Various practice areas

Chrystal is a member of the firm’s litigation group and practices in a wide variety of areas including personal injury, business disputes, collection, and intellectual property.

Variety of matters

Chrystal handles a wide variety of matters, including personal injury (motor vehicle crashes, slip and falls, trucking crashes, dog bites, sexual harassment, and so forth), business disputes, contract disputes and intellectual property matters.

She has briefed matters before the Utah Court of Appeals, Utah District Courts, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, the Federal District Courts for the States of Utah and Texas and has represented clients before Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the United States’ Immigration Court, and the State of Utah’s Pardon and Parole Board

Travel and hobbies

When not working, Chrystal enjoys camping and traveling with her husband and son, scuba diving, underwater digital photography and gardening.

Education

S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah/J.D., Certification in Environmental and Natural Resources Law, 2006

University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth/B.S., Majors: Biology and Marine Biology, 1994

Admissions

Utah State Bar

Memberships/Positions

Utah Bar Commissioner, Third Division, 2018 – present (elected twice by her peers)

Utah Association for Justice (UAJ), Member, 2018 – present, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion subcommittee member

Utah Pro Bono Committee Member

Utah Access to Justice Committee Member

Utah Minority Bar Association, former President (2009), Treasurer (2007)

Utah Minority Bar Foundation, 501(c)(3), Founding Member, 1st Executive Director (2010)

Selected by peers as one of Utah’s Legal Elite for 2020 and 2021

Presentations

Comment: Monkeywrenching to Mass Destruction – Eco-sabotage and the American
West, Journal of Land, Resources and Environmental Law (2007)

Chrystal Mancuso-Smith, Brett Johnson and Joseph G. Pia, Patent Troll Legislation – Swinging Too Far? 28 Utah Bar J. 2:21 – 26 (Mar/April 2015) and appearing in The Computer & Internet Lawyer, October 2015, Volume 32, Number 10, pages 26–30,.