Plant Christensen & Kanell Attorneys at Law

STEWART B. HARMAN Shareholder

Mr. Harman is a shareholder with Plant, Christensen & Kanell. He began his legal career with Plant, Christensen & Kanell in 2006 and is involved in many different aspects of insurance defense litigation, to include personal injury, premises liability, insurance/agent broker liability, trucking and auto cases, complex litigation, construction accidents, construction defect, product warranty claims, municipal litigation and defense, HOA claims, products liability, and property damage claims in both state and federal court.

Education

Appalachian School of Law, Grundy, Virginia
J.D.: 2006, Summa Cum Laude

• - Recipient of the 2006 Burton Award for excellence in legal writing
• - Selected as a finalist for the Presidential Management Fellows program
• - Editor-in-Chief, Appalachian Journal of Law, Volume V; Associate Editor Volume IV

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
B.S.: Organizational Communication and Political Science, 2001

Practice Areas

• General litigation
• Personal Injury
• Insurance law
• Products liability
• Trucking/Auto accidents
• Construction
• Municipal law
• Product warranty

Admitted to Practice

• Utah State Bar (All Utah Courts)
• United States District Court, District of Utah
• Idaho State Bar (All Idaho courts)

Professional Affiliations and Memberships

• Utah State Bar Association
• Salt Lake County Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Utah State Litigation Section
• Utah defense Lawyers Association
• Municipal Law Group

Reported Cases / Publications

• Cope v. UVSC, 2012 UT App 319, 290 P.3d 314 (November 8, 2012), aff'd, 2014 UT 53, 342 P.3d 243.

• Restoration of Competency Through Involuntary Medication: Applying The Sell Factors, 4 Appalachian J.L. 127 (2005)