Business, Family, Estate Plan, Personal Injury, and Litigation Attorneys

Small enough to care, but large enough to matter! 

Whatever your legal matter, an experienced lawyer at Harward & Hawes is ready to help.

ATTORNEYS

JAMES E HARWARD

James E Harward attended Brigham Young University and received a B. A. degree in English. His legal education and training came at the University of California Hastings College of Law in San Francisco. Mr. Harward has over 30 years of legal experience in private practice, corporate counsel, and government positions including the Director of Legal Affairs to the Industrial Commission (now the Labor Commission) and Administrative Law Judge for the Utah State Tax Commission. 

He has developed his practice of providing outstanding personal legal services to a select clientele ranging from airline companies to medical device development and manufacturing companies. His expertise is particularly helpful in new company development and reorganizations and restructuring of struggling companies. His trial experience is extensive and broad from complex tax matters to white-collar criminal tax matters. 

In addition to his experience in the practice of law, he was a board member of the Utah State Department of Professional Licensing and Chairman of the licensing board, President of the Utah Chapter of NAPEO, co-chair of the Utah State Bar Task Force on administrative law reform, Adjunct Professor for the National Judicial College, University of Nevado-Reno and an avid outdoorsman and family man.​

GENIEL M. ASHCRAFT

Geniel comes to Harward & Associates as an estate planning and business attorney. For over 20 years, she has helped hundreds of clients complete their estates and assist in probate and trust administration as well as assist in various business, tax, and real estate matters. Geniel is known for her service, attention to detail, and down-to-earth manner. Her clients appreciate her easy-to-understand approach and personal attention.

Geniel also works in the fulfilling world of family law. After years of helping families through the mournful and heart-wrenching process of settling an estate after losing a loved one or navigating the nuances of designing estate plans representing a lifetime of hard work, in 2022, Geniel decided to put those skills to use guiding families, parents, and couples traverse a different, and also very difficult, phase of life.

Geniel is admitted to practice in both Washington and Utah. In 2002, she opened her solo practice in Washington State. After moving back to Utah, she was admitted to the Utah bar in 2008 and continues to maintain her dual-state practice. She received her Juris Doctorate Degree from the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2001 and her Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Literature from the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, in 1998.

Geniel is married to her husband of 23 years, has an amazing 14-year-old daughter. Geniel likes to play tennis, ski, travel, hike, explore new restaurants and go on adventures with friends.

OFFICE STAFF

HILLARY HARWARD

ASSISTANT ASSISTANT