| Admission Details | 1972, Utah and U.S. District Court, District of Utah; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit |
| Education | University of Idaho, B.S.; University of Utah, J.D. |
| Additional Bio Details | For more than forty years, Mr. Gesas has concentrated his practice in complex civil litigation; state and federal regulatory matters; municipal, county, and state land use planning; and condemnation. He spent more than seven years serving as lead counsel for plaintiffs In Re: The Salt Lake Tribune Litigation pending in the United States District Court for the District of Utah and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, representing the McCarthey Family in a high profile and complex case involving the ownership of Utah's largest general circulation newspaper. Mr. Gesas served as special assistant attorney general on behalf of the Utah Department of Transportation in a complex eminent domain action involving highway right-of-way acquisition and severance damage issues involving claims in excess of $20,000,000. He also served as special counsel to the Utah State Bar in disciplinary proceedings. In the past, Mr. Gesas served as outside special counsel to the Town of Alta, Utah in various land use and zoning development matters impacting the preservation of the Salt Lake City's primary watershed. He also served as director of Utah Legal Services, Inc. (1975-1977) and special trial counsel to Utah State Bar on Ethics and Disciplinary Matters (1995-1996). Mr. Gesas has represented public utility customer class action groups in challenging the rate practices and procedures of Utah's three major utilities including natural gas, telephone, and electrical utilities. This representation has included participation in lengthy evidentiary rate case hearings conducted before the Utah Public Service Commission and complex appeals to the Utah Supreme Court involving Utah's largest natural gas public utility. Mr. Gesas' awards and honors include the following: an award from Utah State Bar for serving as Special Counsel on ethics and disciplinary matters; listing among Utah Legal Elite in business litigation; naming as Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America; and has achieved the highest rating for legal ability in Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Gesas has been listed in several editions of Utah Business magazines' Utah "Legal Elite" commercial litigation and the 2011 and 2012 editions of "The Best Lawyers in America" commercial litigation, real estate litigation and condemnation. |