Michael Skolnick has practiced law in Utah since 1985. He joined the Salt Lake trial firm of Kipp and Christian, P.C. in 1988 and became a shareholder in 1992. Over the years, he has represented attorneys, insurance professionals, engineers, architects, healthcare professionals, and real estate agents and brokers. He has also represented clients throughout Utah in a number of high value personal injury and wrongful death cases, as well as handling commercial litigation, class action litigation and a broad variety of other cases.
This professional experience and related trial and appellate work provide the backdrop for Mr.Skolnick’s work as a mediator. He has successfully mediated hundreds of cases on behalf of clients and now brings that experience and knowledge to bear in helping parties settle complex disputes. His approach to mediation emphasizes listening to the parties and their counsel, in order to help them find the most direct and efficient route to a compromise resolution.
Mr. Skolnick attended The University of Texas at Austin, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1982. He graduated from the University of Texas School of Law in 1985. After graduating from law school, Mr. Skolnick joined the Office of the Utah Attorney General, where he spent three years as an Assistant Attorney General before joining Kipp and Christian, P.C.
Mr. Skolnick is admitted to practice before all Utah state and federal courts and has also been admitted to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. He has also been admitted pro hac vice in various courts in Idaho, Wyoming and Massachusetts. He has long held an AV Preeminent peer review rating through Martindale-Hubbell, and for many years has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers.
Mr. Skolnick has published articles in the Utah Bar Journal, related to professionalism and insurance issues. He is a member of several legal organizations, including the Utah State Bar,American and Salt Lake County Bar Associations, Litigation Counsel of America, American Bar Foundation and the Diversity Law Institute. He frequently delivers presentations to professional groups on topics related to his practice areas. In 2025 he was appointed by the Utah Supreme Court to the court’s Professionalism and Civility Counseling Board.