S. Grace Acosta | West Jordan Personal Injury Lawyer

Ms. Acosta is an AV-rated lawyer experienced in trial, arbitration, and mediation who has been named among Utah’s Legal Elite for the past several years. Her practice areas include family law, workers compensation law, personal injury, insurance defense, and business law.

Ms. Acosta served as President of the Utah Minority Bar Association from 2009 to 2010, sat as an ex-officio member of Utah Bar Commission from 2010 to 2011, as Utah Bar Commissioner from 2016 to 2019, is a former law clerk to Judge William A. Thorne of the Utah Court of Appeals and is a former law clerk to the Honorable John F. Wright of the Nebraska Supreme Court. Ms. Acosta graduated in 1994 from Auburn University with a B.S. in both psychology and English and received her J.D. in 1997 from the University of Nebraska, graduating with academic honors. Ms. Acosta sat on the Utah Supreme Court ethics committee and heard bar complaints from 2008-2012.

Ms. Acosta is also a judge pro tempe and hears small claims cases in Salt Lake City Small Claims Court and is fluent in Spanish. Ms. Acosta was a member of the Utah Multicultural Legal Center Board of Directors from 2006 to 2009 and has sat on the career development committee for the Women Lawyers of Utah for many years. Ms. Acosta currently sits on the Utah State Library Board as the governor’s appointee and was appointed by the Governor to the Judicial Nominating Commission for the Third District of Utah from 2014 to 2018.  Ms. Acosta was admitted as a fellow to the Litigation Counsel of America, an invitation-only, trial lawyer honor society whose membership is limited to less than one-half of one percent of North American lawyers, judges, and scholars. Ms. Acosta was also featured in the Spring 2016 Attorney at Law Magazine. Ms. Acosta is a high-energy, hard-working mother of two who enjoys camping, hiking, and experiencing the outdoors with her children & husband.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Attorney	Trujillo Acosta Law	West Jordan, UT	Present

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
University of Nebraska—Lincoln College of Law	J.D.	Law School	1997
Auburn University	Bachelors	Psychology and English	1994

State / Court	Date
Utah	2003

• Utah Minority Bar Association | Past-President | 2002 - Present
  Utah State Bar Commission | 3rd District Bar Commissioner | 2016 - 2019

• Pete Suarez Community Service Award | Utah Minority Bar Association | 2016

• Utah State Bar Journal | Fact versus Fiction: Are Medical Records Really Off Limits? A discussion of Sorensen v. Barbuto. | 2009

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Verified Credentials	Date Verified
(2003) Licensed as Attorney in Utah. Verified with Utah State Bar.	January 04, 2021

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