HomeUtahSalt Lake CityNathan Alder

About Nathan Alder

Nate Alder litigates, tries, and resolves complex civil cases. His focus is successful outcomes for clients. He is recognized as one of the Top 100 lawyers in the five-state Intermountain West (Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming], and has been honored as one of Salt Lake City’s Top 25 Lawyers (Super Lawyers/Thomson Reuters].

He has received an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell. Nate has served as the elected president of the Utah State Bar (2008-2009), the 15-state Western States Bar Conference [2012-2013), the National Caucus of State Bar Associations (2014 to 2015), and the National Conference of Bar Presidents (2019-2020). He is Utah’s state delegate to the American Bar Associations House of Delegates.

  • Nate’s leadership service includes three Utah Supreme Court Advisory Committees, ABA Standing Committees, Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission (appointed by Governor Herbert)
  • House of Delegates, American Bar Association
  • Centre for Innovation, Governing Council. ABA
  • Executive Council, National Conference of Bar Presidents
  • The Utah State Bar Commission
  • Salt Lake City Police Foundation Board of Directors

Practice areas

Education

Indiana University-Bloomington School of Law
J.D., 1995
Utah State University
Undergraduate, 1991

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Utah

Other attorneys at Christensen & Jensen, P.C.

View firm →

Proven verdicts and settlements from other Salt Lake City firms

Parker & McConkie Personal Injury Lawyers
Parker & McConkie Personal Injury Lawyers
$52.2 million · $52.2 Million Wrongful Death Verdict for the Family of Slain Polygamist Leader Rulon Allred
Cutt Kendell & Olson
Cutt Kendell & Olson
$3 million · His Mother Called 911 for Help Getting Him to a Hospital. An Officer Fired Eleven Shots at the Unarmed 13-Year-Old, and Salt Lake City Paid $3 Million.
Dewsnup King Olsen Worel Havas
Dewsnup King Olsen Worel Havas
$16,000,000 default judgment ($4,000,000 compensatory plus $12,000,000 punitive) · She Was 14 When Warren Jeffs Married Her to Her 19-Year-Old Cousin Over Her Objections. Twelve Years After She Sued, a Utah Judge Entered $16 Million Against Him and His Church.
Kesler & Rust
Kesler & Rust
$15,007,508.45 (verdict; on appeal in the Tenth Circuit) · Her Father Called for Help With Her Addiction. She Died of Dehydration in the Jail, and the Physician Assistant Did Not Come Until She Had Been Dead Twelve Hours.
Mortensen & Milne
Mortensen & Milne
$25 million · A Tilt Wand Would Have Cost the Manufacturer Nothing Instead of the Cord. A 3-Year-Old Got Tangled in It, and a Salt Lake Jury Awarded $25 Million.