The law firm of Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy, P.C., is pleased to welcome Kelly A. Williams


Ms. Williams will join Van Cott's Energy and Natural Resource Practice Groups. Ms. Williams has extensive experience conducting stand-up title examinations and in preparing drilling and division order, acquisition and financing title opinions on private, federal and state lands. Ms. Williams routinely advises clients with respect to transactions and agreements on oil and gas properties, including review and preparation of real property instruments and title curative documents.


Prior to joining Van Cott, Ms. Williams was an associate with the law firm of Beatty & Wozniak, P.C., and previously served as chair of the Oil and Gas Committee for the Energy and Natural Resource Section of the Utah State Bar. While in law school, Ms. Williams served as president of the Natural Resources Law Forum, editor of the Western Energy Bulletin, a legal writing teaching assistant, and a finalist in the Traynor Moot Court Competition, moving on to compete in the National Moot Court Competition


Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy, established in 1874, provides comprehensive business, litigation, tax and natural resource services to corporate clients and individuals. In addition to offices located in Salt Lake City, Ogden and Park City, Utah, Van Cott is the exclusive member firm for Utah of Lex Mundi, the world's leading association of independent law firms (http://www.lexmundi.org/).