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
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