Danielle Hawkes
Attentive, Strategic, Family Law FocusedDanielle is a partner at The Salt Lake Lawyers, a litigation firm that works in criminal, divorce, and civil litigation in Utah. Danielle received her law degree in 2010 from the University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law. After graduating from law school Danielle served a one-year fellowship in Washington DC with Georgetown Law and the Law Students for Reproductive Justice working in women’s and immigrants’ rights with the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health. During law school, Danielle was a staff member of the S.J. Quinney College of Law’s Journal of Law and Family Studies where she published two notes. The first, Locking up Children: Lessons from the T. Don Hutto Family Detention Center, explores the emerging trend of detaining immigrant families, including very young children, in private for profit detention facilities. The second, Elective Surgery: When Parental and Medical Opinion Supersedes a Child’s Right to Choose, discusses discretionary medical procedures for children including hysterectomies for physically disabled children, cosmetic surgery for children with Down’s syndrome, cochlear implants, reparative therapy, and psycho-altering drugs. In addition, she competed in the Pace National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition where she won two best oralist awards. Danielle served as the student coordinator for the Guadalupe Legal Clinic, a low income legal clinic, and was a co-founder of Rainbow Law, a free legal clinic focusing on LGBT law in Salt Lake City, and as the president of OutLaws, S.J. Quinney’s queer student group. She also served as a legal intern at the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah (ACLU of Utah) and worked as a law clerk for Strindberg & Scholnick, LLC, an employment discrimination law firm. Upon graduation from law school, Danielle received the Outstanding Law Graduate of the S.J. Quinney College of Law Award from the National Association of Women Lawyers and a runner up award from the Nat
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Divorce
- Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
- Domestic Violence
- Domestic Violence Restraining Orders, Victims Rights , Victims Rights
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Utah
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- Utah
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- Portuguese: Spoken, Written
- Spanish: Spoken, Written
- Partner
- The Salt Lake Lawyers
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- Policy Analyst and Legal Fellow
- National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
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- Employment Discrimination Law Clerk
- Strindberg and Scholnick, LLC
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- Clinical Intern
- Salt Lake City Prosecutor's Office
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- Law Clerk
- American Civil Liberties Union of Utah
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- The University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
- J.D. (2010) | Law
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- Honors: • Named Best Lawyer by Q Salt Lake Magazine, Spring 2014 • Law Students for Reproductive Justice & Georgetown Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellowship, 2010 • Outstanding Law Graduate from the National Association of Women Lawyers, Spring 2010 • CALI Award (highest grade in course) in Family Law Practice, Spring 2010 • National LGBT Bar Association’s Student Leadership Award Runner-Up, Fall 2010 • S.J. Quinney College of Law Leadership Initiative, Scholarship Recipient, Spring 2009 & Fall 2009 • Salt Lake County Pro Bono Scholarship Recipient, Fall 2009 • Alonzo Watson, Jr. Scholarship Recipient, Fall 2009 • Service Scholarship Recipient, Utah Minority Bar Association, Spring 2008
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- Named Best Lawyer
- Q SAlt Lake Magazine
- Women's Law and Public Policy Fellowship
- Georgetown Law School and Law Students for Reproductive Justice
- Outstanding Law Graduate
- National Association of Women Lawyers
- Family Law Practice (highest grade in course)
- Cali Award
- Student Leadership Award Runner Up
- National LGBT Bar Association
- ACLU of Utah
- Board Member
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- Elective Surgery: When Parental and Medical Opinion Supersedes a Child’s Right to Choose
- Utah Law Review and The Journal of Law and Family Studies
- Locking up Children: Lessons from the T. Don Hutto Family Detention Center
- The Journal of Law and Family Studies
- Embedded Bodies: Reproductive Justice in Social Context, Cambridge, MA
- Harvard Law School
- Progressive Visions for Immigrant Rights (Speaker); Immigration and Reproductive Justice (Moderator), Civil Liberties and Public Policy Annual Conference, Amherst, MA
- Sex on the Margins, SisterSong Conference, Miami, Florida
- National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
- Mentoring Marathon, Panel Member, Salt Lake City, Utah
- Utah State Bar, Young Lawyer Division
- Gay Rights, Gay Marriage, and Anti-Discrimination Ordinances, State and Local Government Conference, Provo, Utah
- BYU Law School
- Website
- The Salt Lake Lawyers
