Steven Bednar

Steven C. Bednar is one of the founding partners of Manning Curtis Bradshaw & Bednar PLLC where he practices employment law, representing state, regional and national employers. Mr. Bednar has been recognized as Employment Law-Management, Lawyer of the year by The Best Lawyers in America and has been recognized since 2004 in America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in Chambers USA’s The Client’s Guide for Utah Labor and Employment Law, since 2007 in Utah Business Magazine as Utah's Legal Elite and as a Super Lawyer in Mountain States Super Lawyers. Mr. Bednar has also been recognized as Utah "Employment Lawyer of the Year" and holds Martindale-Hubble’s highest AV rating. Mr. Bednar is an experienced trial attorney with 25 years of extensive federal, state and administrative litigation experience in virtually every area of employment law. Much of Mr. Bednar’s practice is also devoted to providing practical consulting and training to employers in all areas of employment-related regulation. Mr. Bednar has served as outside employment counsel to Utah's largest private employer, Intermountain Healthcare, since 1995 and provides employment-related representation in litigation and counseling to numerous other visible businesses, including, Admiral Beverage Corporation; Avalon Health Care Group, Barrick Gold of North America, Basic Research, BlenderBottle Company; Cookietree Bakeries, EnergySolutions, Franklin Covey Co., Gemstone Hotels & Resorts, LLC, Grand America Hotel & Little America Hotels, Knight Transportation, LifeVantage Corp., Montage Deer Valley, R.C. Willey Home Furnishings, Inc., Robert Half International; SelectHealth, Sinclair Oil Company, Smith's Food & Drug Centers, Inc., Snowbasin Resort, Stein Eriksen Lodge; Sun Valley Resort; and Workfront, Inc. Specialties: Practice Emphasis: —Employment law litigation and counseling —Commercial litigation —ERISA litigation —Medical malpractice defense