NICHOLAS W. CUTLER
Salt Lake City, UT 84109
801-***-**** • *********@*******.***
Admitted to practice in Utah
EXPERIENCE
N.W. Cutler, Attorney at Law, Salt Lake City, UT June 2009 – Present
Solo Practitioner
• Drafted and reviewed surveys, leases, title commitments, title policies and exception documents. Assisted in closing residential transactions.
Ward, Miller & Geyer, Salt Lake City, UT October 1999 – March 2009
Senior Associate Attorney
• Represented multiple clients in the acquisition, development, leasing and disposition of hundreds of thousands of square feet of retail and office space nationwide.
• Assisted food and drug store operators in their new store development programs, with a focus on disposition of surplus property and other real estate transaction needs.
• Negotiated and drafted leases, license agreements, development agreements, easements, purchase and sale agreements and transactional documents.
• Reviewed and negotiated title insurance commitments and policies, title exception documents and surveys.
• Successfully closed on the disposition of approximately $60,000,000 in surplus property transactions.
• Representative clients included Albertson’s, Sav-On Drugs and Osco Drugs.
Albertson’s, Legal Dept., Salt Lake City, UT August 1996--September 1999
In-house Counsel
• Negotiated and drafted leases, subleases, reciprocal agreements, amendments, purchase and sale agreements and third-party operating agreements. Closed multiple sales of surplus property.
• Reviewed and drafted easement agreements, estoppel certificates and other transactional documents. Performed lease analyses and summaries for high-level executive management and operations’ personnel.
• Processed financial statements for subsidiaries and worked as lead counsel in creating a standard form sublease and a purchase and sale agreement for Albertson’s surplus property transactions.
• Co-counsel in single transaction involving the disposition of eleven operating shopping center properties.
American Stores Properties, Legal Dept., Salt Lake City, UT July 1995--August 1996
Archivist
• Conducted extensive and comprehensive research and organization of company’s real estate legal files and performed special legal research projects for the Executive Vice President.
EDUCATION
University of Utah, College of Law, Salt Lake City, UT Juris Doctor, May 1995
Honors: William H. Leary Scholar. Recipient of American Jurisprudence Award – Legal Profession and Ethics. Recipient of Corpus Juris Secundum Award – Contracts.
Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan Summer 1993
Coursework: International Comparative Intellectual Property and Current Issues in Japanese Law and Society.
Stanford University, Stanford, California Intensified Study – Japanese for Business, Summer 1991
Colgate University, Hamilton, New York Dual Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, May 1991
Majors: Geography/Environmental Studies and Asian Studies/Japanese Language and Literature. Spent spring semester of junior year living abroad in Kyoto, Japan.
NICHOLAS W. CUTLER
2629 Stringham Avenue, #B106
Salt Lake City, UT 84109
801-***-**** • *********@*******.***
Admitted to practice in Utah
EXPERIENCE
N.W. Cutler, Attorney at Law, Salt Lake City, UT June 2009 – Present
Solo Practitioner
• Drafted and reviewed surveys, leases, title commitments, title policies and exception documents. Assisted in closing residential transactions.
Ward, Miller & Geyer, Salt Lake City, UT October 1999 – March 2009
Senior Associate Attorney
• Represented multiple clients in the acquisition, development, leasing and disposition of hundreds of thousands of square feet of retail and office space nationwide.
• Assisted food and drug store operators in their new store development programs, with a focus on disposition of surplus property and other real estate transaction needs.
• Negotiated and drafted leases, license agreements, development agreements, easements, purchase and sale agreements and transactional documents.
• Reviewed and negotiated title insurance commitments and policies, title exception documents and surveys.
• Successfully closed on the disposition of approximately $60,000,000 in surplus property transactions.
• Representative clients included Albertson’s, Sav-On Drugs and Osco Drugs.
Albertson’s, Legal Dept., Salt Lake City, UT August 1996--September 1999
In-house Counsel
• Negotiated and drafted leases, subleases, reciprocal agreements, amendments, purchase and sale agreements and third-party operating agreements. Closed multiple sales of surplus property.
• Reviewed and drafted easement agreements, estoppel certificates and other transactional documents. Performed lease analyses and summaries for high-level executive management and operations’ personnel.
• Processed financial statements for subsidiaries and worked as lead counsel in creating a standard form sublease and a purchase and sale agreement for Albertson’s surplus property transactions.
• Co-counsel in single transaction involving the disposition of eleven operating shopping center properties.
American Stores Properties, Legal Dept., Salt Lake City, UT July 1995--August 1996
Archivist
• Conducted extensive and comprehensive research and organization of company’s real estate legal files and performed special legal research projects for the Executive Vice President.
EDUCATION
University of Utah, College of Law, Salt Lake City, UT Juris Doctor, May 1995
Honors: William H. Leary Scholar. Recipient of American Jurisprudence Award – Legal Profession and Ethics. Recipient of Corpus Juris Secundum Award – Contracts.
Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan Summer 1993
Coursework: International Comparative Intellectual Property and Current Issues in Japanese Law and Society.
Stanford University, Stanford, California Intensified Study – Japanese for Business, Summer 1991
Colgate University, Hamilton, New York Dual Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, May 1991
Majors: Geography/Environmental Studies and Asian Studies/Japanese Language and Literature. Spent spring semester of junior year living abroad in Kyoto, Japan.