Parr Brown Gee & Loveless (www.parrbrown.com) is pleased to announce that J. Mason Kjar has joined the firm as an Associate in the Litigation Section. Mr. Kjar earned his B.S. in Mathematics with a Minor in Physics from the University of Utah in 2003 and his M.A. in Education from Western Governors University in 2006. He received his J.D., Order of the Coif, with Highest Honors, from the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law in 2012 where he served as Executive Managing Editor for the Utah Law Review and received numerous awards for his research and legal writing skills. Following law school, Mr. Kjar served as a judicial law clerk for Judge Scott M. Matheson, Jr. (Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals) and Judge Tena Campbell (U.S. District Court for the District of Utah.) He also served as an Extern for Judge Dee Benson and Judge Clark Waddoups of the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah. Mr. Kjar worked as a paid Summer Law Intern for the U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division, Civil Trial Section in Washington, D.C. and as a Summer Associate and Law Clerk for several Utah law firms including Parr Brown. “We are delighted to have Mason join our team,” noted Parr Brown President, Daniel Jensen. “His experience, commitment and passion are will bring tremendous value to our clients.”