Shumway Van & Hansen is a full-service law firm with attorneys presently serving Utah, Nevada, Texas and California. Our firm primarily focuses on litigation, but engages in virtually every area of the law including complex corporate and real property related transactions. For your convenience, a comprehensive list of the firm's practice areas and lawyers can be found on this site. The attorneys in the firm's litigation practice utilize a three-tiered approach for each case: first, they delve into pre-litigation matters to ensure the client is positioned effectively and to understand the opposing party's posture; second, they initiate litigation or attend arbitration (if necessary) and aggressively negotiate as the litigation progresses; and third, each lawyer aggressively pursues his o