Of Counsel  |   Salt Lake City, UT

Eric K. Schnibbe focuses his practice on complex business litigation and appeals. Mr. Schnibbe has successfully represented clients throughout the Intermountain West. He is experienced in handling complicated matters of business litigation, and has obtained multiple favorable outcomes for clients in appellate courts. For example, Mr. Schnibbe was co-counsel in a jury trial lasting more than five weeks, in which the Jury rendered a unanimous verdict for the clients of over $133 million in a theft of trade secret, breach of Confidentiality Agreement, and breach of fiduciary duty case. The jury verdict was affirmed by the Utah Supreme Court in May 2016. 

Mr. Schnibbe is an active member of both the Utah State Bar and the State Bar of Nevada and is a 1998 graduate of the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, where he was an editor for the Utah Law Review. Following graduation, Mr. Schnibbe served two judicial clerkships with the Utah Court of Appeals. He is A/V rated by Martindale Hubble, the highest rating available, and has been voted by his peers in Utah as one of Utah's "Legal Elite" since 2013, as published in Utah Business Magazine. Mr. Schnibbe has been included in the list of Mountain States Super Lawyers (TM) since 2013 and was named in the Rising Stars list published by the same magazine from 2008 through 2012.

Areas Of Practice

Deceptive Trade Practices

RICO Act

Unfair Competition

Contracts

Debtor/Creditor

Construction Contracts

Construction Liens

Government Construction Contracts

Housing & Construction Defects

Employment Contracts -- Employer

Copyrights

International Intellectual Property

Trade Dress

Trade Secrets

Trademarks

Bankruptcy Litigation

Complex Litigation

Federal Appellate Practice

Federal Trial Practice

Multidistrict Litigation

State Appellate Practice

State Trial Practice

Legal Malpractice

Mortgages & Foreclosures

Securities Fraud & Insider Trading

Bar Admissions

Nevada, 1998

Utah, 1999

U.S. District Court District of Utah, 2000

U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 2003

U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 2004

U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2008

Education

University of Utah College of Law, Salt Lake City, Utah 

• J.D. 
• Honors: William H. Leary Scholar

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 

• B.S. 
• Honors: cum laude
• Honors: Dean's List
• Major: Political Science

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 

• B.S. 
• Honors: cum laude
• Honors: Dean's List
• Major: Sociology

Published Works

Abortion Amendments, Utah Law Review 1384, 1996 

Representative Cases

Fed. Trade Comm'n v. Zurixx, LLC, 2023 WL 2966756 (D. Utah Apr. 17, 2023)(Successfully stopped Receiver from pursuing more than $18.5 million alleged fraudulent transfer claims against various clients in an FTC receivership action)

Yknot Global Ltd v. Stellia Ltd., 379 P.3d 36, 2016, Utah

Stellia Ltd. v. Yknot Global Ltd., 379 P.3d 29, 2016, Utah 

USA Power, LLC v. PacifiCorp, 372 P.3d 629 , 2016, Utah

USA Power, LLC, et al. v. PacifiCorp, et al., 235 P.3d 749, 2010 UT 31, 2010, Utah (S. Ct.) 

Dummar v. Lummis, 543 F.3d 614, 2008, 10th Cir. 

Brigham Young Univ. v. Tremco Consultants, Inc., 156 P.3d 782, 2007, Utah (S. Ct.) 

Brigham Young Univ. v. Tremco Consultants, Inc., 110 P.3d 678, 2005, Utah (S. Ct.) 

Brieggar Props. v. H.E. Davis & Sons, 52 P.3d 1153, 2002, Utah (S. Ct.) 

Professional Associations and Memberships

Federal Bar Association 

Salt Lake County Bar Association 

Past Employment Positions

Magleby, Cataxinos & Greenwood, P.C., Partner, 2010 to 2020 

Tomsic & Peck, LLC, Partner, 2006 to 2009 

VanCott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy, Associate, 2003 to 2006 

Berman, Tomsic & Savage, Associate, 2000 to 2003 

Utah Court of Appeals, Judicial Clerk, 1998 to 2000 

Pro Bono Activities

Judge Pro Tempore, Salt Lake City Justice Court, Small Claims Division, 2002 to 2008