Rachael Motzkus, Associate at our Salt Lake City law office
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Rachael Motzkus

Associate
Biography

Rachael Motzkus is a real estate attorney focusing on commercial development, office and retail leasing, acquisitions and dispositions of real property, title insurance, entitlements and land use issues, real estate financing, and partnerships and joint ventures. Rachael assists a wide variety of clients ranging from landowners, developers, and tenants to real estate investment trusts (REITs) and asset management firms. Rachael handles a number of clean energy real estate projects including solar and wind land acquisition and development. She also has particular experience assisting homebuilders and other multi-use commercial developers in all stages of acquiring and developing real property.

In conjunction with her practice, Rachael is a member of Snell & Wilmer’s Community Involvement Committee and enjoys working with local nonprofit and community-based organizations. She is also an active member of the firm’s Hiring Committee and Attorney Development Committee.

Credentials

Bar Admissions

  • Utah


Court Admissions

  • Supreme Court of Utah


Education

  • University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law (J.D.)
    • CALI Awards: Legal Research, Mediation and Negotiation
    • Leary Scholar
  • University of Utah, David Eccles School of Business (B.B.A.)
    • Honors College
    • Pre-Law Leap Program Graduate
Experience

Awards & Recognition

  • The Best Lawyers in America®: Ones to Watch,
    • Real Estate Law (2024-2025)
  • Mountain States Super Lawyers®, Rising Stars Edition, Real Estate (2022-2024)

Previous Professional Experience

  • United States Securities and Exchange Commission, Student Honors Intern (2016-2017)
  • University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law, Research Assistant to Professor Michael J. Teter (2016)
  • United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Utah, Judicial Intern to Chief Judge R. Kimball Mosier (2015)
  • Monument Title Insurance, Inc. (2010-2014)

Professional Memberships and Activities

  • Utah State Bar
  • Women Lawyers of Utah
  • Utah Bar Leadership Academy
  • Commercial Real Estate Women Network, Utah Chapter (CREW Utah)
  • NAIOP Utah