Jack Helgesen

Jack Helgesen has dedicated more than 38 years to securing significant victories for underdog clients. As a prominent figure in both state and national injury law associations, he has been at the forefront of representing injury victims. Early in his career, he achieved one of Utah's first million-dollar awards in a medical malpractice trial.

As a consumer trial lawyer, Jack and his partners secured one of Utah's largest class-action settlements in the landmark case of Brumley v. Utah Tax Commission. His expertise extends to appellate law, where he has successfully obtained favorable rulings from the Utah Supreme Court. As a staunch advocate for victims, Jack Helgesen has been recognized as a leader among American injury trial lawyers.

Jack served as the former President of the Utah Association of Justice, the state's largest injury lawyer organization, and spent 15 years as a Governor of the American Association of Justice in Washington, D.C., the nation's largest organization of injury lawyers. He is a Master with the American Inns of Court and has shared his knowledge by training other injury lawyers.

Jack holds an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell, placing him in the top 5% of American lawyers for legal ability and ethics. He graduated cum laude from Weber State University and earned his Juris Doctor from Brigham Young University. In 1982, he founded Helgesen, Houtz & Jones, a firm that has represented over thirty-five thousand clients and includes ten lawyers, three of whom are his sons.

Jack and his wife Koy enjoy a vibrant family life with their eight children and twenty-two grandchildren, relishing family gatherings, birthday celebrations, and travel. They are avid fans of BYU, Weber State, and the University of Utah sports teams. For 24 years, Jack taught religion classes at BYU.