Contact Info
Email: nbrunelle@fabianlaw.com
Direct Line: 801-323-2220
Fax: 801-532-3310
Nora K. Brunelle
Nora Brunelle practices primarily in the areas of corporate law and business transactions. Working with clients ranging from small start-ups to multi-national corporations, her experience includes business planning, finance, mergers and acquisitions, and securities. She routinely assists companies with documenting debt and equity revenue-raising transactions, including private placements, as well as with a wide variety of commercial and internal contractual matters. In 2009 and 2010, she was recognized as a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers magazine in the category of business law.
Nora also advises non-profit organizations, including private foundations, regarding governance, compliance with federal and state regulations, and other general business matters that tax-exempt organizations commonly confront.
Nora earned her J.D. at the University of Utah, where she graduated with highest honors (top 2%) and was Managing Editor of the Utah Law Review. She also served as President of the Business Law Society, which she helped found in 2005.
Nora also advises non-profit organizations, including private foundations, regarding governance, compliance with federal and state regulations, and other general business matters that tax-exempt organizations commonly confront.
Nora earned her J.D. at the University of Utah, where she graduated with highest honors (top 2%) and was Managing Editor of the Utah Law Review. She also served as President of the Business Law Society, which she helped found in 2005.
- Practice Areas
- Professional
- Representative Projects
- Education
- Publications & Presentations
- Community Service
- Admitted to Utah State Bar and U.S. District Court, District of Utah
- Member, American Bar Association and Salt Lake County Bar Association
- Utah State Bar Association: Business, Securities, Corporate Counsel, Non-Profit Charitable, Young Lawyers sections member
- Ninety Million Dollar Sale of Private Business - Nora was part of the Fabian legal team representing the seller in an asset acquisition of a drilling business by an international, publicly-traded company.
- Largest Series A Financing in Utah History - Nora was instrumental in assisting a biotechnology company in the Phase 1 clinical stage to acquire substantial financing from international venture capital sources in Utah's largest Series A Financing.
- Technology Start-Ups – Nora has assisted numerous start-up technology companies in the internet, biotechnology, GPS, and medical industries. Her work in this area includes business planning, entity formation, initial financings, and a variety of commercial transactions.
- J.D., University of Utah College of Law, Graduated with Highest Honors, Order of the Coif, Managing Editor of the Utah Law Review (2006), Founder and President, Business Law Society (2005), Outstanding Achievement Awards for Constitutional Law, Intellectual Property, and Environmental Law; CALI awards for Contracts, Criminal Law, Lawyering Skills, Family Law and Federal Income Tax; William H. Leary Scholar
- B.A., University of Vermont, Cum Laude
- Publication: "A Political Education: An Analysis of the Policy and Politics Behind Utah's Opposition to No Child Left Behind," Utah Law Review, 2006
- Publication: "Utah's Immunity Act Constitutionally Limits Aggregated Damages in Personal Injury Suits Against the State," Utah Law Review, 2005
- Mentor and Pro Bono Legal Advisor for Small Business Clinic at the University of Utah College of Law
- Volunteer with Street Law, a legal services program for indigent populations