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Thomas D. Boyle
Shareholder and Director

Mr. Boyle’s broad litigation practice includes trials and appeals. He has handled trade secrets disputes in the insurance, restaurant, technology, and other industries; child abuse in the context of religious organizations, a juvenile boot camp, and a wilderness adolescent camp; personal injury, wrongful death, and mishandling/desecration of a dead body; quiet title actions; insurance, including bad faith, and coverage questions concerning environmental contamination, child abuse, and other subjects; insurer/broker disputes; products liability, commercial, and consumer disputes; and local government issues such as annexation and incorporation. Mr. Boyle is an experienced mediator, having mediated more than one hundred civil cases and non-litigated disputes.

Education

• Juris Doctor, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University (1984), editor, BYU Law Review
• Bachelor of Science: Business Management (marketing), Brigham Young University (1980)

Government Service

• Judicial Clerk, United States District Court, District of Nevada, Judge Lloyd D. George and Judge Roger D. Foley (1984–86)

Publications

• Got Trade Secrets? Guess Again, Utah Bar Journal (2009)
• Note, An Inequitable Jury Instruction on the Taxability of Personal Injury Damage Awards: Blanchfield v. Dennis, 1983 BYU L. Rev. 159–72
• Mediation and the Legal System: New Tricks for an Old Dog, Federal Bar Journal/Defense Counsel Journal

Honors and Awards

• AV Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
• Recognized for his legal writing in Bryan A. Garner, Legal Writing in Plain English (University of Chicago Press 2001)

Representative Cases

• Mesa Oil, Inc. v. Insurance Co. of North America, 123 F.3d 1333 (10th Cir. 1997) (insurance coverage dispute concerning environmental contamination of soil)
• Mesa Operating Co. v. California Union Insurance Co., 986 S.W.2d 749 (Tex. App. 1999) (insurance coverage dispute concerning contamination of aquifer)
• Estate of Gaston Patout v. City of New Iberia, 738 So.2d 544 (La. 1999) (insurance coverage dispute concerning trespass and unauthorized dumping on private property)
• Bowie Dozer Service, Inc. v. Fiatallis North America, Inc., 1999 WL 1120290 (Tex. App. Dec. 8,1999) (dispute concerning defective bulldozer)
• Dobson v. Metro Label Corp., 786 S.W.2d 63 (Tex. App. 1990) (employee termination)
  

Representative Clients

• Sinclair Trucking
• Magnum Development, LLC
• West Daniel’s Land Association
• City of Tooele
• Café Rio
• Elk Meadows Special Service District
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas
• Mothers of deceased children
• Wichita County Juvenile Board
• MDK Development, Inc.
  
• Compuware Corporation
• Wal-Mart
• Ingersoll Rand
  
• Fiatallis North America, Inc.
  
• ACE Insurance
• James River Insurance Company
• Insurance Company of North America

Professional Associations

• Utah State Bar Association
• Texas State Bar Association
• Executive Committee, Utah State Bar: Litigation Section (2008–present)
• American Bar Association

Community Activities

• Founding Director, Midlothian Education Foundation
• Wood Badge, Circle Ten Council, Boy Scouts of America

Past Employment

• Special Counsel, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (Dallas)
• Partner, Mathis & Donheiser, P.C. (Dallas)
• Associate, Strasburger & Price (Dallas)

Languages

• French

Interests