Alan S. Mouritsen

Alan Mouritsen is a member of the firm’s Litigation practice group and concentrates his practice on appeals, constitutional law, administrative law, and securities litigation.

As part of his appellate practice, Mr. Mouritsen has written briefs in the Tenth Circuit, the Ninth Circuit, the Eighth Circuit, the Sixth Circuit, the Second Circuit, the Utah Supreme Court, and the Utah Court of Appeals. He has argued before the Tenth Circuit, the Utah Supreme Court, and the Utah Court of Appeals. He serves as a member of the Advisory Committee for the Utah Rules of Appellate Procedure and is a member of the CJA panel for the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.  

Mr. Mouritsen grew up in and recently returned to Grantsville, Utah, where he currently serves as a member of the Tooele County Board of Education. He received his bachelor's degree cum laude from Pomona College. He graduated with distinction from Stanford Law School, where he was an articles editor on the Stanford Law Review and a member of the Stanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic. Following graduation, Mr. Mouritsen clerked for Judge Jay S. Bybee of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.