Jason Boren

Jason D. Boren is the Managing Partner of the firm's Salt Lake City office. He is an experienced litigator at both the trial and appellate levels. His litigation practice focuses on complex civil and business litigation disputes involving a wide variety of matters including corporate governance and control, employment, breach of contract, real estate and construction, receivership litigation, intellectual property and false affiliation claims. He also has successfully handled GRAMA appeals and public procurement litigation for the Utah Communications Authority against unsuccessful vendors.

Jason has unique experience with protests under the state procurement code and related litigation of public records requests and decisions. Jason secured a winning outcome on issues of first impression before the Utah Supreme Court.

Jason also has extensive experience with corporate governance disputes and dissenter's rights cases. Jason has represented officers, directors, corporations and shareholders in cases involving breaches fiduciary duty, breaches of contract, conversion, conspiracy, dissolution and appraisal of shares pursuant to the Utah dissenter's rights statute. Jason is one of a few lawyers in Utah who has handled a dissenters' rights appraisal proceedings through trial.

Jason's employment practice includes representation of employers in actions involving age discrimination, sexual harassment, failure to accommodate, trade secrets, retaliation, FMLA, breach of non-solicitation, noncompetition and non-disclosure agreements, wrongful discharge, employment tort claims, including claims for defamation and emotional distress, and employee benefits and disputes arising under ERISA.

Jason's real estate litigation practice includes representation of clients in disputes involving construction, condemnation, landlord/tenant, zoning, premises liability, easements, developer liability, real estate broker and agent liability, foreclosure, and quiet title actions.

Jason represents clients in state, federal, and appellate courts and defends them against administrative charges before the Utah Labor Commission, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Department of Labor, National Labor Relations Board and Occupational Safety and Health Administration. He also represents clients before the Utah Public Service Commission, the Utah Division of Real Estate, the Utah Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing and the Utah Insurance Division.

Jason serves as outside general counsel for Utah to a large medical professional liability insurance company.

Since 2005, Jason has been recognized annually as one of Utah's "Legal Elite" in litigation in Utah Business magazine.

At Ballard Spahr, Jason has served in various leadership roles including hiring partner for the Salt Lake City office, and a member of the firm’s Allocation Committee.

Jacey Skinner

Jacey Skinner has held a variety of senior leadership roles in Utah state government and Utah business organizations. Before joining Ballard Spahr, served as General Counsel to Utah Gov. Gary Herbert from 2013 to 2017. In that role, she negotiated legislation, oversaw the Governor's legislative review and bill signing, coordinated litigation with the Attorney General's Office, advised the Governor, his Cabinet, and the Lieutenant Governor on legal, policy, and ethical issues, and oversaw Gov. Herbert's judicial appointment process. She also served as the Deputy State Court Administrator for the State of Utah, where she facilitated policy development and managed relations with the state legislature, executive branch agencies, the Utah Judicial Council, and the Utah Supreme Court.

Her experience includes serving as the Director of the Utah Sentencing Commission and President of the National Association of Sentencing Commissions, where she oversaw sentencing guidelines, assisted with judicial appointments, and advised the legislature, judiciary, and Governor's Office on sentencing policy. Ms. Skinner was a Deputy District Attorney from 2003 to 2009 at the Salt Lake County District Attorney's office, where she tried both felony and juvenile cases and oversaw policy development and advocacy as Vice Chair of the Statewide Association of Prosecutors Legislative Action Committee. In addition to her work at Ballard, from 2019 to 2021, Ms. Skinner held the position of Executive Vice President of Public Policy and General Counsel for the Salt Lake Chamber.