Jurhee Rice

Jurhee Rice is a partner with Jones, Skelton & Hochuli in Utah and focuses on personal injury and medical malpractice matters for healthcare clients. Rice’s listed practices and industries include Dram Shop & Social Host Liability, Medical Liability & Health Care, Retail & Hospitality, and Wrongful Death & Personal Injury Defense. Her current work is civil defense and does not support the older criminal-defense classification in the CSV.

Rice earned a B.S. in Biology/Chemistry from Westminster College in 2002, an M.S./M.P.A. from the University of Utah in 2010, and a J.D. from Arizona Summit Law School in 2015, graduating Magna Cum Laude. She served as a teaching assistant for Tort Law and Civil Procedure. Her scientific, public-administration, and legal education provides relevant background for healthcare and medical-liability disputes.

Rice spent several years in the healthcare industry before law school, working as a Laboratory Manager and Clinical Research Manager. Her current legal practice uses that background in matters involving healthcare clients, alleged professional negligence, serious injuries, wrongful death, and alcohol-service liability. These cases can involve detailed treatment records, institutional procedures, factual investigation, expert issues, discovery, motion practice, and preparation for settlement or trial.

Jurhee Rice is active in professional organizations and currently serves as Vice-President of the Utah Rules of Professional Conduct Committee, according to her firm profile. Rice’s healthcare-industry experience and academic background provide context for the medical and institutional issues that arise in her civil defense work. Her practice focuses on developing defenses, managing litigation, and representing clients in medical liability, personal injury defense, and related civil matters.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Greg Smith and Associates
• Member, Utah State Bar (2016)

Licensed State

• Utah

Education

• Arizona Summit Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Utah
  Master of Science (MS)
• University of Utah
  Master of Public Administration
• Westminster College
  Bachelor of Science (BS) in Biology/Chemistry

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