about the valuable services I can provide, but so much of marketing is, frankly, lies and deceit. We all know it. Marketers and their clients find ways to justify it, but in the end, much of what we consider to be effective marketing (at least in the short term) consists of lies and deceit. Manipulating people.
At the risk of sounding sanctimonious, I value the Golden rule and good character above how much money I can generate as a lawyer. I believe good people and good marketing can co-exist, but I have yet to crack that code. Part of the problem is finding a marketer with the ability to believe that good marketing need not employ lies, deceit, and cynical, self-serving manipulation to be effective.
