If you need legal help with domestic violence matters in Utah, understanding the local legal landscape is the first step. Utah attorneys handle cases involving protective orders, restraining orders, safety planning, criminal defense for DV charges, and child custody in DV situations, and the state's specific rules — from filing procedures in District Court to applicable deadlines — can directly shape the strategy and outcome of your case.

The statute of limitations for domestic violence matters in Utah is generally 4 years, though specific deadlines vary by case type. Cases proceed through District Court, and Utah's state laws may provide protections or requirements that differ from federal standards. The Utah State Bar sets the professional standards for practitioners, and attorneys who focus on domestic violence in Utah bring jurisdictional expertise that general practitioners often lack.

When selecting a domestic violence attorney in Utah, consider their specific experience with cases like yours, their familiarity with District Court procedures, and their track record. The attorneys listed on this page serve clients throughout Utah and have profiles that include their credentials, practice areas, office locations, and client reviews. Comparing multiple attorneys helps you find the right fit for your situation and budget.

For a detailed overview of how domestic violence law works in Utah — including key statutes, deadlines, and what to expect from the legal process — Read our complete guide to domestic violence law in Utah. If you're ready to take the next step, browse the attorney profiles below and reach out for a free consultation.

Val Morley - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Morley & Associates, P.C.
 306 W Main St American Fork UT 84003
(801) 772-0400
Willamette University College of Law (1983)
English
Bar #06942
Utah Bar
Active License
Verified
Collections Criminal Law Divorce
Stacey Schmidt - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Schmidt & Gladstone Law Firm
 136 E South Temple# 1500 Salt Lake City UT 84111
(801) 990-6390
Brigham Young University
Bar #6647
Utah Bar
Active License
Verified
Divorce Domestic Violence Family Law
Lorenzo Miller - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Miller Law Office
 12339 S. 800 E. Suite 101 Draper UT 84020
(801) 758-5485
Brigham Young University (1990)
English, Spanish
Bar #5761
Utah Bar
Active License
Verified
Criminal Law Domestic Violence DUI & DWI
Travis Christiansen - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Boyack Christiansen Legal Solutions
 619 South Bluff St. Suite 202 St George UT 84770
(435) 674-2564
Brigham Young University (1999)
English
Bar #8504
Utah Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Collections Criminal Law
Ann Marie Taliaferro - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 422 N 300 W Salt Lake City UT 84103
(801) 532-5297
The University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law (2000)
English
Bar #8776
Utah Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Criminal Law Domestic Violence
Michael Holje - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Brown, Bradshaw & Moffat, LLP
 422 North 300 West Salt Lake City UT 84103
(801) 532-5297
University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law (2003)
English
Bar #9891
Utah Bar
Active License
Verified
Criminal Law Domestic Violence DUI & DWI
Lance E. Bastian - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Nelson Naegle, PLLC
 222 South Main Street Suite 1740 Salt Lake City UT 84101
(385) 292-4408
Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School (2008)
Portuguese
Bar #13637
10th Circuit Bar
Active License
Verified
Criminal Law Domestic Violence DUI & DWI
Cory Wall - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 2168 E Fort Union Blvd Salt Lake City UT 84121
(801) 274-3100
Pepperdine University (1982)
Bar #4937
Utah Bar
Active License
Verified
Criminal Law Divorce Domestic Violence
Mark Moffat - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 422 N 300 W Salt Lake City UT 84103
(801) 532-5297
The University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law (1987)
English
Bar #5112
Utah Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Cannabis & Marijuana Law Criminal Law
Gregory B. Smith - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Greg Smith and Associates
 7324 Union Park Ave Midvale UT 84047
(801) 651-1512
Brigham Young University
English, Spanish
Bar #6657
U.S. District Court, District of Utah Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Consumer Law Criminal Law
Ian Quiel - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Salt Lake Legal Defender Association
 275 East 200 South Salt Lake City UT 84111
(801) 532-5444
The University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
English
Bar #15232
10th Circuit Bar
Active License
Verified
Criminal Law Domestic Violence DUI & DWI
Craig L. Pankratz - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Corbett & Pankratz, PLLC
 75 E. Fort Union Blvd. Midvale UT 84047
(435) 277-0029
Baylor Law School (2005)
Spanish
Bar #12194
Utah Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Civil Rights Criminal Law
William B. Palmer - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Palmer Litigation
 1361 E Red Hills Pkwy., Ste B2 St. George UT 84770 st.George UT 84770
(435) 465-8733
Thomas Jefferson School of Law (2009)
Utah Bar
Unknown Status
Criminal Law Divorce Domestic Violence
Jarom Bangerter - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Bangerter Law Office; Bangerter Law Firm
 695 East Main Street Suite E-2 Midway UT 84049
(385) 202-5332
Willamette University (2002)
Bar #13955
Utah Bar
Active License
Verified
Cannabis & Marijuana Law Criminal Law Domestic Violence
David Laurence Altman - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of David Altman
 640 E 700 S St George UT 84770
(435) 688-9999
University of California - Los Angeles (1969)
English
Utah Bar
Unknown Status
Animal & Dog Law Criminal Law Domestic Violence
J. Robert Latham - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
J. Robert Latham, J.D., P.C.
 3143 South 840 East, Suite 420 Saint George UT 84790
(435) 200-4872
University of Utah (1991)
Bar #6915
Utah Bar
Active License
Verified
Criminal Law Domestic Violence DUI & DWI
Taylor C. Hartley - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Liberty Law, PLLC
 997 E 3900 S Suite 101 Salt Lake City UT 84124
(801) 264-6666
California Western School of Law (2004)
Portuguese, Spanish
Bar #11397
U.S. Supreme Court Bar
Active License
Verified
Criminal Law Domestic Violence DUI & DWI
Douglas D. Adair - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 533 West 2600 South, Suite 370 Bountiful UT 84010
(801) 292-0409
University of Utah
Bar #6460
Utah Bar
Active License
Verified
Divorce Domestic Violence Family Law
Keith Backman - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Helgesen, Houtz & Jones
 5732 South 1475 East Suite 200 Ogden UT 84403
(801) 479-4777
Brigham Young University (1990)
English
Bar #6472
Utah Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Divorce Domestic Violence
Amy Davies Fortune - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Fortune Law
 PO Box 970398 Orem UT 84097
(801) 221-2688
Brigham Young University (2001)
Bar #10052
Utah Bar
Unknown Status
Verified
Divorce Domestic Violence Family Law
Anita Dickinson - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Anita Dickinson
 1905 West 4700 South #101 Taylorsville UT 84129
(801) 541-4114
Seattle University (2006)
Bar #11388
Utah Bar
Active License
Verified
Criminal Law Domestic Violence DUI & DWI
Valerie Paul - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Brimley Law Office
 43 East 200 North Provo UT 84606
(801) 375-1100
Brigham Young University (2007)
French, Haitian Creole, Spanish
Bar #13833
Idaho Bar
Active License
Verified
Divorce Domestic Violence Family Law
Jerry Salcido - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Salcido Law Office PLLC
 43 W 9000 S Sandy UT 84070
(801) 413-1753
Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School (2001)
English, Spanish
California Bar
Unknown Status
Appeals & Appellate Cannabis & Marijuana Law Criminal Law
Richard Gale - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 2155 N. Freedom Blvd. Provo UT 84604
(801) 319-7158
University of Utah
Bar #7054
Utah Bar
Active License
Verified
Criminal Law Domestic Violence DUI & DWI
Darren M. Levitt - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Levitt Legal, PLLC
 266 East 500 South Salt Lake City UT 84111
(801) 455-1743
The University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
Bar #12362
Utah Bar
Active License
Verified
Animal & Dog Law Criminal Law Domestic Violence
Jeremy R Miller - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Miller Family Law
 6357 S Redwood Rd Suite C Taylorsville UT 84123
(801) 648-8190
Syracuse University College of Law (2004)
Spanish
Bar #12168
Utah Bar
Active License
Verified
Divorce Domestic Violence Estate Planning
Rudy Bautista - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Anderson & Karrenberg, P.C.
 50 West Broadway, 7th Floor Salt Lake City UT 84101
(801) 232-5311
Brigham Young University (1996)
Bar #8636
Utah Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Criminal Law Domestic Violence
Gregory W. Stevens - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Gregory W. Stevens, Lawyer at Law
 2825 E Cottonwood Pkwy #500 Salt Lake City UT 84121
(801) 990-3388
University of Michigan Law School (1986)
English
Bar #7315
10th Circuit Bar
Resigned License
Verified
Bankruptcy Civil Rights Criminal Law
Mark W Brown - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
M Brown Criminal Defense PLLC
 43 East 400 South Salt Lake City UT 84111
(925) 300-5284
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (2009)
Dutch, English
Bar #14147
Utah Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Criminal Law Domestic Violence
Emy Cordano - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Emy A. Cordano, Lawyer at Law
 6465 South 3000 East Suite 103 Salt Lake City UT 84121
(801) 804-5152
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University
Afrikaans, English, French, Italian
Bar #8528
Utah Bar
Active License
Verified
Divorce Domestic Violence Family Law
Stephen Jay Stocks - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Law Offices of Stephen J. Stocks, PLLC
 625 Rosetree Ln Moab UT 84532
(435) 210-1952
English, Spanish
Utah Bar
Active License
Collections Criminal Law Divorce
Nicolas David Turner - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Turner & Kuhlmann, P.C.
 107 South 1470 East Suite 105 St. George UT 84790
(435) 656-6156
Gonzaga University School of Law (2006)
Utah Bar
Unknown Status
Business Law Divorce Domestic Violence
Aaron Nielson - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
InfiniTeam Legal Solutions, PLLC; Aaron Nielson Law
 8201 - 164th Ave NE # 200 Redmond WA 98052
(801) 889-2560
Oklahoma City University School of Law (1999)
English, Spanish
Bar #15798
Utah Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Cannabis & Marijuana Law Criminal Law
Richard Gallegos - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Rich Gallegos Attorney at Law
 863 E 25th St Ogden UT 84401
(801) 334-7424
University of Utah (1998)
Bar #8189
Utah Bar
Active License
Verified
Criminal Law Domestic Violence DUI & DWI
Amy N. Fowler - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Fowler Venable Law
 150 South State Street, Suite 100, #35 Salt Lake City UT 84111
(801) 824-9698
University of Utah (2008)
Spanish
Bar #13987
Utah Bar
Verified
Criminal Law Domestic Violence DUI & DWI
Russell W. Hartvigsen - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Atticus Legal Group, LLC
 136 E S Temple #1800 Salt Lake City UT 84106
(801) 784-0529
Gonzaga University School of Law (2007)
English
Bar #11398
Utah Bar
Disbarred License
Verified
Divorce Domestic Violence Family Law
Justin Ashworth - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Law Office of Justin T. Ashworth
 466 South 500 East P.O. Box 521198 Salt Lake City UT 84102
(801) 810-9750
The University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law (1999)
English
Bar #9474
Utah Bar
Active License
Verified
Criminal Law Divorce Domestic Violence
William Melton - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Melton Law
 5955 S. Redwood Rd. #103 Taylorsville UT 84123
(801) 784-3500
University of Idaho College of Law (2017)
English
Bar #17422
Utah Bar
Active License
Verified
Criminal Law Domestic Violence DUI & DWI
Adam J Elmore - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 214 East 500 South Salt Lake City UT 84111
(801) 449-0461
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
English
Bar #10404
Utah Bar
Active License
Verified
Criminal Law Domestic Violence DUI & DWI
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