John at a Rio Mesa Research Symposium mixer
John Robinson Jr.
Attorney & Counselor at Law
John is licensed to practice law in Maine and Utah. He currently lives on his family’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.
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
Publications
The Binding Guidance Principle, 4 American Indian L.J. 1 (2016)
Rural Ozone Pollution: New Science, Old Rules, 8 Appalachian Natural Res. L.J. 149 (2014)
Airborne Emissions in the National Commons, Justist–Dateline (Jan. 21, 2014)
Water Securities: Rights to Use, Used as Collateral, 2013 Utah L. Rev. 1725
Case Note, Navajo Nation v. U.S. Dep’t of the Interior, 17 A.B.A. Water Res. Comm. Newsl., No. 1 at 16 (2015)
Case Note, EPA v. EME Homer City Generation, 17 A.B.A. Air Quality Comm. Newsl., No. 3 at 4 (2014)