Richard H. Madsen II

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Richard H. Madsen II is a shareholder in the law firm of Ray Quinney & Nebeker in Salt Lake City, and a member of the Firm's business, corporate, banking and financial institutions, and real property sections. Mr. Madsen maintains a general business law practice as he facilitates transactions associated with the Firm's clients. Mr. Madsen focuses his practice on commercial transactions and litigation, contract review and drafting, and corporate organizational matters, including business formation and planning. He represents commercial, consumer and real estate lenders in loan documentation, loan workout, foreclosure, equipment financing, and litigation to enforce creditors' rights. Mr. Madsen has experience with business financing, including equipment finance transactions, asset purchases and sales, and all aspects of real property transactions, including the purchase and sale, financing, leasing, and development of real property. Mr. Madsen also has a financial background as a former institutional investment officer with a major financial banking institution. He assists his clients with name availability searches, trademark and service mark registrations, renewals and administrative proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and state agencies. He also speaks fluent French.

Mr. Madsen maintains an AV® Preeminent™ (4.5) rating with Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest rating awarded to attorneys for professional competence and ethics. He has been rated by his peers throughout the state as one of Utah's "Legal Elite" in the category of Up and Coming (as published in Utah Business Magazine.)

Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating for Richard H. Madsen II

Education 

Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School, J.D., 2003

  • cum laude
  • Executive Editor, BYU JOURNAL OF PUBLIC LAW, 2002-2003

University of Utah, David Eccles School of Business, M.B.A., 1998

  • International Business and Foreign Language Certificate
  • Financial Emphasis

University of Utah, B.S., Political Science, 1996

Prior Professional Experience 
  • Judicial Extern for Chief Justice Christine M. Durham, Utah Supreme Court, 2003
  • Legal Division Extern, Franklin Covey, 2001
  • Registered Representative, Investment Officer, Zions Bank Capital Markets, 1998-2000
  • Congressional Tax Fellow, United States Senator Orrin G. Hatch, 1997
  • Conference Services Manager, Snowbird Corporation, 1987-1994
Admitted to Practice 
  • Utah State Bar, 2003
  • United States District Court for the District of Utah, 2003
  • Supreme Court of Utah, 2003
Professional Affiliations and Memberships 
  • American Bar Association
  • Utah State Bar
Recent News
Jan 28, 2011
Fifty-four attorneys, more than half of the Firm, are included on the 2011 edition of this impressive list of legal leaders as selected by their peers.
Jan 28, 2010
RQ&N is pleased to announce that five attorneys have been elected Shareholders of the Firm.
Jan 21, 2010
RQ&N has had a strong presence on Utah Business Magazine’s annual list of Utah’s most “elite” attorneys since the list was first published in 2004.

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.