Sean A. Monson is of counsel in the law firm of Bennett Tueller Johnson & Deere. His practice emphasis is real estate and title insurance. He has been lead counsel representing several businesses and individuals in real property transactions and litigation matters involving boundary, ownership and priority of interest disputes. His practice also includes employment counseling and litigation. He has represented several large and small Utah businesses in litigation matters involving claims of wrongful termination, Title VII, ADA, employment-related state law torts, covenants not to compete and labor disputes.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Monson was an associate at the Salt Lake City law firm of Parsons, Behle & Latimer and a partner with the Salt Lake City law firm of Manning Curtis Bradshaw & Bednar LLC.
Education
University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 1995)
Brigham Young University (B.A. History/Japanese, 1992, summa cum laude)
Accomplishments/Affiliations
Treasurer, Real Estate Section of the Utah State Bar
Member, Executive Committee, Litigation Section of the Utah State Bar
Member of Board of Directors, Davis County Citizens Committee Against
Violence
Volunteer, Davis County Attorney's Office Protective Order Project
Articles Editor, Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review
Founding Member and Note Editor, Michigan Law & Policy Review
Assistant Legal Writing Instructor, Michigan Law School
Phi Kappa Phi
Seminars
Religious Discrimination, Bridgerland Chapter of the Society of Human
Management's Second Annual HR Legal Seminar, April 17, 1997, Logan, Utah
Title Examination in Utah, Lorman Education Services, March 15, 2001,
Salt Lake City, Utah
Selecting and Terminating Employees in Utah, National Business Institute,
August 28, 2001, Salt Lake City, Utah
Payroll Basics in Utah, Lorman Education Services, April 3, 2002, Salt
Lake City, Utah
Employment Law Update, Sterling Education Services, LLC, August 29,
2002, Salt Lake City, Utah
Counseling the Small Business Client in Utah, National Business Institute,
June 27, 2002, Salt Lake City, Utah
Selecting and Terminating Employees in Utah, National Business Institute,
May 1, 2003, Salt Lake City, Utah
Mastering Real Estate Titles and Title Insurance in Utah, National
Business Institute, August 5, 2003, Salt Lake City, Utah
Title Examination in Utah, Lorman Education Services, September 12,
2003, Salt Lake City, Utah
Fitness for Duty: Navigating the Legal Maze, University of Utah School
on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies 53rd Annual Session, June 23,
2004, Salt Lake City, Utah
Conducting Escrow Activities, Stewart Title Guaranty Company, September
10, 2004, Provo, Utah
Advanced Principles of Title Insurance in Utah, National Business Institute,
October 11, 2004, Salt Lake City, Utah
The Four Mistakes Clients Make With Their Employees, Bonneville Exchange
Club, January 12, 2005, Salt Lake City, Utah
Closing the Deal: How to Succeed at Real Estate Transactions in Utah,
National Business Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah, January 18, 2005
Nuts and Bolts Workshop on Real Property, Utah State Bar, Salt Lake
City, Utah, January 20, 2005
The Duties and Liabilities of Escrow Agents, Utah Land Title Association,
Capitol Region, March 8, 2005
Fitness for Duty: Navigating the Legal Maze and the FMLA, University
of Utah School on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies 54th Annual Session,
June 23, 2005, Salt Lake City, Utah
Payroll Basics in Utah, Lorman Education Services, August 12, 2005,
Salt Lake City, Utah
Fitness for Duty: Navigating the Legal Maze and the FMLA, 27th Annual
Utah Fall Conference on Substance Abuse, September 28, 2005, Layton, Utah
How to Obtain Good Title in Utah, National Business Institute, Salt
Lake City, Utah, December 15, 2005
Title Examination in Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, January 25, 2006
Reported Decisions
Taylor v. Smith's Food & Drug Centers, Inc., 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS
3298 (10th Cir. 2005)
Kourianos v. Smith's Food & Drug Centers, Inc., 65 Fed. Appx. 238
(10th Cir. 2003)
St. Jeor v. Patterson Dental Supply, Inc., 19 Fed. Appx. 803 (10th Cir.
2001)
Jones v. TCI Cablevision of Utah, Inc., 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 18670 (10th
Cir. 2000)
Bodell Construction Company v. Stewart Title Guaranty Company, 945 P.2d
119 (Utah Ct. App. 1997)
