About Mike Banks

Mike Banks graduated from the University of Utah in 2003 with bachelor's degrees in Anthropology and Speech Communication. He earned his J.D. from Willamette University College of Law in 2006, where he received an award for Best Appellate Argument and, as a third-year student, successfully argued an appeal before the Oregon Court of Appeals. After law school he joined Robert J. DeBry & Associates to represent plaintiffs in personal injury cases. In 2013, he was part of a trial team that obtained a $58.5 million verdict in a wrongful death lawsuit in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He has served as President of the firm and has successfully arbitrated, mediated, and tried numerous lawsuits on behalf of injured clients and families who have lost loved ones.

Practice areas

Education

Willamette University College of Law
J.D., 2006
University of Utah (Anthropology)
Undergraduate, 2003

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Utah

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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.
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.