Morgan Fife

Partner

801-375-1920

Mr. Fife represents businesses and individuals in real estate and property related transactions, as well as complex litigation concerning businesses, contracts, property, and financial institutions. Mr. Fife has represented clients in all aspects of lawsuits on both the state and federal levels, as well as in the context of arbitration and mediation. He seeks to assist clients to resolve matters in a way that makes them whole while addressing the costs and risks inherent in any transaction or litigation.

Mr. Fife worked as in-house counsel for a local developer developing residential and resort projects. Both in his practice and as in-house counsel, Mr. Fife has experience in assisting developers through complex issues related to the subdivision and entitlement of planned unit developments (PUD) and condominium projects. He has also prepared organizational documents and CCRs for homeowners associations, and represented HOAs in the collection of outstanding obligations.

Mr. Fife has earned the prestigious AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell given to attorneys who are ranked at the highest level of professional excellence for their legal expertise, communication skills, and ethical standards by their peers.

  • President of the Central Utah Bar Association, 2009-2010
  • Mountain States Super Lawyers, multiple years
  • Utah Legal Elite, 2011-2012, 2014
  • Dean’s Fellow at BYU Law, 2004-2006
  • Academic Scholarship at BYU Law, 2004-2006
  • Utah State Bar Central
  • Utah Bar Association
  • Utah Association for Justice
  • American Association for Justice
  • J. Reuben Clark Law Society

Predator in the Primary: Applying the Tort of Negligent Hiring to Volunteers in Religious Organizations, 2006 BYU L. Rev. 569.

  • Summerset Corporation, 2014
  • Robinson, Seiler & Anderson, LC; 2005 – 2014
  • Judge James R. Taylor, Fourth District Court, Provo Dept.; Clerk, 2006
  • Judge Samuel D. McVey, Fourth District Court, Provo Dept.; Clerk, 2004
  • Baker & McKenzie, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Clerk, 2004
  • Shayesteh v. Raty, 404 Fed. Appx. 298 (10th Circuit, 2010)
  • Aequitas Enterprises, LLC, v. Interstate Investment Group, LLC, 2011 UT 82
  • Central Bank v. Holman (In re Ina C. Holman Family Trust), 2008 UT App 120
  • Blackstone Fin. Group v. Myler (In re Myler) 477 B.R. 227
  • Williams v. Brisk, 2009 UT App 124