EXHIBIT 5.1 BLACKBURN & STOLL, LC Attorneys at Law 77 West 200 South, Suite 400 Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 Telephone (801) 521-7900 Fax (801) 521-7965 July 30, 2002 American Consolidated Management Group, Inc. 70 West Canyon Crest Rd., Suite D Alpine, Utah Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8 Ladies and Gentlemen: We have acted as counsel to American Consolidated Management Group (the "Company") in the preparation of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on July 30, 2002, to which this opinion is attached as Exhibit 5.1 (the "Registration Statement"), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). The Registration Statement relates to 662,894 shares (the "Shares") of common stock of the Company, par value $.01 per share, issuable in connection with the Company's Employee Debt Repayment Plan (the "Plan"). This opinion is an exhibit to the Registration Statement, and is being furnished to you in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-B under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"). In that capacity, we have reviewed the Registration Statement, the Plan and other documents, corporate records, certificates, and other instruments for purposes of this opinion. In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such documents. In making our examination of documents executed by parties other than the Company, we have assumed that such parties had the power, corporate or other, to enter into and perform all obligations thereunder and have also assumed the due authorization by all requisite action, corporate or other, and execution and delivery by such parties of such documents and the validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof. As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein, we have, to the extent we deemed appropriate, relied upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others. The law covered by the opinions expressed herein is limited to the law of the State of Utah and we do not express any opinion herein concerning any other law. Based upon and subject to the foregoing, and to the limitations, qualifications, exceptions and assumptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that: Upon the issuance and sale of the Shares in the manner contemplated by the Registration Statement and in accordance with the terms of the Plan, and subject to the Company completing all actions and proceedings required on its part to be taken prior to the issuance of the Shares pursuant to the terms of the Plan and the Registration Statement, including, without limitation, execution of releases in the form set forth in the Plan, the Shares will be legally and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable securities of the Company. In rendering this opinion, we have assumed that the certificates representing the Shares will conform to the form of specimen examined by us and such certificates will be duly executed and delivered by the Company. We hereby consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. Very truly yours, /s/ Blackburn & Stoll, LC BLACKBURN & STOLL, LC