Legal Writing & Estate Planning

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About the Firm

Profile picture of John in his Salt Lake City office

John Robinson Jr.

Attorney & Counselor at Law

John is licensed to practice law in Maine and Utah. He currently lives on his grandfather’s saltwater farm on the coast of Maine, and works remotely in Salt Lake City and locally in Newcastle, Maine.

John studied Forest Ecosystem Science at the University of Maine, graduating with Honors in 2001. He studied law at the University of Utah College of Law, graduating with High Honors in 2014. During school, he served as an executive editor of Utah Law Review, as president of the Natural Resources Law Forum, and as committee chair of the University of Utah’s Sustainable Campus Initiative Fund.

Following law school, John served as an Assistant Attorney General and O'Hara Honors Fellow in the Utah Office of the Attorney General. He then served as law clerk for the Honorable Stephen L. Roth on the Utah Court of Appeals before entering private practice.

John’s advocacy focuses on deep research and writing. He has assisted individual and corporate clients in both state and federal court with matters ranging from international child custody disputes under the Hague Convention to corporate fraud to free speech under the First Amendment. John also counsels clients on a variety of legal issues, including estate planning.

 

 

Education

University of Utah College of Law
Juris Doctor with High Honors, 2014

University of Maine
B.S. in Forest Ecosystem Science with Honors, 2001

Selected Experience

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

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

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Honors Clerk

 

 

Selected Publications