James W. McConkie, III
James McConkie is primarily involved in general civil and commercial litigation, with special emphasis in business disputes, employment, trademark and unfair business practices matters. Mr. McConkie also has experience in complex and class action litigation, having played a key role in a nationwide class action lawsuit against a Fortune 500 company, resulting in a $15 million verdict upheld on appeal.
A native of Salt Lake City, Mr. McConkie received a B.A. degree in history from the University of Utah in 1995. Upon graduation he worked with an international import/export firm managing client accounts and developing projects in Eastern Europe, India, China, Bangladesh and elsewhere. In 1996 he enrolled at the National Law Center of George Washington University in Washington, D.C. While in law school, he served as an International Dean's Fellow, was a member of the G.W. Moot Court Board and was an award-winning member of the G.W. Trial Court Board. He received a J.D. degree in 1999 and was accepted to the post-graduate international legal studies program at the Center for International Legal Studies in Vienna, Austria, where he was awarded a Certificate of International Legal Practice in 2000.
Before joining Prince Yeates, Mr. McConkie worked as an analyst for the Central and East European Legal Initiative of the American Bar Association. There, he drafted the overall analysis for a variety of published works, including Analysis of the Draft Amendments for the Election Laws of the Slovak Republic and the Concept Paper on Judicial Independence (the ABA-CEELI judicial training text used throughout Eastern Europe). Fluent in Czech, Mr. McConkie also worked as a visiting associate with the international law firm of Cisar, Ceska, Smutny & Spol in Prague, Czech Republic.
Mr. McConkie is a past president of the International Law Section of the Utah State Bar. He is licensed to practice in the federal and state courts of Utah.
