Randy L. Dryer

Randy Dryer is a retired shareholder in Parsons Behle & Latimer’s Litigation practice group. He has extensive expertise in media and internet law and has represented numerous e-commerce businesses and virtually every major news organization in the state of Utah and many national news organizations, including 60 Minutes, Scripps-League Newspapers, Redbook Magazine, The New York Times, CNN, and the Associated Press.

Mr. Dryer is a recognized expert in First Amendment law, social media law, crisis management, and crisis communications. He has advised numerous business clients in drafting their social media policies, preparing their crisis management plans, and in responding to a crisis when one occurs. He has argued numerous cases before the Utah Supreme Court, the Utah Court of Appeals, and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Dryer has also filed various briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Mr. Dryer was recently appointed as a Presidential Honors Professor at the University of Utah with a joint appointment in the Honors College and the College of Law. He currently teaches courses in crisis management, pre-trial practice, social media law, privacy, and cyber law.

He has been listed in Best Lawyers in America each year since 1993. Out of 1.1 million lawyers in the United States, Mr. Dryer was one of 500 named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators Guide in 2006.