News
Margaret Olson Once Again Selected for Utah's Legal Elite
Margaret Olson has been selected by Utah Business Magazine, once again, as a member of their "Legal Elite," as a criminal defense attorney.
Hobbs & Olson Recognized as "Best Law Firm"
The law firm of Hobbs & Olson has received recognition in the 2011 - 2012 U.S.News - Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" rankings, in the field of Litigation -- Labor and Employment. These rankings are defined by practice area, both nationally and by metropolitan areas. Hobbs & Olson is one of a very select few small firms in Utah to receive this honor.
Recent Successful Criminal Trial Outcome
On June 9, Margaret Olson successfully defended a client whom had been charged with three child-abuse related crimes. Counts 2 and 3 were stricken at the close of the evidence, when the court granted Margaret's motion. Thereafter, the Jury returned a Not Guilty verdict to Count 1 after deliberating less than 30 minutes.
Recent National Presentations
On February 15, 2011, Lincoln once again presented a nationally broadcasted seminar for the National Business Institute, on Amending CC & Rs and Bylaws. Here's a link to the seminar web page, where you can buy an audiotape of the presentation.
Lincoln Hobbs recently presented a seminar on Dealing With Difficult People at the 2011 College of Community Association Lawyers Conference, held in Las Vegas Nevada.
Lincoln just returned from teaching a course on Risk Management in Santa Ana, CA. In March, May and June, Lincoln taught courses for CAI on Communications in Community Associations (Phoenix, AZ); Risk Management (Lebanon, N.H.) and on the Essentials of Community Association Management (Chicago, IL).
Lincoln wil be teaching the Essentials of Community Association Management in Natick, MA on March 8-10, 2012: Community Association Governance at the CAI Annual Conference at the end of April, 2012, and Risk Management in San Diego, CA on June 28 and 29.
Lincoln will also be presenting as a member of the "Panel of Pundits" at the College of Community Association Lawyers Annual Conference, to be held in Palm Springs, CA on January 26-28, 2012.
Recent Recognitions
Lincoln has been selected once again to appear in Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition, in the real estate practice area.
Lincoln W. Hobbs has once again been selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® in the practice area of Labor and Employment Law. "For over a quarter of a century, Best Lawyers® has been regarded – by both the profession and the public – as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States. Selection to Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive and rigorous peer-review survey comprising more than 3.1 million confidential evaluations by the top attorneys in the country. Because no fee or purchase is required, being listed in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Our annual, advertisement-free publication has been described by The American Lawyer as 'the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.'”
Seminar on Utah Community Association Law Changes --
We're in the process of compiling and scheduling a series of condominium law educational courses, dealing with the wide-ranging and significant changes to the Utah Condomimium Act and the Utah Community Association Act that were adopted by the 2011 Utah Legislature.
Significant changes were made to the insurance, reserve and registration requirements for condomimiums; in light of the changes, we presented a three-hour course on the changes, held at the following locations, on the following dates:
Salt Lake City, UT -- at the Utahcondolaw learning center, 466 East 500 South, on May 14, 2011;
South Jordan, UT -- at the Daybreak Community Center, 4544 West Harvest Moon Drive South Jordan, Utah 84095, on May 28, 2011;
Salt Lake City, UT -- at the Gateway West tower, at the request of representatives of the City Center, on June 7, 2011;
And, we'll teach another course in Park City, UT -- at the Ascend Insurance Offices, 3247 Santa Fe Road, on June 11, 2011.
We've also been asked to present a course in St. George, and to repeat the Salt Lake City and Park City presentations. Most likely, all of these will happen; to keep current on these plans, visit and subscribe to www.utahcondolaw.com.
To obtain the latest on our courses, follow our blog at Utahcondolaw.com
UCCAI Roundtable
On May 5, 2011, Lincoln Hobbs presented a session on "Important Things all Board Members Should Know," at the UCCAI First Annual Round Table.