Parsons Behle & Latimer

Nicole Salazar-Hall is a shareholder of Parsons Behle & Latimer’s Family Law Group. Her practice encompasses all aspects of domestic law, assisting individuals in complex child custody cases, complex high net-worth property divisions, and navigating cases involving the Juvenile Court and the Division of Child and Family Services throughout Utah.

Capabilities

Divorce & Family Law

Biography

Nicole Salazar-Hall practices civil litigation with a focus on domestic law, representing individuals in domestic cases, juvenile court child welfare cases and actions challenging DCFS agency findings. Nicole assists clients with divorce, custody, parentage, adoption, child welfare, minor child guardianship matters, and Department of Child and Family Services agency actions. Nicole has worked with hundreds of clients in juvenile court throughout the State of Utah both prosecuting and defending abuse and neglect petitions. Nicole has appeared before multiple legislative committees and has worked with multiple legislators regarding child welfare and domestic legislation.

Since 2015, Nicole has been a lecturer on family law issues and continuing legal education classes. Nicole is also an active volunteer, working with the Utah Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Rules of Evidence (Chair); Utah State Bar Indian Law Section (Former Section Officer); Centro De La Familia De Utah (Board of Trustees); YWCA Utah (Board of Trustees); Legal Aid Society of Salt Lake (Past Chair); Utah Bar Foundation (Board of Trustees); the State of Utah Division of Child and Family Services – Child Welfare Improvement Council and DCFS Oversight Subcommittee Co-Chair; and the Salt Lake City Human Rights Commission.

Accomplishments

Academic

University of Utah (J.D., with honors, 2010)

Saint Louis University (B.A., cum laude, 2003)

Captain of the Mock Trial team 2002, All-American Award 2003

Professional

Recognized in Best Lawyers in America, Family Law, 2027

Utah Business Magazine’s 30 Women to Watch, 2023

Utah Business Magazine’s “Legal Elite,” Family Law 2023

Voice for Utah Children, Children’s Champion Award, 2020

Utah Business Magazine's "Legal Elite," Up and Coming/Family Law (2016 - 2021, 2024)

Mountain States Super Lawyers Rising Star, Family Law, 2019-2020

Associations

Professional

Utah State Bar Licensed Paralegal Program’s Admissions Committee, Member

Utah Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules of Evidence, Chair and Member

Utah Minority Bar Association

Women Lawyers of Utah

Utah State Bar Family Law Section

Utah State Bar Indian Law Section, Past Chair

Parental Defense Alliance of Utah

American Bar Association, Family Law Section

Association of Family and Conciliation Courts

LGBT and Allied Lawyers of Utah, Member

Community

YWCA Utah, Board of Trustees, July 2023 - present

Utah Bar Foundation, July 2023 - present

Racial Equity in Policing Commission, Core Commissioner, July 2020 – July 2023

School Safety Subcommittee, Member, November 2020 - July 2022

Centro de la Familia de Utah, Board of Trustees

Salt Lake City Human Rights Commission, Council District 5 Commissioner

S.J. Quinney College of Law, Alumni Board

Legal Aid Society, Board of Trustees, Past Chair

Insights

Sixty Parsons Behle & Latimer Attorneys Recognized in Best Lawyers in America 2027

Year-Over-Year, Parsons Behle & Latimer Attorneys Ranked as Best in Mountain States Region: Super Lawyers Recognizes 29 Parsons Behle & Latimer Attorneys for 2025

Parsons Behle & Latimer Attorneys Named as “Utah Legal Elite”

Meadowlark Elementary Students Invited to Visit with Parsons Behle & Latimer Attorneys to Learn About the Law

Credentials

Licensed

Utah

Wyoming

Education

University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law