Meaders, William A.

Shareholder

Mr. Meaders is a member of Kirton McConkie's Real Property & Land Use Planning Practice Section. His practice emphasizes real estate and commercial transactions and disputes as well as lending law. He represents buyers, sellers, developers, and lenders in the financing, acquisition, leasing, and sale of commercial and industrial properties and in basic shopping center development, including both anchor tenant and small tenant leasing. He has represented clients such as Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Co., Inc., Sorenson Associates, LLC, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, and SLI Commercial Real Estate Co.

Experience

Practiced as a partner and shareholder with Prince Yeates & Geldzahler and then Lundberg & Meaders prior to joining Kirton McConkie
Practiced as an associate at Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy, 1977-1979
Drafted and lobbied for passage of the Utah Mortgage Lending and Servicing Act, 1990, as an attorney for the Utah Bankers Association, Utah Mortgage Bankers Association, and Utah League of Insured Savings Institutions
Has represented clients such as Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Co., Inc., Sorenson Associates, LLC, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, and SLI Commercial Real Estate Co.
Represents buyers, sellers, developers, and lenders in the financing, acquisition, leasing, and sale of commercial and industrial properties, and in basic shopping center development, including both anchor tenant and small tenant leasing
Represents lenders and borrowers in negotiating loan "workouts" and resolving title insurance claims
Represents financial institutions in loan servicing and loan sales involving complicated practical and regulatory questions
Assists clients in foreclosures and litigation involving commercial real estate

Education

Brigham Young University, B.A., Business Administration, 1974
Duke University School of Law, J.D., 1977

Admissions

Bar Admissions

Utah State Bar, admitted 1977
Utah State Bar: Real Property Section (past Chair)

Other Admissions

United States District Court for the District of Utah, 1977

Affiliations

Duke Law Journal, Board of Editors
Duke Law Journal, Contributor Judge

Practice Area

Real Property, Leasing and Land Use