Attorney Ann Marie Taliaferro

Ann Taliaferro is an associate attorney at Brown, Bradshaw & Moffat and has practiced law since 2000. Her practice includes criminal defense and criminal appeals.

Ann received her Juris Doctorate from the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah and was a William H. Leary Scholar. Ann was a staff writer and editor of the Utah Law Review for two years. She was also a member of the National Trial Team and a semi-finalist at the Traynor Moot Court Competition. Prior to joining Brown, Bradshaw & Moffat, Ann was a law clerk for the Utah Attorney General's Office - Criminal Appeals Division and the United States Attorney's Office. She also completed an internship at the Supreme Court of the United States, Office of the Curator.

Ann is a member of the Utah State Bar and is licensed to practice before all Utah state and federal courts and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Ann is also a member of the Utah Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and has served on the Amicus Committee since 2005. Ann also served on the UACDL CLE Committee from 2005 to 2008. Ann has been a CJA Appellate Panel Attorney for the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals since 2007 and is currently serving as a member of the CJA Standing Committee. In addition, Ann is member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Utah Business Magazine named Ann as an "Up and Coming Legal Elite" in 2009 and 2010, and she has also been designated as a "Mountain States Rising Star" in 2009 and 2010 by Super Lawyers. She has twice served as a mentor for the Utah State Bar's New Lawyer Training Program.

In The News

• Federal sentence appealed and overturned, prison sentence reduced for white supremacist at resentencing - Deseret News 7/22/09

Published Articles

• Recent Developments in Criminal Investigation and Discovery: Access, Disclosure and Use of Information in the Criminal Defense Realm, 19 Utah Bar Journal No. 5 (Sept/Oct 2006)
• Note, "Disability Status" for Asymptomatic HIV - Pondering the Implications, Unanswered Questions, and Early Application of Bragdon v. Abbott, 1999 Utah L. Rev. 755
• Development, Parental Presumption Incompatible with Utah's Child Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency Statutory Scheme, 1998 Utah L.Rev. 644

Presentations

• 2008 New Lawyer CLE: "A Day in the Life of a Peon: What You Should Expect & What You Shouldn't Stand For As An Associate" (May 22, 2008) (co-presenter)
• 2007 UACDL Annual Seminar - Case Law Update (March 31, 2007) (compiled written material)
• 2006 CLE Luncheon: "Basics of Criminal Law for the Non-Criminal Lawyer" (Nov. 15, 2006)
• 2006 UACDL Annual Seminar - Case Law Update (April 22, 2006)