About David Cutt

David Cutt is a veteran trial attorney and the founding partner at Cutt Kendell & Olson. He graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1991 and began his career at a large firm representing corporations before shifting his practice to representing injured people. Since 1997 he has devoted his career to helping clients injured by medical malpractice, defective products, motor vehicle accidents, and ski resort negligence, obtaining multiple seven-figure and eight-figure jury verdicts. He holds the AV Preeminent Rating from Martindale-Hubbell and has been selected to Mountain States Super Lawyers every year since 2009 and to Best Lawyers every year since 2015. He has also been ranked in the Top 100 Attorneys in the Mountain States and is a frequent media commentator who has appeared on the Today Show, NBC, MSNBC, and Court TV.

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Education

University of Michigan Law School
J.D., 1991
Colgate University
Undergraduate, 1987

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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
Christensen & Jensen, P.C.
Christensen & Jensen, P.C.
$4 million (as modified on appeal; $5 million gross jury award) · Her Children Agreed to Withdraw Life Support Because the Doctors Told Them She Was Terminal. She Was Not, and She Would Probably Have Recovered.
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.