Education

University of Utah College of Law | Salt Lake City, UT

  • Juris Doctor with High Honors, 2014

University of Maine | Orono, ME

  • Bachelor of Science, Forest Ecosystem Science with Honors, 2001

Experience

Utah Court of Appeals Law Clerk to the Honorable Stephen L. Roth

Utah Office of the Attorney General Assistant Attorney General & General O'Hara Honors Fellow

United States Environmental Protection Agency Honors Clerk

Awards & Distinctions

Honors University of Maine

High Honors University of Utah College of Law

Executive Editor Utah Law Review

President Natural Resources Law Forum

Committee Chair Sustainable Campus Initiative Fund

Scholarship & Publications

American Indian Law Journal

Appalachian Natural Resources Law Journal

Jurist-Dateline

Utah Law Review

ABA Water Resources Committee

ABA Air Quality Committee

John Robinson

John is an admitted law geek. His practice revolves around legal writing and research. He specializes in appellate law, handing both civil and criminal appeals in state and federal court. He has represented the State of Utah, various state agencies, individuals, and corporate entities on appeal.

John grew up along the coast of Maine where he spent most of his time in the woods or on the water. He studied forestry at the University of Maine, graduating with Honors in 2001. After working for a decade, John studied law at the University of Utah College of Law.

During law school, John was elected an executive editor of Utah Law Review and president of the Natural Resources Law Forum. He served as committee chair of the University of Utah’s Sustainable Campus Initiative Fund, and he was one of eight law students selected (out of 850 applicants) to serve in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Summer Honors Program in Washington, D.C. John also represented the University of Utah at the National Environmental Moot Court Competition in New York, where his team won the David Sive Award for best brief in the nation and advanced to the competition's final round. He was a William H. Leary Scholar, received four CALI awards for highest grade in a course, and was awarded the Dewsnup Fellowship in Natural Resources Law.

After law school, John served as an Utah Assistant Attorney General as part of the O'Hara Honors Program. He then clerked for the Honorable Stephen L. Roth of the Utah Court of Appeals before joining Deiss Law in 2018. He has published three law review articles and taught a continuing legal education course on appellate procedure.

John currently serves as firm counsel at Deiss Law. He is licensed to practice in Utah, Maine, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit