Bel-Ami de Montreux | Salt Lake City Criminal Lawyer

INTRODUCTION
Bel-Ami de Montreux is a criminal defense and immigration is an attorney in the State of Utah and is authorized by the Supreme Court to practice law in all Courts in the State of Utah.  He speaks English, French, Spanish and Caribbean Creole. He has litigated over a thousand cases, including some high profile criminal and civil cases that have produced important precedents at the appellate levels in state and federal courts.

PRACTICE AREAS
Federal and State criminal defense (misdemeanor and felonies)
Complex White Collar criminal defense (including real estate fraud and tax fraud)
Immigration law
Title VII sexual harassment
Employment discrimination
Juvenile law
General jury trial

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Attorney	Montreux Freres, P.C.	Salt Lake City	Present

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah	Juris Doctor	Law School	1991

State / Court	Date
UT	1992

• ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
  State of Utah
  United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
  United States District Court, District of Utah
  
  OTHER COURTS APPEARED IN:
  
  United States Federal Court, Northern Iowa, Des Moines, IA.
  United States Federal Court, Wichita, Kansas
  
  Arizona District Court, Flagstaff, AZ
  

• A FEW REPORTED CASES • Debry vs. Goodbe, Citation, 999 UT 111 (Doctor/Patient Privilege) • Debry vs. Goates . 2000 UT App 58, 999 P.2d 582, cert. denied, 9 P.3d 170 (Utah 2000) (Attorney Client Privilege) • United States vs. Magleby, 241 F3d 1306 (2001) (First Amendment--Cross Burning) • Murphree vs. US Bank or Utah, 293 F.3d 1220 (2002) (Defamation) • State vs, Waggoner, 2000 UT 59, 6 P.3d 1120 (First Degree Rape) • United States vs. Cerrato-Reyes, 176 F.3d 1253 (1999) (Drug Distribution) RECENT FEDERAL CASES United States vs. Alvarado, Case No. 2:10-CR-157 TS, District of Utah (Alien smuggling) United States vs. Munoz, Case No. 2:10-CR-1030 TS, District of Utah (Real Estate Fraud) United States vs. Guadelupe Lopez, Case No. 2-11-CR-811 DAK, District of Utah (Meth Distribution) United States vs. Batalla, Case No. 6:11-cr-10273 MLB, District of Kansas (Wichita)(Meth Distribution) RECENT STATE CASES State vs. Madriz, Case No. 111800071, Eight District, Duschene, UT. (First Degree Rape) State vs. Arguelles, Case No. 091904431, Third District, Salt Lake City, UT. (Sexual Abuse of Child) State vs. Franco, Case No. 111901630, Third District, Salt Lake City, UT. (Set Aside Assault Conviction) State vs. Crispin, Case No. 091906481, Third District, Salt Lake City, UT. (Sexual Abuse of Child) State vs. Bernadino Lopez, Case No. 081906855, Third District, Salt Lake City, UT. (Sexual Abuse of Child) State v. Millward, Cases Nos. 111300221, 111300409, Third District, Tooele, UT (Drug Distribution). LINKS TO LEGAL STORIES: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700015796/Man-accused-of-bringing-woman-to-US-to-rape-beat-her.html http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/51130090-76/alvarado-victim-abuse-lake.html.csp (Criminal Defense—Alien Smuggling Case) http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20051213/ai_n15915303/ (Criminal Defense—Client was facing 20 yars in prison – Sentence: 21 months) http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/856-pilot-sues-delta-connection-carrier.html (Sexual Harassment Case) http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20051213/ai_n15915303/ (White Supremacist Case) http://www.religionnewsblog.com/1136/six-defendants-dismissed-in-case-against-polygamist http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20030306/ai_n11381783/ (Polygamy case judgment) http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=20000921&id=oAUqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Au4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2084,3604426 (Porn Case sentencing)

• *Journal of EnergyLaw and Policy.  Note and Comment Editor
     *Journal of Contemporary Law, Note and Comment Editor
  Utah Department of Foreign Languages (1992)
  *The Utah Foreign Language Review, Founding Editor (1991),
    Editor in Chief 1992-1993
  The Daily Utah Chronicle, Editorial Columnist (1988-1992)
  

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