Kelvin S. Jensen

Associate

Salt Lake City

Services

Commercial Litigation

Biography

Kelvin is a civil litigator licensed to practice law in Florida, Texas, and Utah. He has broad litigation experience, having worked on cases involving breach of contract, negligence, professional malpractice, and constitutional law. Kelvin also has a deep knowledge of the judicial process because he served as a judicial law clerk to three different judges.

Kelvin is fluent in Spanish and is an approved court interpreter for the State of Utah. Kelvin also has a working knowledge of Portuguese.

Credentials

Bar Admissions

Florida
Texas
Utah

Court Admissions

Supreme Court of Florida
Supreme Court of Texas
Supreme Court of Utah
United States District Court, District of Utah
United States District Court, Southern District of Florida

Education

Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School (J.D.)
- Dean’s List
Brigham Young University (B.A., Philosophy, magna cum laude)

Languages

Spanish

Experience

Previous Professional Experience

U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, Law Clerk for Chief Judge David C. Nye and Judge Amanda K. Brailsford (2022-2023)
Florida 5th District Court of Appeal, Law Clerk for Judge Mary Alice Nardella (2021-2022)
U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, Judicial Extern for Judge Howard C. Nielson, Jr. (Summer 2020)

Community Involvement

Utah State Bar
- High School Mock Trial Competition Judge (2024-Present)

Representative Presentations and Publications

“Supreme Court Gives Cities Greater Leeway to Address Homelessness,” Author, Snell & Wilmer Legal Alert (July 3, 2024)
La redistribución de la riqueza en los Estados Unidos, in Nieves Knapp et al., Mastering Spanish Through Global Debate (Georgetown University Press, 2023)
“Charity Never Waiteth,” BYU Magazine (Winter, 2021)
The Tangled Beard of Modal Realism, 25 Aporia 45, 2015

Publications

Supreme Court Gives Cities Greater Leeway to Address Homelessness

Firm News