Jonathan Felt

Jonathan is an experienced Attorney and Mediator, focused on helping families through divorce, custody disputes, adoptions, and other family law cases. Jonathan’s experience as a teacher and his love for children help him deeply understand children’s best interests and the effects of family legal issues on both children and their parents. Jonathan has served as Utah Bar Dispute Resolution Section President (2021-2022), Weber County Bar President (2020) and on the Utah Bar Young Lawyer’s Committee (2015-2017) and has received multiple awards for excellence including ABA national Top 40 Young Lawyer (2020-2021), Top Family Law Firm in Layton, UT (2021), Utah Bar Leadership Academy (2018), Utah Bar Pro Bono Young Lawyer of the Year (2017), and Clause Nobel Educator of Distinction (2010). Before Jonathan founded Felt Family Law, he worked from 2015 to 2016 as General Counsel and Document Control Manager for UST in Layton, UT. Jonathan graduated from Hamline Law magna cum laude (2014) with emphasis in mediation and dispute resolution. He trained as a mediator through Utah’s Domestic and Basic Mediation Courses (2016), the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary (2013), and the US Department of Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute at Patrick AFB, Florida (2005). Jonathan finished in the Top 10 at the ABA National Moot Mediation Representation competition (2013). Prior to law school, Jonathan served as a High School/Middle School teacher in the coastal town of Florence, Oregon (2007-2011) and as an officer in the U.S. Air Force and Air Force Reserves (2002- 2008). Jonathan received his Master’s Degree in Teaching from Western Oregon University (2005) and his Bachelor Degree in Music from Brigham Young University (1999). Prior to law school, Jonathan served as an officer in the U.S. Air Force from 2002 to 2005 and in the Air Force Reserves from 2005 to 2008. He served as a Lieutenant and Section Commander at Malmstrom Air Force Base, MT, and as a Captain and Chief of Military Equal Opportunity for the 939th Air Refueling Wing in Portland, OR. From 2007 to 2011, Jonathan worked as a middle and high school Choir Teacher for the Siuslaw School District in Florence, OR. Due to the recession and tight school budgets, Jonathan also taught remedial Math and 11th-Grade Health. Jonathan’s experience as a teacher and his love for children help him deeply understand children’s best interests and the effects of family legal issues on both children and their parents. Jonathan works hard to represent their best interests in court.