Wayne G. Petty
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PDFWayne Petty specializes in real estate, real estate development, real estate financing, commercial leases, landlord and tenant, eviction, foreclosure, defense of challenges to trust deed foreclosures, wrongful liens, condominium and time share, real property title issues, commercial transactions, alternative dispute resolution, environmental law. Mr. Petty has been Chairman of the Real Estate Section of the Utah State Bar, Chairman of the Environmental Control Committee, and served as a Bar Examiner for the Utah State Bar.
Mr. Petty’s real estate practice has included representing landlord developer in negotiating leases with Albertson’s, Inc., Wendy’s, Blockbuster Video, Big 5 Sports, and others. He represents The Lodge at Snowbird, a condominium, at Snowbird, Utah, and Summit Watch, a condominium, Marriott-developed timeshare project in Park City, Utah. He has represented lenders and borrowers.
Representative Cases
United States v. Petty Motor Co. 767 P.2d 712 (10th Cir. 1985) cert. den. 106 S.Ct. 1284, 89 L.Ed. 2d 591
Sierra Club v. Hodel, 675 F.Supp.594 (D. Utah 1987) aff’d in part, reversed in part, 848 F.2d 1068 (10th Cir. 1988)
Sierra Club v. Hodel, 737 F.Supp.629 (D.Utah 1990)
Sierra Club v. Lujan, 949 F.2d 362 10th Cir. 1991)
Continental Bank & Trust Co. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 550 P.2d 222 (Utah 1976); Bank of Ephraim v. Davis, 559 P.2d 538 (Utah 1977)
Petty Investment Co. v. Miller, 576 P.2d 838 (Utah 1978)
Reynolds v. Van Wagoner, 592 P.2d 593 (Utah 1979)
Wallis v. Thomas, 632 P.2d 39 (Utah 1981)
County Board of Equalization of Salt Lake County v. Nupetco Associates, 779 P.2d 1138 (Utah 1989)
Blaser v. Bentley, 2011 UT App 328, 20110538-CA (UTCA)
National Parks Conservation Association v. The Board of Trustees of School and Institutional
Trusts Lands Administration, 2010 UT 13, 231 P.3d 1193 (Utah 2010)
In re Anderson, 82 P.3d 1134 (Utah 2004)
Kimball Condominiums Owners Association v. County Bd. of Equalization of Salt Lake
County, 943 P.2d 641 (Utah 1997)
National Parks and Conservation Association v. Board of State Lands, 869 P.2d 909 (Utah
1993)
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance v. Board of State Lands and Forestry of State, 830 P.2d
233 (Utah 1992)
Education
University of Utah School of Law, J.D., 1972
Member, Utah Law Review
University of Utah, B.A.
Admissions
Utah
U.S. District Court, District of Utah
U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
Affiliations
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Finance, University of Utah,
1979-1989
Member, Panel of Court-Appointed Arbitrators, U.S. District Court for the
District of Utah, 1994-2005
Utah State Bar
Chairman Real Property Section: Real Property Law, 1980-1981
American Bar Association
Salt Lake County Bar Association
