R. Shawn Gunnarson   (801) 426-2125 sgunnarson@kmclaw.com
Mr. Gunnarson is a member of Kirton & McConkie's Corporate and Tax Sections. His practice includes information technology, telecommunications, government relations, constitutional law, and appellate litigation. He joined the firm in 2009.

Experience Served as Senior Counsel to U.S. Senator Robert F. Bennett, advising him on issues regarding telecommunications, cyber security, Internet policy and governance, critical infrastructure protection, intellectual property, and constitutional law Represented a landowner before the U.S. Supreme Court and the South Carolina Supreme Court in a prominent regulatory takings case Represented clients as amici curiae in over 35 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, presenting, among others, questions under the Takings Clause, the Commerce Clause, the First Amendment Speech and Establishment Clauses, and the Patent Clause Represented sovereign clients in complex and appellate litigation in cases involving the execution of an international arbitration award; a contractual dispute over the provision of nuclear materials; and the validity of service on OPEC in an antitrust case brought by an American petroleum purchaser Education Brigham Young University, B.A., Political Science and Honors in Philosophy (University Honors with Thesis), magna cum laude, 1991 Brigham Young University, J.D., cum laude, 1994 Scholarly Writing Award, 1994 Member, BYU Law Review, 1993-94 Admissions Supreme Court of the United States U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit U.S Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Affiliations Utah State Bar District of Columbia Bar Publications Just Compensation and the Endangered Species Act, ABA Handbook on the Endangered Species Act (2001) Comment, Using History to Reshape the Discussion of Judicial Review, 1994 B.Y.U. L. Rev. 151 Note, No Constitutional Shelter, 7 B.Y.U. J. Pub.L.413 (1993)