Parsons Behle & Latimer attorneys take pride in being actively involved in community events. In addition to filling board and leadership positions for various service organizations, they volunteer hundreds of hours each year on pro bono legal work.

The firm also supports United Way with an annual week-long fund drive and is the largest contributor to And Justice For All, a pro bono program that supports three legal agencies that assist low-income and disabled individuals. We are also a sponsor of the University of Utah College of Law Pro Bono Initiative. 

Participation in Community Activities:
Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ACRS®) (Margaret McGann - Board)
Ada County Republican Central Committee (John Zarian)
Alta Club (Bart Johnsen - Board of Directors)
Alta Town Planning Commission (Lee Kapaloski)
American Bar Association ABA Journal (Rew Goodenow - Editorial Board)
American Bar Association, Coverage magazine (Erik Christiansen - Editor-in-Chief)
American Bar Association Environment, Energy and Resources Section (Jim Butler - Chair, Public Lands Committee, Lisa Kirschner - Editorial Board, Natural Resources and Environment Journal, John Zimmerman - Water Law Conference Planning Committee)
American Bar Association House of Delegates (Lawrence Stevens - Utah State Bar, Rew Goodenow - Nevada Representative)
American Bar Association Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee (Erik Christiansen - Steering Committee)
American Bar Association Intellectual Property Law (Rex Johnson, Brandon Mark - Patent Litigation Committee)
American Bar Association Young Lawyers Delegate for Utah (David Hall)
American Bar Foundation (Lawrence Stevens - Fellow)
American Chemical Society (James Lake)
American College of Trial Lawyers (Fran Wikstrom - Board of Regents)
American Health Lawyers Association (Bill Stilling, Scott Bell) www.healthlawyers.org
American Inns of Court (Lawrence Stevens, James Blanch, Laura Scott, Michael Kealy, Michael Petrogeorge, Karl Olsen, Jeffrey Sanchez)
American Inns of Court Executive Committee (James Blanch - Treasurer)
American Intellectual Property Law Association (Jeffrey Sanchez, Les Murray, Kennedy Luvai, Chris Cuneo)
American Pharmacists Association House of Delegates (William Stilling)
American Society of Pharmacy Law (William Stilling - Scholarship Committee)
Anti Defamation League – Pacific Region (Gary Doctorman)
Association for Corporate Growth (George Flint - Director, Mark Lehman - President) www.acgutah.org
Association of Defense Trial Attorneys (Katherine Venti)
Association of Trial Lawyers (Christina Jepson, Daniel Hindert, Gordon Roberts)
Brown University Club of Utah (Tom Beckett - President)
BYU Department of Communications (Scott Bell - Adjunct Professor)
Barrick Gold Mines Foundation (David Bird - Board of Directors)
Boy Scouts of America (Rew Goodenow - Area Council)
CHOICE Humanitarian Association (Mike Larsen)
Campaign Legal Center (Randy Dryer)
Catholic Foundation of Utah Investment Committee (John Wilson - Trustee and Chair)
Center for International Legal Studies (Rew Goodenow)
Centerville City Planning Commission (Jason Nichols)
Central Utah Water Conservancy District (Dallin Jensen)
Clark Planetarium Board of Directors (Tom Beckett)
Colorado River Basin Salinity Advisory Council (Dallin Jensen)
Colorado River Water Users Association (Dallin Jensen, Lee Kapaloski) www.crwua.org
Dartmouth Lawyers Association (John Wilson)
Ducks Unlimited (Lee Kapaloski) www.ducks.org
Economic Development Corporation of Utah Board of Trustees (Jon Butler) www.edcutah.org
Elyse Pentke White Foundation (Michael Petrogeorge)
Employers Education Coalition (David Bird)
Ethics and Disciplinary Committee of the Utah Supreme Court (Laura Scott, Katherine Venti - Panel Chair)
Executive and Judicial Compensation Commission (David Bird)
Family Counseling Center (Geoff Mangum)
Habitat for Humanity - (Laura Scott - Board)
Head Start Gala Fundraising Committee (Shelly Cordon Teuscher, Michael Petrogeorge)
Houston Intellectual Property Law Association (Rex Johnson)
Idaho Finance Committee, Mitt Romney presidential campaign (John Zarian - Idaho legal liaison)
Idaho State Bar, Intellectual Property Law Section (Peter Midgley, Dana Herberholz, Chris Cuneo - Southern Region Vice Chairperson)
Idaho State Bar, Litigation Section (Dana Herberholz)
Idaho State Bar, Young Lawyers Section (Dana Herberholz)
Idaho Technology Council (Peter Midgley - Executive Committee)
International Council of Shopping Centers (Brian Rosander, Shawn Ferrin)
International Business Law Consortium (Rew Goodenow)
International Rescue Committee (Elizabeth Schulte)
J. Reuben Clark Law Society, Salt Lake Chapter (Craig Terry - Chair Elect, Scott Bell - Young Lawyers Chapter)
J. Reuben Clark Law Society, Boise Chapter (John Zarian, Peter Midgley, Jamie Ellsworth)
J. Reuben Clark Law Society, Spokane Chapter (James Lake - chairperson)
Join Inc. (Karl Olsen - Board of Directors) www.join.org
Juan Diego Catholic High School Board (Mark Lehman) www.jdchs.org
Judicial Council Committee on Privacy and Public Court Records (Randy Dryer)
KRCL (Erik Christiansen - Board of Directors and Executive Committee, Katherine Lewis - Board of Directors) www.krcl.org
KUED - Board - Emeritus 2001-2002 (James Lee) www.kued.org
Labor Commission Workers Compensation Advisory Council (David Bird)
Lassonde New Venture Development Center Alumni Association Steering Committee (Elizabeth Silvestrini - Chair)
Licensing Executives Society (James Lake)
Litigation Counsel of America (Charles Thronson - Fellow, John Zarian - Fellow)
McGillis School (Hal J. Pos - President-Elect and Board Trustee)
Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake City (Lee Kapaloski)
Mountain States Legal Foundation (Hal Pos)
Muscular Dystrophy Association of Utah, Planning Committee for the Muscle Team Bash (Nicholas Frandsen)
NAIOP (Jon Butler)
Nature Conservancy (Lee Kapaloski, Larry Barusch) www.nature.org
Neighborhood Housing Services (Gary Doctorman, Kerry Owens)
Nevada Mining Association (Jim Butler) www.nevadamining.org
Northwest Mining Association (Lisa Kirschner - Board of Trustees) www.nwma.org
Odyssey House (William Stilling - Board of Directors)
Oregon Patent Law Association (Kennedy Luvai)
Planned Parenthood Action Council (Brandon Mark - Treasurer) www.ppacutah.org
Public Lands Committee (Michael Malmquist - Chair)
Reno-Sparks Chamber of Commerce (Michael Kealy) www.reno-sparkschamber.org
Renown Health Medical Foundation (Ross de Lipkau - Trustee)
Republican National Lawyers Association (John Zarian - Idaho Liason)
Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (Board of Directors: Patricia Winmill; and Board of Trustees: Michael Malmquist, Patricia Winmill, Jim Butler, Ross de Lipkau, Earl Hill - Honorary) www.rmmlf.org
Rowland-Hall (Margaret McGann - Board)
Rotary Club of Reno (Rew Goodenow)
Safari Club International (Rew Goodenow - Chair of the Legal Task Force)
Salt Lake Art Center - Board of Trustees (Erik Christiansen - Past President)
Salt Lake Arts Academy (Shawn Ferrin - Board of Directors) www.slarts.org
Salt Lake CAP Head Start Community Advisory Board (Michael Petrogeorge)
Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Alliance (Vicki Baldwin)
Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, Environmental Committee (Hal Pos) www.saltlakechamber.org
Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, Government Affairs Committee (David Bird, Shelly Cordon Teuscher)
Salt Lake Country Club (Michael Bailey - President)
Salt Lake County Bar Association Executive Committee (James Blanch, Laura Scott, Shane Hillman, Bart Johnsen)
Salt Lake County Democratic Party (Brandon Mark) www.slcountydems.org
Salt Lake County Environmental Advisory Council (David Bird)
Salt Lake County Shorelands (David Bird)
Salt Lake Police Honorary Colonels (Bob Reeder)
Salt Lake Rotary Club (Bob Reeder)
Salt Lake Valley Health Department Environmental Advisory Council (David Bird)
Salt Lake Valley Youth Detention Center (Randy Grimshaw)
Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce (Mark Lehman - Board of Directors)
Sandy City (Lee Kapaloski - Board of Trustees)
Santa Clara University Admissions Office (Michael Bailey)
Second District Court - Pro Bono Protective Order Hearings (Christina Jepson)
Stanford Law School Alumni Association (Keith Taylor)
State Water Development Commission (Dallin Jensen)
State Bar of Nevada (Rew Goodenow - Past President, John Zimmerman - Editorial Board, Nevada Lawyer) www.nvbar.org
State of Utah School & Institutional Trust Lands Administration Board of Trustees (James Lee)
Summit Land Conservancy (Lawrence Stevens)
Summit County Recreation Arts and Parks Tax Committee (John Ball)
Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Utah Rules of Civil Procedure (James Blanch)
Tax Review Commission (Larry Barusch)
Third District Court - Small Claims Judges (Christina Jepson)
This is the Place Foundation - Board (Bob Reeder)
TreeUtah (Lee Kapaloski) www.treeutah.org
Trout Unlimited (Lee Kapaloski) www.tu.org
Tuesday Night Bar (A Pro Bono Legal Clinic, David Hall)
United States Golf Association Sectional Affairs Committee (Michael Bailey)
United Way (Raymond J. Etcheverry) www.uw.org
United Way of Greater Salt Lake (Michael Zody - Board of Directors, Chair-Elect of Young Leaders, Vice Chair of Advocacy & Public Policy subcommittee; Rich Mrazik)
University of California (Boalt Hall) Faculty (Larry Leigh)
University of Nevada Reno, Friends and Alumni Association of the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources (John Zimmerman - Board of Directors)
University of Utah Board of Advisors for Undergraduate Education (Erik Christiansen - Chair)
University of Utah Board of Visitors (Erik Christiansen - Chair)
University of Utah Board of Trustees (Randy Dryer)
University of Utah College of Pharmacy (William Stilling - Faculty)
University of Utah College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Advisory Board (Paul Veasy)
University of Utah Crimson Club (Laura Scott - Board of Directors) Utah Utes
University of Utah Honors Department (Randy Dryer - Faculty)
University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law - Adjunct Faculty (Larry Barusch, John Delaney, Randy Dryer, Shawn Ferrin, Mark Glick, Randy Grimshaw, Michael Malmquist, Christina Jepson, Charles Thronson, Michael Petrogeorge) www.law.utah.edu
University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Alumni Board of Trustees (Raymond J Etcheverry, Patricia Winmill, Vicki Baldwin, Christina Jepson)
University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Young Alumni Association (Elizabeth Schulte - Board)
Upper Colorado River Commission (Dallin Jensen)
Urban Land Institute (Lee Kapaloski, Shawn Ferrin, Kimberly Chytraus) www.uli.org
Utah Association for Justice (Charles Thronson - President, James Blanch, Christina Jepson, John Ball)
Utah Bankers Association (Gary Doctorman) www.uba.org
Utah Bar Foundation (Michael Bailey - Board of Trustees) www.utahbarfoundation.org
Utah Breastfeeding Coalition (Brandon Mark) www.utahbreastfeeding.org
Utah Business Coalition (David Bird)
Utah Foundation (David Bird - Board of Trustees)
Utah Governor's Commission on Aging (Kent Alderman - Legal Community Representative) http://aging.utah.edu/utah_coa/index.html
Utah Health Facilities Committee (Bob Reeder)
Utah Highway Users Association (David Bird)
Utah Hospital Association - Board (Bob Reeder)
Utah Legal Services (Bart Johnsen - Board of Trustees)
Utah Manufacturers Association (David Bird - Board of Directors) www.umaweb.org
Utah Mining Association (David Bird - Board of Directors and Executive Committee, Shelly Cordon Teuscher) www.utahmining.org
Utah Minority Bar Association (Jeffrey Sanchez)
Utah Office of the Guardian ad Litem - Pro Bono Guardian ad Litem (John Wilson)
Utah Petroleum Association (David Bird, Shelly Cordon Teuscher) www.utahpetroleum.org
Utah Pharmacists Association (William Stilling)
Utah Professional Liason Committee (James Blanch)
Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission (Dallin Jensen)
Utah Ski and Snowboard Association (Richard Mrazik)
Utah State Bar Banking and Finance Section (John Ball - Chairman)
Utah State Bar Character and Fitness Committee (Christina Jepson, Katherine Venti, Elizabeth Schulte)
Utah State Bar Commission (David Bird, Lawrence Stevens - Ex Officio, David Hall - Ex Officio)
Utah State Bar Energy, Natural Resources and Environmental Law Section (Lindsay Ford - Vice Chair, Lawrence Stevens, Lisa Kirschner)
Utah State Bar Environmental Committee (Elizabeth Schulte - Chair, Lindsay Ford)
Utah State Bar Estate Planning Section (Kent Alderman - Past Chair)
Utah State Bar Family Law Executive Committee (Jared Hales)
Utah State Bar Journal (Bill Holyoak - Editor)
Utah State Bar Litigation Executive Committee (Michael Petrogeorge, Nicole Farrell)
Utah State Bar Litigation Section (Lawrence Stevens)
Utah State Bar Securities Section (Erik Christiansen)
Utah State Bar Young Lawyers Division Executive Committee (Jared Hales)
Utah State Securities Commission (Erik Christiansen - Commissioner)
Utah State University Department of Journalism and Communication Advisory Committee (Nicole Farrell)
Utah State University Department of Political Science (Jared Hales - Instructor)
Utah Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules of Civil Procedure (Fran Wikstrom - Chair)
Utah Taxpayers Association Board of Directors (Maxwell Miller)
Utah Water Users Association (Dallin Jensen, Lee Kapaloski)
Valley Foundation (Michael Petrogeorge - Board of Trustees)
Valley Services (Nicole Farrell - Board)
Vest Pocket Business Coalition (Shawn Ferrin)
Visit Salt Lake, the Salt Lake Visitor and Convention Bureau (Erik Christiansen - Secretary) www.visitsaltlake.com
Volunteer Attorneys for Rural Nevadans (John Zimmerman)
Washington State Patent Law Association (Kennedy Luvai)
Western States Water Council (Dallin Jensen)
Women Lawyers of Utah (Juliette White - Board, Susan Baird Motschiedler - Board, Katherine Venti, Christina Jepson, Nicole Farrell, Elizabeth Silvestrini)
Women Tech Council (Margaret McGann - Advisory Board, Vicki Baldwin)
Workers Compensation Advisory Council (David Bird)
Young Lawyers Division, Utah State Bar (Brian Rosander)