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Utah Attorney with experience as general counsel for startup companies, publicly traded companies, small businesses, business owners, C-suite officers and directors, entrepreneurs, and individuals.
Representing and counseling companies and individuals with their business and personal legal needs. Specializing in business formations and corporate structuring, commercial contracts and licensing agreements, mergers and acquisitions, divestures, financing structures (venture capital, equity, debt). Experience with contracts, commercial transactions, real estate, estate planning, and civil commercial and corporate litigation.
Mr. Cantarero also has extensive experience in the area of employment law and provides legal counsel for clients in employment agreements, non-compete and severance/termination agreements, compensation packages for executives, wrongful termination, employment discrimination, and general employment rights under State and Federal laws.
Practice Areas
Fees and Rates
Cost
Hourly Rates
$ 200-250 per hour
Payment Methods
- Cash
- Check
- Credit Card
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Licensed in Utah for 21 years
State: Utah
Acquired: 2004
No misconduct found
Location
Catapult Law Group
13894 S Bangerter Pkwy #200, Draper, UT, 84020
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Experience
Honors
2013
Rising Star, Super Lawyers
2012
Rising Star, Super Lawyers
2011
Rising Star, SuperLawyers
2011
Legal Elite, Utah Business Magazine
2010
Legal Elite, Utah Business Magazine
2009
Rising Star, SuperLawyers
Work Experience
2017 - Present
Outside General Counsel, Cantarero Law Office
2016 - 2017
Corporate Counsel, LifeVantage Corporation
2013 - 2016
General Counsel, Costa Vida
2011 - 2013
Attorney, Pearson, Butler & Carson, PLLC
2007 - 2011
Attorney, Holland & Hart LLP
2004 - 2007
Attorney, Strong & Hanni
Associations
2011 - Present
Utah Supreme Court's Advisory Committee on Rules of Professional ConductCommittee Member
2009 - Present
BYU Law School AlumniBoard of Trustees
2008 - 2009
Utah State Barex officio member Utah State Bar Commission
2007 - 2008
Utah Minority Bar AssociationPresident
Education
2004
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
Law
2000
University of California, Berkeley
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Speaking Engagements
2012
Corporate Training
Employment Law - "The Feds Want to See Your Records"
2012
Annual Conference
Government Audits and Internal Compliance - Labor & Employment
2011
Lecture
Education as a Civil Right
2009
Oil, Gas, and Mineral Land Law Seminar
Understanding Rights Under Oil & Gas Leases
Publications
2008
Utah Bar Journal
No One Makes It Alone, Book Review
2008
Intermountain Commercial Record & Salt Lake Times
Our Tradition in the Rule of Law
2003
17 BYU J. Pub. L. 323
Who Makes the Call on Capital Punishment? How Ring v. Arizona Clarifies the Apprendi Rule and the Implications on Capital Sentencing
2001
TriNet Newsletter
Confidentiality and Your Employees
Languages
Spanish
Activity
Legal Answers
Legal Answers
Q&A
When setting up a multi member LLC. Does everyone need to put their social security numbers down??
04 Aug 2017
Q&A
Does a POA need to be recorded to sell Real Property in Utah?
31 May 2013
Q&A
Can a sheriff in Utah post a writ of execution on a property door and consider it "served" if the house is vacant?
20 Mar 2013