Aaron Johnstun

Elite legal services for elite Utah businesses

17 years of experience
Business Law, Employment Law, Securities Law

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Biography

Mr. Johnstun is the personal founder of Johnstun Law. His legal practice focuses on business transactions, corporate law, and startup businesses. He has a depth of experience in guiding complex transactions and litigation to a successful resolution. Representative legal matters involve business transactions and litigation opposite of Utah’s best law firms. Read more about Johnstun Law’s story.

Outside the office, Aaron enjoys biking, golf, Kansas basketball, hunting in the Rocky Mountains, catching a good baetis hatch, reading books on startups and marketing, and mauling his kids, and Pudelpointers.

Core Practice Areas:
Business Formations and Startups
Business Transactions
Commercial Contracts
Corporate Governance
Trademarks/Copyrights
Complex Business Litigation
Securities Fraud
Finance/Banking
Employment Matters
Healthcare Compliance
Administrative Actions
Non-Profit Corporations
Education & Admissions:
University of Kansas School of Law, Juris Doctorate (2007)
Brigham Young University, B.A. Philosophy (2003)
Utah Bar (2010)
Kansas Bar (2007)
United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals (2009)
United States District Court, District of Utah (2010)
Litigation Section Member, Utah Bar
Central Utah Bar Association, Utah Bar
Honors, Publications & Representative Cases:
SuperLawyers, Mountain States (2016)
SuperLawyers, Mountain States (2015)
Attorney at Law Magazine, Are Non-Compete Covenants Still Good for Utah Business? (2016)
Farm Tractors in Kansas: How to Perfect a Security Interest, 57 U. Kan. L. Rev. 409 (2009) (with Stephen J. Ware)
American College of Bankruptcy: Circuit Review, Tenth Circuit Editor (2007-2009)
Kansas Bar Association Practice Handbook, Bankruptcy: Chapter 11 (2009) (with Edward J. Nazar and W. Thomas Gilman)
When Wall Street Meets Main Street (Featured Guest), 630 AM UtahKTLK, July 17, 2010
Qualtrics, LLC v. Cabrinha, et al., No. 140400600 (Fourth District Court,State of Utah)

Practice Areas

Business Law: Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes

Employment Law: Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination

Securities Law

Additional Practice Areas

Startups
Corporate Services
Business Litigation

Fees

Free Consultation
For prospective clients, I offer a free case review. If the legal matter appears to be a "fit," we then schedule a one hour legal strategy session for a fee of $250.
Credit Cards Accepted
Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
My fee structure is client oriented. Whenever possible I like to work on a flat fee schedule. This ensures my clients know what my fees are, and is an incentive to get the work done quickly.

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