When you’ve been injured, sometimes the only way to obtain justice is to go to court. Let me help you!
When you’ve been injured, sometimes the only way to obtain justice is to go to court. Let me help you!
ATTORNEY AT LAW
About Kumen
Biography
Kumen was born in Tucson, Arizona and raised in southern Arizona and southern California. In his youth he worked as a logger in Wyoming, and a farm hand in Utah. He served a mission for his Church in El Salvador and in Panama, becoming fluent in Spanish.
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He worked full time supporting his young family while he attended college full time, receiving his undergraduate degree, with honors, in Spanish from Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. He graduated with honors from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University in 1991.
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Since graduation, he has lived, and been licensed to practice law in Idaho, Utah and Nevada and the federal district courts of those states. He currently is actively licensed and practicing in Utah and Nevada.
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Kumen specializes in trial practice, having taken more than 50 cases to verdict before the trial courts of all three states, plus Texas and California. He has nearly 30 years’ experience as a trial attorney. Kumen is highly successful in the court and has a nearly unmatched success rate.
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Mr. Taylor began his legal career in Idaho in 1991, trying—and winning—his first jury trial less than two years later. He practiced in Idaho for 7 years and developed a fearless reputation for trying and winning cases.
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He then moved to Utah where he worked in-house with a national corporation managing its litigation and trial practice throughout the United States and Canada, handling and trying
its Utah and Idaho cases.
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In 2006 he was hired by a large Nevada firm to open their Utah office. His Nevada practice became so busy that he moved there in 2010. He handled many multimillion dollar cases successfully for the firm in Nevada, eventually becoming its go-to trial attorney in Nevada. At the same time he handled a busy and successful Utah trial practice.
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In 2017, Mr. Taylor left the Nevada firm, eventually opening his own law office, practicing in Nevada and Utah.
Attorney Peer Reviews
Kumen's reputation among his peers
One attorney described his skill set as follows: “Kumen is excellent in the courtroom and has enjoyed great success. His skill is unmatched in my opinion.”
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Another attorney observed: “I have gone to trial with Mr. Taylor on half a dozen occasions as his second chair. . . . In each case we polled the jury. Each time we pooled the jury 4 or 5 of the jurors asked Mr. Taylor for his business card for future reference. Mr. Taylor is the most efficient and effective trial lawyer I have had the pleasure to work with. He is very intelligent. He is very honest.”
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Another described Mr. Taylor as follows: “Cream of the crop when it comes to litigators.”
Judicial Reviews
Kumen's reputation among the judges
A judge in Nevada who presided over a trial in which Kumen was involved observed: “As a judge I found him competent and trustworthy. He works well with opposing counsel. As a result, litigation is focused towards justice.”
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A judge in the Third Judicial District in Salt Lake County who presided over a trial involving more than $5,000,000 in damages, in which Kumen obtained the winning verdict for his client, told the jury after the trial that Kumen was one of the best trial attorneys in the State of Utah.
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A judge in the Second Judicial District in Weber County told Mr. Taylor following a trial: “You have an impressive court presence.”
Client Reviews
“Not only was Kumen a GREAT lawyer, hard-working, professional & highly competent, as a person, he was always kind and patient, and comforting while always being honest about my case, and he always promptly returned emails & phone calls, (something I've heard not all attorneys do.) With Kumen & his team on our side, we won our case.”