Dwight B Williams

Dwight B Williams

5.0
Rating: 7.2

Licensed for 54 years

International law Lawyer at Salt Lake City, UT
Practice Areas: International Law, Corporate & Incorporation, Estate Planning

8 E Broadway Ste 550, Salt Lake City, UT

This attorney is currently not accepting new clients.
Reason: Not Practicing
This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2014
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About Dwight

Practice Areas

3

Practice Areas

International Law 65%

The most cost-effective input is preventative, rather than intervention or pathology. I negotiate, structure and document my clients' deals to optimize their long-range, successful goals. My experience includes all aspects of commercializing new and disruptive technologies, licensing of intellectual property, distribution of products, compliance, financing, taxation, labor law and immigration issues. I like start-ups and also quarterbacking multinational litigation, which minimizes costs.

53 years | 300 cases

65%
Corporate and Incorporation 25%

In enjoy counseling startups, particularly in the technology area. The most costly mistakes entrepreneurs make is agreeing to a deal without experienced professional. I have been through the entire process of commercializing a new technology and selling into a world market, from incorporation through the various stages of funding to going public and being acquired by US and foreign Fortune 500 companies. I know what is in the entrepreneur's best interest and what pitfalls he/she should avoid.

53 years | 500 cases

25%
Estate Planning 10%

Most of my estate planning clients began as corporate clients who were frustrated because their estate planners didn't understand their businesses and long-range goals, but merely filled in standard forms. I coordinate the personal and business goals of my clients with their long-term desires to care for their families and cherished causes. I have handled many estate plans and settlements with assets abroad and also organized and qualified with the IRS private foundations and public charities.

53 years | 500 cases

10%

Fees and Rates

Cost

Retainer

Sometimes


Payment Methods

  • Check
  • Credit Card

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Licenses

Licensed in Utah for 54 years

State: Utah

Acquired: 1971

Disciplinary - Suspension

Lawyer disciplined by state licensing authority in 2014

Location

Shumway Van & Hansen

8 E Broadway Ste 550, Salt Lake City, UT, 84111-2229

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Posted by Rich | July 25, 2013 | Mergers & Acquisitions

A rare individual and attorney

I have worked with Dwight Williams for several decades on a broad spectrum of business and personal matters, beginning with his help on a consulting agreement with a major Japanese firm. Since then he has meticulously handled our normal family legal matters, and has functioned as our legal counsel f...or a successful high-tech start-up company. When our company was ultimately acquired by a British based international corporation, he gracefully and successfully represented the company during an extended period of buyout negotiations. Dwight has served us with keen insights and strategic thinking so that his work has always been rationally conceived but thoroughly executed. That is, we were always well represented and protected legally without being confronted with excessively complicated or arcane distractions that result mainly in higher legal fees engendered by pointless concerns. He struck a comfortable balance of covering necessary aspects of an issue in an extremely capable manner without clouding the necessary points with frivolous and expensive items of marginal benefit. He served our interests faithfully and effectively, while conducting all transactions in a thoroughly professional manner that avoided alienated parties across the table. This is how we like to do our business, so we found his style to be eminently compatible and pleasant without compromising our interests. I never imagined we would find a lawyer who is so impressively competent yet so classy and agreeable in his overall style. In my decades of experience with Dwight, his fees, never petty and annoying, have always been fair and reasonable. I would gladly recommend him to any friend. He never hesitates to refer clients elsewhere if a matter falls outside of his domain of active practice. The candor of this approach gives me confidence and assurance so I am comfortable to contact him first, regardless of area and ultimate disposition. Finally, on a personal level, it is a pleasure to work with him. He has helped many friends as well. His international experience, in addition to foreign language and culture facility, makes him an easy choice for international business needs.

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Experience

Rating:  7.2 (Very Good)

Professional misconduct

This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2014.

Suspension issued in UT, 2014

updated on 02/05/2015

Suspension means an attorney lost his or her license to practice law for a period of time. The attorney typically returns to practicing law when the suspension expires.

Honors

2014

AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

2013

AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

2012

AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

2011

AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

1985

AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

1984

Listed, Who's Who in the World

1983

Listed, Who's Who In American Law

1981

Listed, Who's Who in Finance & Industry

Work Experience

2001 - 2010

Management, First Law International

1971 - 2012

Attorney, Various Law Firms

1969 - 1971

Clerk, Chadbourne Parke Whiteside & Wolff

Associations

2009 - 2010

Utah State Bar, International Law Section

Chair

1993 - 1995

National Council for International Visitors

Chair

Sample of Legal Cases

Acquisition of TerraTek, Inc. by Schlumberger, Inc.

Acquisition successful. Founding shareholders enjoyed a profitable exit strategy and employees' jobs preserved with acquiring company.

International Biotechnology licensing

Successfully implemented.

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Education

1970

Columbia University

JD - Juris Doctor

Languages

German

Italian

French

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