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Margaret Niver McGann 
Salt Lake City, Utah
phone (801) 532-1234
fax (801) 536-6111
email mmcgann@parsonsbehle.com
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Margaret Niver McGann is a partner in the Litigation department.  She has over fifteen years of experience in litigation, and has represented clients both locally and nationally in a wide range of cases primarily focused on patent, trademark, trade secret and related contract matters.

Related Activities and Skills:
She was an associate editor of the Texas Law Review

  • She served as law clerk to Hon. Nathan Hecht, Texas Supreme Court, 1992-93

Recent Representative Engagements :

  •  Major U.S. oil and gas service corporation - two jury trials in the Southern District of Texas resulting in finding of infringement and willful infringement of a patent and a monetary award
  • Major U.S. oil and gas product corporation - Texas state court bench trial resulting in a take nothing verdict on claim of misappropriation of trade secrets and related claims 
  • U.S. corporation headquarted in Utah - arbitration defending against a multimillion-dollar claim for failure to timely deliver software that was resolved by the parties in a favorable settlement after the arbitration
  • U.S. consumer products company - defending against a trademark and trade dress claim and request for injunction that was settled subsequent to denial of an emergency request for relief in the District of Utah
  • U.S. consumer products company - claims of patent infringement related to consumer data storage products resulting in a favorable settlement immediately subsequent to hearing in the District of Utah on our client's motion for summary judgment on the majority of claims
    • Areas of Practice:
    Intellectual Property Litigation
    Patent Litigation
    Trademark & Trade Dress Litigation
    Commercial Litigation
    Litigation & Appeals
    Bar Admissions:
    Utah, 1997
    Texas, 1992
    Education:
    The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 1992
    J.D. degree with honors
    Honors: Order of the Barristers
    Honors: Order of the Coif
    Honors: Chancellors


    University of Virginia, 1988
    B.A. degree
    Office Locations

    • Salt Lake City Headquarters
      201 South Main Street,
      Suite 1800
      Salt Lake City, UT 84111
      Tel: 801-532-1234
      Fax: 801-536-6111
      Toll free: 800-293-9669

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    • Reno
      50 West Liberty Street,
      Suite 750
      Reno, NV 89501
      Tel: 775-323-1601
      Fax: 775-348-7250
      Toll free: 800-293-9669

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    • Las Vegas
      3753 Howard Hughes Parkway,
      Suite 200
      Las Vegas, Nevada 89169
      Tel: 702-599-6000
      Fax: 702-599-6001
      Toll free: 800-293-9669

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    The law firm of Parsons Behle & Latimer provides legal counsel and representation to Intermountain West businesses in Salt Lake City, Reno, Las Vegas, Boise, Phoenix, Billings and Denver. We regularly represent clients in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado, Arizona, California, Montana and Wyoming.