• 170 South Main Street Suite 800
  • Salt Lake City, UT 84101
  • Phone: (801) 521-4135
  • Fax: (801) 521-4252
  • firm@mbt-law.com

About Us


McKAY, BURTON & THURMAN, P.C.


     The roots of McKay, Burton & Thurman reach back to 1935 when three well-known Utah lawyers, Henry D. Moyle, David Lawrence McKay and Lynn S. Richards, formed a partnership. Their initial legal practice involved water rights, oil, gas, mining and related matters. Over time the firm added attorneys and it developed into a general practice, full-service law office.

     In 1945, Lynn Richards left the firm and was replaced by Wilford M. Burton, who had just completed a successful term as a Salt Lake City Judge. At that time, the firm became known as Moyle, McKay & Burton. In April, 1946, Henry D. Moyle resigned his position with the firm after being called to serve as a member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 

     William Taft Thurman practiced with the firm from 1951 to 1961, at which time he was appointed by President Kennedy to serve as a United States Attorney General for the District of Utah. After resigning from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in 1969, William Taft Thurman returned to the firm and later became a named partner, effectively changing the name to McKay, Burton & Thurman. 

     With the addition of Delyle H. Condie as a named partner in the 1970’s, the firm became known as McKay, Burton, Thurman & Condie. When Delyle H. Condie left the firm in 1988, the name of the firm returned to McKay, Burton & Thurman.

    
More recently, William Thomas Thurman, who had practiced with the firm since 1974, was appointed in 2001 to serve as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Utah.

    
For over seventy years, McKay, Burton & Thurman has been honored to represent a variety of clients from many walks of life seeking solutions to numerous and diverse legal problems.

    
Whether you are a corporation, partnership, or an individual desiring assistance in legal matters, you will find that the attorneys of McKay, Burton & Thurman are committed to providing the highest quality of legal services in a prompt manner and at a fair and reasonable cost. The attorneys and staff at McKay, Burton & Thurman are dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of professionalism and integrity that have been the hallmark of the firm’s service in the community since 1935.

REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS:

     Our representative clients include: Harman's Kentucky Fried Chicken; Wendy's Hamburgers; Doppelmayr CTEC; Danaher Corp. (Hennessy Industries); Murray City School District; Woodbury Corp.; Simmons Media Group; Citadel Communications, Corp.; Greenwood Construction Co.; and Chapter 7 Trustee.