Click the link below to read or listen to my recent comments aired on NPR on the trial of Warren Jeffs.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14379600

About Aric Cramer, Sr.

Professional

• Managing Member at the law firm of Cramer Latham, L.L.C. with a concentration in criminal law
  

Licensed

• Utah State Courts since 1989
  
  
• United States District Court for the District of Utah since 1989
  
  
• United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit since 1990
  
  
• United States Tax Court since 1993
  
  
• United States District Court for the District of Colorado since 2004
  

Affiliations

• Capital Indigent Defense Attorney (Utah certified death penalty defense attorney)
  
  
• Utah State Bar, Past President, Tax Section (1998-1999)
  
  
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Member
  
  
• Utah Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Vice-President/Board Member
  
  
• National College for DUI Defense, Member
  
  
• American Inns of Court, Master
  
  
• Scott M. Matheson, Sr. American Inn of Court, Historian/Charter Member
  
  
• Bonneville Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Utah, Past Master (2000)
  
  
• Highpointers Club, Member (an organization whose members attempt to climb the highest point in all 50 states)

• Dixie State College (Adjunct Faculty)
  

Education

• North Carolina Central University, Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, 1985
  
  
• North Carolina Central University School of Law, Juris Doctor, 1988
  
  
• University of Denver College of Law, Masters in Taxation, 1994
  

Personal

• Father of three sons: Carter, Alex and Aric, Jr.
  
  
• 4th Degree Black Belt in Taekwon Do
  
  
• Have traveled to Mexico, Canada, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, France, Italy, Spain, Monaco and Russia
  
  
• Experienced mountaineer with ascents of 54 peaks over 10,000 feet and summits of 47 out of 50 state highpoints
  

Trial and Appellate Experience

• More than 50 misdemeanor trials taken to verdict, including 35 DUI cases with a 50% win/loss ratio
  
  
• 13 felony jury trials to verdict in the last eight years including felony DUI, aggravated assault, rape and murder cases
  
  
• More than 100 evidentiary hearings, including motions to suppress, preliminary hearings, driver license hearings and appeals, as well as restitution hearings
  
  
• Appellate cases argued in the Utah Court of Appeals, Utah Supreme Court and 10th Circuit Court of Appeals
  
  
• More than 18 years of experience in State and Federal Trial and Appellate Courts
  

Most notable appellate victories:

• State v. Piep, 2004 UT App. 7
  
  
• State v. Harrison, 24 P.3d 936, 2001 UT 33 (Utah Ct. App. 2001)
  

Notable death penalty cases:

• State v. Ott
  
  
• Lafferty v. State (post-conviction appellate work)
  
  
• Kell v. State (post-conviction appellate work)