R. Spencer Macdonald, Esq.

About Macdonald

Spencer Macdonald earned his J.D. from Brigham Young University's J. Reuben Clark Law School and has been licensed to practice law in Utah since 2004. A former partner at a Provo law firm who later ran his own practice, he has spent much of his career handling real estate and business disputes involving liens, trust deeds, foreclosures, boundary lines, leases, contracts, and LLCs. He has represented clients in Utah's state and federal courts, including the Utah Court of Appeals, and has written for the Utah Bar Journal on mechanics' liens, foreclosure deadlines, fraud claims, and the use of AI in law practice. At Hepworth Legal, Spencer focuses on real estate and business law, bringing more than twenty years of experience to every case.

Bar Admissions

• Utah State Bar (2004)
• United States District Court, District of Utah

Education

• Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School, J.D. (2004)
• Brigham Young University, B.A. (1998)

Publications

• Navigating the AI Revolution: Strategies for Utah Attorneys to Thrive in an Evolving Legal Landscape

  Utah Bar Journal, Vol. 38, No. 5 (2025)

• Assessing the Statute of Limitations in a Nonjudicial Foreclosure Context

  Utah Bar Journal, Vol. 35, No. 3 (2022)

• Sorting Out the Statute of Limitations for Utah Foreclosures

  Utah Bar Journal, Vol. 32, No. 5 (2019)

• A Primer on Pleading Fraud Claims in Utah

  Utah Bar Journal, Vol. 30, No. 4 (2017)

• Analyzing Mechanics' Lien Claims: A Few Suggestions

  Utah Bar Journal, Vol. 22, No. 5 (2009)

• Does the Wrongful Lien Statute Apply to Mechanics' and Other Types of Liens?

  Utah Bar Journal, Vol. 21, No. 6 (2008)

• Rational Profiling in America's Airports

  BYU Journal of Public Law, Vol. 17 (2002)