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About Michael Driggs

Michael Driggs is a trial lawyer at The Advocates Injury Attorneys, managing the firm's California practice and serving as a litigation resource across all offices. He focuses on high-stakes personal injury litigation, especially cases approaching trial and matters requiring multi-jurisdictional coordination.

Driggs has tried more than a dozen jury trials in addition to bench trials and arbitrations, with multi-million-dollar verdicts, and has argued cases at state and federal levels including the Utah Supreme Court. He earned his Juris Doctor from the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, an MBA from George Mason University School of Business, and his Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Utah. He is licensed in California, Utah, and Montana.

Practice areas

Education

University of Utah
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of California
State Bar of Utah
State Bar of Montana

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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.