Ann Marie Taliaferro

Ann Marie (“Annie”) Taliaferro has practiced with Brown, Bradshaw & Moffat, LLP, since graduating from law school in 2000. She recently became a partner/shareholder in July of 2015. Since 2000, Ann’s practice has included criminal defense trial work, criminal appeals, and post-conviction advocacy.​

As a member of the Utah State Bar, Ann is licensed to practice before all Utah state and federal courts. She is also licensed to practice before the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.

​Before attending law school, Ann was a high school teacher and coach. She received her Juris Doctorate from S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah and was a William H. Leary Scholar. While in law school, she served as a staff writer and Note and Comment editor of the Utah Law Review.​

While in law school and prior to joining Brown, Bradshaw & Moffat, LLP, as an associate, Ann was a law clerk for the Utah Attorney General’s Office Criminal Appeals Division and the United States Attorney’s Office. In college, she also completed a summer internship at the Supreme Court of the United States, Office of the Curator.

Committees

• Rocky Mountain Innocence Center, Case Oversight Committee (April 2016-Present
• American Inns of Court, Aldon J. Anderson Inn of Court (January 2016-Present)
• Utah Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Utah Rules of Appellate Procedure (October 2011-Present)
• Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals CJA Standing Committee (2009-Present)
• Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals CJA Panel Attorney (March 2007-Present)
• Utah Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Utah Business Magazine named Ann as an “Up and Coming Legal Elite” in 2009 and 2010, and she was also designated a “Mountain States Rising Star” in 2009 and 2010 by Super Lawyers. She received a Distinguished Service Award from the Utah Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in2013, and offers her services as a mentor for the Utah State Bar’s New Lawyer Training Program

In The News

• Judge likely to order new trial for Orem man convicted of murdering wife-Desert News, 7/23/2016
• Attorneys for man convicted of murdering his wife say new evidence shows client's innocence- Fox13now.com, 8/27/2015
• 2 women say 'counselor' used Mormon ties to gain trust before abusing them-Desert News, 8/8/2012
• Federal sentence appealed and overturned, prison sentence reduced for white supremacist at resentencing - Deseret News, 7/22/09
• Supreme Court considers whether Internet chat alone can be a crime-Desert News, 5/7/2008

Published Articles

• Respectfully Judge: We Disagree (The Defender Version), Defender Newsletter (Fall 2013)
• Respectfully Judge: We Disagree, 26 UTAH BAR JOURNAL No. 34 (July/August 2013)
• Recent Developments in Criminal Investigation and Discovery: Access, Disclosure and Use of Information in the Criminal Defense Realm, 19 Utah Bar Journal No. 5 (Sept/Oct 2006)
• Note, "Disability Status" for Asymptomatic HIV - Pondering the Implications, Unanswered Questions, and Early Application of Bragdon v. Abbott, 1999 Utah L. Rev. 755
• Development, Parental Presumption Incompatible with Utah's Child Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency Statutory Scheme, 1998 Utah L.Rev. 644

Presentations

• 2012 UACDL CLE: "Criminal Motion Practice: Filing and Winning Essential Motions" (October 23, 2012)
• 2008 New Lawyer CLE: "A Day in the Life of a Peon: What You Should Expect & What You Shouldn't Stand For As An Associate" (May 22, 2008) (co-presenter)
• 2007 UACDL Annual Seminar - Case Law Update (March 31, 2007) (compiled written material)
• 2006 CLE Luncheon: "Basics of Criminal Law for the Non-Criminal Lawyer" (Nov. 15, 2006)
• 2006 UACDL Annual Seminar - Case Law Update (April 22, 2006)