Richard W. Sheffield
Email address: rsheffield@fslaw.com
Assistant's email address: dprice@fslaw.com
Practice areas: Business Transactions, Real Estate Transactions & Development, Securities and Disclosure Laws, Business Organizations, Mergers & Acquisitions, Commercial Loans & Financings, Health Care & Medical Practice, International Law, Trademarks and Trade Secrets.
Professional Experience by Practice Area:
Business Transactions: Contracts of every kind, business splits, negotiation of disputes, software and intellectual property licenses, trade secrets and trademarks, employment documentation, non-competition documents;
Securities: Raising of funds for business purposes; sales of stock, LLC interests, and other securities; compliance with Utah State and federal disclosure and registration laws;
Real Estate: Purchases and sales, real estate development and platting, CC&R and HOA matters, real estate financings and loans, workouts;
Business Organizations: Corporations, LLCs, partnerships, joint ventures, business structures and relationships, shareholder agreements, buy-sell agreements, succession planning, legal audits;
Mergers and Acquisitions: Sales and purchases of businesses, asset and stock sales, business combinations and splits;
Commercial Loans and Financings: Review and preparation of documentation for bank and other commercial loans and financings; transactions secured by real estate and other property; Uniform Commercial Code and collateralization issues;
Health Care: Medical contracting, compliance with anti-kickback and self-referral laws, medical ethics, physician partnerships, health care organization and structure, health care finance;
International Matters: International business transactions and considerations, compliance with domestic and international laws;
Professional Experience and Recognitions:
Ten years with "AV" rating with Martindale-Hubbell (the highest rating awarded to attorneys by their peers for legal ability and ethical standards)
Associate, Partner, and Equity Partner with Snell & Wilmer in Phoenix, Arizona (Arizona's largest law firm and one of the largest law firms in the West), 1979 - 1999
U.S. Supreme Court Intern and Coordinator of U.S. Constitution Bicentennial Project under direct supervision of Justice Byron R. White and Chief Justice Warren E. Burger
Education:
J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University, Juris Doctorate, 1979
Note & Comment Editor, BYU Law Review
Winner of Interviewing & Counseling Competition
Visiting Student at Georgetown University Law School, Fall 1977
Brigham Young University, B.A. in Public Relations/Communications, 1976
Summa Cum Laude
Hinckley Scholar
Named the Outstanding Senior in Public Relations
Bar memberships: Utah State Bar, Arizona State Bar (Inactive Status)
Professional and Civic Activities:
Chair of J. Reuben Clark Law Society 2010 Annual Conference
President of The Arizona Forum
Member of National Board and Executive Committee of BYU Alumni Association
Chair of Phoenix Region of BYU Alumni Association
Member and Past President of the Provo School District Board of Education
Chair of Central Utah Chapter of J. Reuben Clark Law Society
Co-Chair of International Annual Conference of J. Reuben Clark Law Society
Various lectures to lawyers and corporations on business, securities, and health care matters
Language: Spanish
