Colorful attorney has reshaped Utah’s landscape one lawsuit at a time
Attorney for deep-pocketed developers has helped some cities grow while making others shrink, often with a brash style that puts him at odds with the public.
(Courtesy Bruce Baird) Real estate attorney Bruce Baird, photographed here at his vacation home in Costa Rica, has spent years litigating against Utah cities and counties on behalf of developers, sometimes to the public's ire.
Leia Larsen is a sixth generation Utahn and a water and land use reporter reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune. She has covered environment, energy and political issues throughout the West. When she’s not chasing the news, Leia can be found exploring the Wasatch Mountains, sleeping in the desert or rooting around her garden.