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Chris Wangsgard 
Salt Lake City, Utah
phone 801-532-1234
fax 801-536-6111
email 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:
"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


Office Locations
  • Salt Lake City Headquarters
    201 South Main Street,
    Suite 1800
    Salt Lake City, UT 84111
    Tel: 801-532-1234
    Fax: 801-536-6111
    Toll free: 800-293-9669

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  • Reno
    50 West Liberty Street,
    Suite 750
    Reno, NV 89501
    Tel: 775-323-1601
    Fax: 775-348-7250
    Toll free: 800-293-9669

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  • Las Vegas
    3753 Howard Hughes Parkway,
    Suite 200
    Las Vegas, Nevada 89169
    Tel: 702-599-6000
    Fax: 702-599-6001
    Toll free: 800-293-9669

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The law firm of Parsons Behle & Latimer provides legal counsel and representation to Intermountain West businesses in Salt Lake City, Reno, Las Vegas, Boise, Phoenix, Billings and Denver. We regularly represent clients in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado, Arizona, California, Montana and Wyoming.