Forty-two Ray Quinney & Nebeker attorneys are named "Utah's Legal Elite," an impressive list
Kristy M. Larsen

Ms. Larsen practices in the Firm's litigation section and specializes in representing manufacturers and other corporate clients in product liability claims, personal injury cases, and trucking accident and transportation litigation. She has defended major manufacturers of a variety of products including medical devices, prescription drugs, heavy equipment, heavy duty trucks, automobile parts, recreational vehicles and personal watercraft.
Ms. Larsen also has extensive experience in representing policy holders, insurers, insurance companies and insurance brokers in a wide variety of first party and third party insurance coverage dispute including: directors and officers liability coverage disputes, advertising injury coverage disputes, including technology related coverage issues, primary/excess liability coverage disputes, CGL coverage disputes, including construction defect claims, property and casualty liability coverage disputes and bad faith litigation.
Ms. Larsen has handled a broad range of commerical real estate disputes and substantive issues including breach of real estate contracts, mechanic's liens, foreclosures, title and escrow disputes, lender liability claims and landlord/tenant disputes.
She maintains an AV Preeminent (4.7) rating with Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest rating awarded to attorneys for professional competence and ethics. Ms. Larsen has been selected for inclusion in Mountain States Super Lawyers as a Rising Star in the category of Personal Injury: Defense and has also been voted by her peers throughout the state as one of Utah’s “Legal Elite” in the category of Up and Coming (as published in Utah Business Magazine).
University of Utah, J.D., 2001
- William H. Leary Scholar
- Note and Comment Editor, UTAH LAW REVIEW
University of Utah, B.S., Marketing, 1989
- Business Departmental Scholarship
- Clerkship, Ray Quinney & Nebeker, Summer 1999 and 2000
- Utah State Bar (All Utah Courts)
- United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- United States District Court for the District of Utah
- American Bar Association
- Utah Bar Association
- Board Member, Utah Defense Lawyers Association, 2008 - Present
- Defense Research Institute
- Panel Member, Ethics and Discipline Committee of the Utah Supreme Court, 2007 - Present
- Executive Committee, Salt Lake County Bar Association, 2009 - Present
- Co-Author, Product Liability Desk Reference, Utah Chapter, Aspen Publishers
- Co-Author, Tort Law Desk Reference, Utah Chapter, Aspen Publishers
- Co-Author, ABA Product Liability 50 State Survey - Punitive Damages, Utah Chapter
- Co-Author, ABA Product Liability 50 State Survey, Plaintiff's Medical Care and Treatment - Discovery and Evidentiary Issues, Utah Chapter
Members of the Ray Quinney & Nebeker's Women Lawyers Group volunteered on December 20 at Cand
AV® Preeminent ™ and BV® Distinguished™ are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the Bar and the Judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings fall into two categories - legal ability and general ethical standards.

