Ashton J. Hyde

Ashton J. Hyde is a partner at Younker Hyde Macfarlane, PLLC in Salt Lake City whose practice includes medical malpractice, personal injury, and wrongful death claims. Since 2010, he has practiced in all aspects of tort litigation. His works include preliminary investigation, pre-litigation administrative review, pleading and motion practice, discovery, mediation, arbitration, and trial as parts of his litigation work.

Hyde earned his Bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from Weber State University in 2007. He received his J.D. with highest honors from the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law in 2010. During law school, he was a member of the Order of the Coif, was named a William H. Leary Scholar, and served as an Associate Editor of the Utah Law Review.

Hyde’s listed case areas include medical malpractice, spinal cord injury, misdiagnosis, wrongful death, premises liability, hospital negligence, construction accidents, pharmacy and medication errors, and pedestrian accidents. His works focus on complex tort claims and serious injuries. That work spans the life of a civil case, from early investigation and administrative review through discovery, mediation, arbitration, motions, and trial.

Ashton J. Hyde was designated a Super Lawyers Rising Star nine times from 2013 through 2022 and is a member of the Salt Lake County Bar Association. His practice combines sustained tort-litigation experience with a law-school record that included high academic honors and law review service.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Younker Hyde Macfarlane, PLLC
• Member, Utah State Bar
• Member, Salt Lake County Bar Association

Licensed State

• Utah

Education

• University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Weber State University
  Bachelor’s Degree

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