Daniel Barnett takes on his clients’ toughest problems with energy, effective advocacy, and practical problem solving skills. Mr. Barnett’s practice includes commercial, contract, and tort litigation. In construction and development-related matters he represents owners, developers, contractors, suppliers, and engineers in the resolution of payment, defect, delay, acceleration, disruption, mechanics liens, and other construction and development-related claims, including insurance coverage disputes. He works for clients in commercial, residential, industrial, and civil construction. Mr. Barnett also has substantial experience in environmental contamination litigation and in representing operators, joint venture partners, and royalty holders in the oil, gas, and mining industries in a variety of disputes. He has litigated and resolved contract disputes for individuals and entities from a broad cross section of industries including aviation, telecommunications, manufacturing, insurance, and technology.

Mr. Barnett has represented clients in litigation and arbitration in Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, California, Arizona, Florida, and Georgia.

Mr. Barnett is a member of the Utah State Bar and is licensed to practice law in all Courts in the State of Utah and the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a member of the Litigation, Construction, and Energy & Natural Resources sections of the Utah State Bar.  He has been continually listed as one of the Mountain States Super Lawyers.  He was selected by his peers as one of Utah’s Legal Elite in business litigation for 2011 in Utah Business magazine and has attained an AV Preeminent rating by Martindale-Hubbell.

Mr. Barnett earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Geology cum laude at Miami University in 1985 before pursuing graduate studies in geology and geochemistry at Dartmouth College where he earned his Masters of Science and his Ph.D.