Attorney Profile

Denton M. Hatch

I have 24 years of personal injury trial experience.

My experience includes 15 years working for insurance companies on the defense side where I evaluated many personal injury claims to determine the settlement value for insurance companies, helped the insurance companies set reserves, and litigated many serious injury cases for insurance companies. For over 10 years I have been on the plaintiff's side, and the experience representing insurance companies gives me a substantial advantage now I am on the other side opposing the insurance companies, because I know how the insurance companies evaluate each injury claim, litigate each injury claim, and determine the settlement value of each injury claim.

As lead counsel, I have handled numerous serious injury cases including all kinds of accident cases, malpractice cases, products liability, and other personal injury cases. I know what is required to present a case so that plaintiff can recover what he or she deserves.

I have been admitted to practice in, and litigated and appeared in, every court in the State of Utah (District, Appellate, and Utah Supreme Court), and every Federal Court (Utah District, Tenth Circuit, and Supreme Court of the United States). I have been in good standing since being admitted to each of these courts. Although other attorneys in the Provo area have been admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, I am the only attorney I know who has practiced and argued before the U.S. Supreme Court.

I have deposed many experts and hired many experts, and I have access to many experts including accident engineers, doctors, and many others. This is important because almost all plaintiffs' cases rely on expert testimony.

I graduated from BYU law school with honors, and had the privilege of clerking for a Utah federal judge before beginning practice. I am president-elect for 2005-2006 of the Central Utah Bar Association which is an organization of about 500 attorneys in Central Utah.