Attorney Profiles
Chris Wangsgard Salt Lake City, Utah
| phone | 801-532-1234 |
| fax | 801-536-6111 |
| cwangsgard@parsonsbehle.com | |
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Chris Wangsgard has more than 30 years of employment law experience, including trying some 20 cases to judges and juries. He has tried or settled cases for Unisys, Chevron, Delta Airlines, Lucent Technologies, Pacific States Cast Iron Pipe, Chicago Bridge & Iron, Mountain States Bindery, Costco, Washington Mutual Finance and Citicorp.
He advises clients about best employment law practices and has developed audit programs to prevent legal problems in several employment law areas.
Mr. Wangsgard has taught trial advocacy as an adjunct professor at the University of Utah College of Law, and has served as a Master of the Bench, American Inns of Court.
- Areas of Practice:
- Wrongful Discharge Claims
- Employment Litigation
- Americans with Disability Act
- Discrimination in the Workplace
- Sexual & Other Harassment Claims
- Wage & Hour Guidance
- Bar Admissions:
- U.S. District Court District of Utah, 1972
- Utah, 1972
- Education:
- University of Utah College of Law, Salt Lake City, Utah,
1972
J.D. degree - U.S. Military Academy,
1963
B.S. degree
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- “New DOL Regulations,” Parsons Behle & Latimer 23rd Annual Employment Law Seminar, April 27, 2011
- “The New ADA,” Parsons Behle & Latimer 22nd Annual Employment Law Seminar, May 11, 2010
- “Reasonable Accomodations Under the New ADA,” Parsons Behle & Latimer 21st Annual Employment Law Seminar, March 17, 2009
- “Americans With Disabilities Act: A Case Study,” Parsons Behle & Latimer 20th Annual Employment Law Seminar, March 18, 2008
- “The Internet and New Wage and Hour Issues,” Parsons Behle & Latimer 19th Annual Employment Law Seminar, May 3, 2007
- “Creating Disabilities Via Medical Miscommunication,” Parsons Behle & Latimer 18th Annual Employment Law Seminar, March 30, 2006
- "FLSA Overtime, New RulesAre You Sure You're Complying?," Parsons Behle & Latimer 17th Annual Employment Law Seminar, April 13, 2005
- "FLSA Overtime: Old Problem - New Rules," Parsons Behle & Latimer 16th Annual Employment Law Seminar, April 7, 2004
- "Fair Labor Standards Act Update," HR Compliance, Are You Up To Date? Seminar, Lorman Education Services, January 23, 2004
- "The Fair Labor Standards Act And The Utah Minimum Wage Act," Utah State And Federal Personnel Laws, Lorman Education Services, May 7 & 8, 2003
- "Preventing Lawsuits with Benchmark Employment Practices (and Stacking the Deck in Your Favor for the Ones You Don't Prevent)," Parsons Behle & Latimer 14th Annual Employment Law Seminar, April 2, 2002
- Presented: "Avoiding Lawsuits," Utah State University 12th Annual Human Resources Seminar, 1995
- Presented: "Avoiding Wrongful Discharge Lawsuits," Salt Lake County Job Service Employers' Council, 1995
