Elisabeth M. McOmber

Bar Admissions

• New York
• Utah

Court Admissions

• Supreme Court of New York
• Supreme Court of Utah
• United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
• United States District Court, District of Utah

Education

• Brooklyn Law School (J.D., cum laude)
  • Dean’s Merit Scholar
  • Notes and Comments Editor, Brooklyn Journal of International Law
  • Best Brief Award and Quarter-Finalist, Sixteenth Annual William McGee National Civil Rights Moot Court Competition, University of Minnesota Law School
  • Writer, Sixteenth Annual Jerome Prince Evidence Competition
• University of Utah (B.A., Anthropology)
  • Dean’s List

Awards & Recognition

• The Best Lawyers in America®, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendant, Product Liability Litigation – Defendant (2021-2025); Commercial Litigation (2023-2025)
• Utah’s Legal Elite: Civil Litigation (2019), Utah Business Magazine
• 30 Women to Watch” Honoree, Utah Business (May 2018)
  • Video Clip
• Mountain States Super Lawyers®, PI – Products: Defense (2019)

Previous Professional Experience

• Piper Rudnick, LLP (now DLA Piper), Associate (2002-2004)
• United States Customs Service, Office of the Associate Chief Counsel, Law Clerk (2000-2001)
• United States District Court, Southern District of New York, Summer Law Clerk to Honorable Laura Taylor Swain (2000)

Professional Memberships and Activities

• American Bar Association
  • The Woman Advocate Committee
  • Litigation & Tort Committee
  • Trial & Insurance Committee
• State Bar of Utah
  • Former Bar Examiner Committee
  • Litigation Section
  • Women Lawyers
• Salt Lake County Bar Association
• Federal Bar Association
• Defense Research Institute
• Aviation Lawyers Association

Community Involvement

• American Bar Association, Judicial Intern Opportunity Program
• Utah State Bar Outreach Program
  • Mock Trial at Skyline High School
• Utah Children’s Center
  • Former Board of Trustees
  • Bylaws Committee, Governance Committee (present), Legislative Committee
• Oakridge Elementary School Community Council, Former Chair
• Skyline Boys Lacrosse Committee, President (2015-2019)
• Skyline Boys Lacrosse Program, Former Assistant Coach
• Holy Trinity Philoptochos Society, Member (2013-present)
• Fourth Street Clinic Corporate Council, Former Volunteer

Representative Presentations and Publications

• “Did We Consent to Be Sued Here? An Update on Newest U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Personal Jurisdiction in Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Company,” Author, Snell & Wilmer Under Construction (Summer 2023)
• “Montana v. Ford and the Evolving Landscape of Sufficient Contacts for Specific Personal Jurisdiction,” Co-Author, SideBAR (May 18, 2021)
• “Ethics and Social Media – Is it Truly Old Wine, New Bottle?” Presenter, Network of Trial Law Firms CLE, Minneapolis, MN (September 2018)
• “Not Here, but There: The evolving landscape of personal jurisdiction,” Author, Utah Business Magazine (August 2017)
• “Can You Sue Me Here? – Personal Jurisdiction in Utah After Clearone, Inc. v. Revolabs,” Co-Presenter, The University of Utah S.J. Quinney of Law CLE (January 24, 2017)
• “Use of Post Market Data to Support Pre-Market Approvals,” Co-Presenter, Utah Life Science Summit 2016 (October 6, 2016)
• “Location, Location, Location: A Brief Overview of Personal Jurisdiction, Forum Selection Clauses and Why They Matter,” Author, The Enterprise – Utah’s Business Journal (August 1, 2016)
• “The Effect of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Atlantic Marine Construction Company, Inc. v. United States District Court for the Western District of Texas Decision on the Enforceability of Forum Selection Clauses,” Author, Association of Corporate Counsel Mountain West Chapter FOCUS (Winter 2014)
• “Self-Critical Analysis Privilege: Does It Protect Manufacturers Seeking to Review and Improve Practices and Procedures?” Author, Product Liability, American Bar Association Section of Litigation (Summer 2014)