Jonathan Hafen
Jonathan O. Hafen, a shareholder at Parr Brown Gee & Loveless, Salt Lake City, has been sworn in and installed as the national president of the Federal Bar Association. Hafen was sworn in at the association’s annual meeting and convention in September in Tennessee. His term began Oct. 1. The Federal Bar Association has more than 15,000 members, including over 2,000 federal judges.
As a shareholder at Parr Brown, Hafen handles a wide variety of litigation, including in the areas of securities and investment, receiverships, employment law, breach of contract, property disputes, entertainment, intellectual property, insurance coverage, class actions, construction, legal malpractice defense, and more. In addition to his work as a trial lawyer, he serves as legal counsel to a number of startups, midsize businesses and multinational companies.
In addition to his new position as the FBA’s national president, Hafen has served in a number of similar positions, including as president of the BYU Alumni Association; as chair of Tuacahn Center for the Arts; as chair of the Utah State Bar’s CLE Advisory Committee; as chair of the Utah Supreme Court’s Advisory Committee on the Rules of Civil Procedure; and as a board member of the Utah Center for Legal Inclusion, the Women’s Leadership Institute and the Utah Tennis Association.
