Beau is an experienced trial lawyer whose practice focuses on complex commercial, catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, and civil rights cases. He has tried numerous cases to verdict and has successfully argued before the Utah Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, and California Court of Appeal.

In 2018, Beau received the Trial Lawyer of the Year award from the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association. He has also been recognized as one of Utah’s Legal Elite and has been selected as a Mountain States ”Super Lawyer." He is a member of the Board of Governors for the Utah Association for Justice, and also serves on its Legislative Committee. He serves on the Utah Business & Chancery Court Rules Committee, the Advisory Committee on the Local Rules of Practice for the United States District Court for the District of Utah, and he is a member of the David K. Watkiss – Sutherland II Inn of Court.

Prior to joining Burbidge | Mitchell, Beau was a named partner at a prestigious San Francisco law firm. He also served on the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association and the AIDS Legal Referral Panel, a non-profit providing free and low-cost legal services to people with HIV/AIDS.

Areas of Practice

  • Catastrophic Personal Injury
  • Wrongful Death
  • Complex Commercial
  • Civil Rights

Recognition

  • Mountain States "Super Lawyer," 2023
  • Utah's Legal Elite, 2020 - 2022
  • Super Lawyers “Rising Star,” 2013 - 2022
  • Trial Lawyer of the Year by the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, 2018

Leadership

  • Board of Governors for the Utah Association for Justice
  • Former Director of the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association
  • Former Director of the AIDS Legal Referral Panel

Civic Engagement

  • Utah Business & Chancery Court Rules Committee
  • Advisory Committee on the Local Rules of Practice for the United States District Court for the District of Utah
  • Legislative Committee for the Utah Association for Justice
  • Member, David K. Watkiss – Sutherland II Inn of Court

Admissions

  • State Bar of Utah
    • U.S.D.C. for the District of Utah
  • State Bar of California
    • U.S.D.C. for the Northern District of California
    • U.S.D.C. for the Eastern District of California
    • U.S.D.C. for the Central District of California
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Education

  • U.C. College of the Law, San Francisco (Formerly U.C. Hastings), J.D.
    • Magna cum laude
    • Thurston Honors Society
    • Member, Hastings Moot Court Team
    • Member, Constitutional Law Quarterly
  • Georgetown University, B.S.B.A. Finance/International Business
    • Cum laude