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Orien - Associate
Salt Lake City Office
60 E. South Temple,
Suite 2000
Salt Lake City, UT 84111-1031
Phone: 801-799-5863
Fax: 801-799-5700
morien@hollandhart.com
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Practice Areas
 Litigation
Construction Litigation
Construction and Design Representation
Real Estate
Sustainable Business
EXPERTISE
Ms. Orien joined the Salt Lake City office of Holland & Hart LLP in 2005. While maintaining her practice in Salt Lake City, Ms. Orien also works in the firm's Las Vegas office. Her practice focuses on construction, design, and real estate litigation.
Ms. Orien represents owners, contractors, and subcontractors on a variety of public and private construction-related disputes. She has prosecuted and defended complex mechanics' lien and bond claims involving delay and disruption, differing site conditions, defective plans and specifications, terminations, and lost production. Ms. Orien has also litigated a multi-million dollar liquidated damages claim.
Ms. Orien also represents owners and contractors in transactional matters including negotiations and execution of construction contracts.
Prior to law school, Ms. Orien was a broadcast journalist, working in both television and radio, and a sports correspondent for a Salt Lake newspaper. Ms. Orien also worked as a copy editor revising articles and text books for publication.
Ms. Orien is admitted to practice in Utah and Nevada.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member, U.S. Green Building Council, Utah Chapter
ABA Forum on the Construction Industry
- - The Construction Lawyer, Contributing Editor
- - Division 10, Steering Committee, (Legislative and Environment)
Associated General Contractors of Utah
- - Chairman, Convention Committee
- - Member, Golf Committee
PUBLICATIONS AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
"Climate Change, Hot Trends and Even Hotter Litigation," Construction Executive, (co-authored with David Zimmerman) June 2008.
"Climate Change is Heating Up the Construction Industry," Construction Lawyer, Vol. 28, No. 1, Winter 2008. (co-authored with Theresa Laughlin Silver)
"Can I Lien That?", Construction Lawyer Vol. 27, No.4, Fall 2007 (co-authored with David Zimmerman).
"Legislative Update: State Brownfields Law," Construction Lawyer, Vol. 27, No. 3, Summer 2007. (co-authored with Ellie B. Wood)
B.Y.U. Law Review, The Battle Over Low-Level Nuclear Waste - Are Some States Overstepping their Bounds? Winter 2005.
Construct!, Utah Casenote Editor
EDUCATION
Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark
Law School, J.D., 2005
- - cum laude
- - Most Outstanding Female Law Student
Brigham Young University,
B.A., 2002
- - magna cum laude
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