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About Jacquelynn Carmichael

Jacquelynn Carmichael is a trial lawyer and partner at Cutt Kendell & Olson with 30 years of experience representing injured clients. She graduated from the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law in 1993 and has spent her career not only advocating for injured clients but also honing her trial skills in the courtroom. Her practice spans personal injury with particular depth in medical malpractice and brain injury cases.

She has been recognized in Best Lawyers every year from 2015 to 2026, named Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year in personal injury litigation in 2022 and 2024, and selected to Super Lawyers from 2021 to 2025. She is a published author on topics including hospital liability and food-borne illness damages, and has spoken at the American Association for Justice Trial Advocacy College. Outside the office, she has participated in multiple Choice Humanitarian expeditions to Bolivia and climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.

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Education

University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
J.D., 1993

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$52.2 million · $52.2 Million Wrongful Death Verdict for the Family of Slain Polygamist Leader Rulon Allred
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$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
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$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
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$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.