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Tracy H. Fowler

Partner

Tracy Fowler is a partner with Snell & Wilmer’s product liability litigation practice group in the Salt Lake City office. He has 29 years of trial and appellate experience in product liability defense and commercial litigation. Tracy has represented manufacturers and distributors of a wide range of products, including airplanes and helicopters, motorcycles and motor vehicles, personal watercraft and ATVs, industrial and construction equipment, elevators and escalators, and pharmaceuticals and medical devices. He has handled asbestos and toxic tort litigation as lead trial counsel throughout the Western United States. Tracy has also successfully prosecuted and defended complex commercial litigation matters in areas such as patent infringement, trademark and trade secrets, Lanham Act and business torts, franchise and dealership disputes, and contract and construction claims. He has significant experience in class actions, consolidated proceedings and matters before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. Tracy serves as Chair of the Product Liability Subcommittee of the Utah Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Civil Jury Instructions.

Professional Recognitions & Awards

The Best Lawyers in America® (2003-2010)
Mountain States Super Lawyers, Law & Politics magazine (2007-2009)

Personal

Born in Salt Lake City, Utah

Professional Memberships & Activities

State Bar of Utah
    Litigation Section, Executive Committee
    Ad Hoc Committee on Multijurisdictional Practice, Chairman
American Bar Association
    Air and Space Law Section
    Tort and Insurance Practice Section
    Litigation Section
Federal Bar Association
    Federal Litigation Section
Defense Research Institute
    Drug and Device Section
    Product Liability Section
Utah Defense Lawyers Association, Member
    President (1996-1997)
Utah Supreme Court Advisory Committee, Civil Jury Instructions
Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel, Member

Other Professional Experience

Campbell Maack & Sessions, Shareholder
Watkiss & Campbell, Shareholder
Watkiss & Campbell, Associate

Representative Presentations & Publications

  • Trying Your Case to Win on Appeal, 1999 Utah State Bar Association Annual Meeting
  • Modernizing Defamation Law in Utah, 1980 Utah Law Review 535


  • Education

    University of Utah School of Law (J.D., 1980)
        Staff Member, Utah Law Review
        William H. Leary Scholar

    University of Utah (B.S., Economics, magna cum laude, 1977)

    Court Admissions

    Supreme Court of Utah
    United States District Court, District of Utah
    United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit