"We do not deal much in facts when we are contemplating ourselves"
~Mark Twain
Ronald J. Yengich
Telephone: 801-355-0320
Email:
ronaldy333@aol.com
Office Address: 175 East 400
South, Suite 400
Salt Lake City, Utah
Office Hours: 8:30-5:00
Monday-Friday
Born: May 15, 1950, Bingham Canyon,Utah.
Died: Not soon enough for some people.
College: Bellarmine College BA 1972. Bellarmine College is named after St. Robert Bellarmine (Roberto Bellarmino, in Italian). St. Robert was responsible for the original prosecution of Galileo by the Catholic Inquisition. Mr. Yengich holds himself out as Galileo's revenge for the prosecutors.
Juris Doctor: University of Utah School of Law before it became the Antonin Scalia/Orrin Hatch "Conservatory of conservative politics and extremist right 'wing' anti-libertarian thought."
Practice: Criminal Defense and occasional political trials. Mr. Yengich represented a former Salt Lake County Treasurer, Art Monsoon; a Salt Lake County Commissioner; a Salt Lake City Mayor; a Congressman of the United States of America; Anti-Shah protestors during the Carter administration; numerous judges, prosecutors, police officers and an occasional innocent citizen.
Firm: Yengich, Rich & Xaiz, or Xaiz, Rich & Yengich, or Rich, Yengich & Xaiz
Favorite Color: Red, for obvious reasons (think about it). Hint: (I am a Utah man), and, as his longtime law partner, Brad Rich, has claimed, "Mr. Yengich is a curious combination of red and red-neck."
Favorite Judge: All of them, they are so precious.
Favorite Athlete: Anyone without a tattoo showing.
What he wants to do when he grows up: I am not growing up; it's a waste of time.
Relations with the media: Yuck, the thought of relations with any of them … (think about it).
Heroes: Any curmudgeon who does not, would not, or could not accept phony contemporary values, e.g. Sam Clemens, Hunter Thompson, Marcus Tulius Cirero, Thurgood Marshall, D. Gilbert Athay, Jesus of Nazareth, Country Joe McDonald and Bugs Bunny.
Political Party: Former delegate to numerous state, county and National Democratic Conventions. So, he is not the member of an organized political party.
Earl joined the firm in 1980; for many years he has been the Managing Partner. He previously left a lucrative career as a corporate attorney to become a public defender. It was as a public defender at the Legal Defenders Association that his passion for criminal defense and heart for advocacy became apparent. Since becoming a partner, Earl has handled many high profile cases and is considered one of the best in the business. His case load currently includes State and Federal cases that run the gambit from DUI's to Communications Fraud to Sexual Assault. Few attorneys are as well regarded by judges, prosecutors, and other criminal defense attorneys alike.