Jill M. Pohlman
Experience
Jill Pohlman is a partner of the firm practicing in both the Litigation and the Appellate
practice groups. She concentrates her practice in complex business litigation and is
experienced in a variety of substantive areas, including intellectual property,
employment, antitrust, real property, and other commercial disputes. Jill also assists
clients in matters of corporate governance, professional liability, and other contract
and tort disputes. She has also represented clients in appellate matters before the
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Utah
Supreme Court, and the Utah Court of Appeals.
Jill worked as a judicial law clerk for Chief Judge David K. Winder at the U.S. District
Court for the District of Utah (1996-1997); she was also a law clerk for Stoel Rives LLP
(1995-1996), and for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Utah (1994-1995).
Professional Honors and Activities
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Member, Utah Supreme Court Ethics and Discipline Diversion Committee
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Utah Supreme Court Ethics and Discipline Committee, Panel Chair 2011-2015,
Panel Member, 2009-2011
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Salt Lake City, UT
(801) 578-6927 direct
(801) 578-6999 fax
jill.pohlman@stoel.com
Board of Trustees, S.J. Quinney College of Law Alumni Association at the
University of Utah, 2005-2008
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Member, Utah State Bar Association, Litigation Section, Appellate Section
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Member, Federal Bar Association
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Member, Salt Lake County Bar Association
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Barrister, Sutherland Inn of Court II, 1998-2009
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Chair, Stoel Rives Salt Lake Office Recruiting Committee, 1999-2005
Publications
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Partner
"Punitive Damages in the American Civil Justice System: Jackpot or Justice?,"
Utah Law Review, 1996
Education
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University of Utah College of Law,
J.D., 1996
Order of the Coif
Utah Law Review, 1994-1996
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University of Utah, B.S., 1993, magna
cum laude
Phi Kappa Phi
Admissions
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Utah
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U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Ninth
and Tenth Circuits
Civic Activities
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Vice Chair and legal counsel for the George W. Bush 2000 and 2004 presidential
campaigns in the State of Utah
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Campaign counsel for the Jay Jorgensen 2002 Congressional Campaign, Second
District, Utah
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Volunteer guardian ad litem in the Third District Court, 1999-2000
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U.S. District Court of Utah
Jill M. Pohlman