Karin's mediation practice includes the following:

· Commercial Litigation

· Real Property Disputes

· Construction Litigation

· Catastrohpic Injury Litigation

· Employment Litigation

· Family Business Disputes

· Complex Divorce Litigation

· Probate Litigation 

Ms. Hobbs was selected for the 2008 and 2009 Best Lawyers in America in the specialty of Alternative Dispute Resolution.  Ms. Hobbs was slected for inclusion in the 2008 and 2009 Mountain States Super Lawyers.  Ms. Hobbs has served on the Board of Bar Commissioners at the Utah State Bar and was the founding chair of the Section of Dispute Resolution of the Utah State Bar.  In 2004, she received the Peter W. Billings, Sr. award for Excellence in Alternative Dispute Resolution. Ms. Hobbs co-authored an article entitled “Individualized Mediation Design” in the October 2007 issue of “For the Defense.”  She also published an article entitled “How to Achieve the Best Results in Mediation” in the American Arbitration Association’s Handbook on Mediation (2006).  Ms. Hobbs is Vice President of the International Academy of Mediators and frequently attends and conducts advanced mediation trainings throughout the United States.  Ms. Hobbs has been a member of the International Academy of Mediators (IAM) since 2001 and has attended the IAM’s advanced mediation conferences, including joint conferences with the Harvard Law School’s Project on Negotiation and Pepperdine University’s Strauss Institute of Dispute Resolution.  Ms. Hobbs has taught hundreds of mediation and mediation advocacy seminars to audiences such as the Utah State Bar, the Portland Oregon Bar Association, the American Bar Association’s Dispute Resolution Section, and the International Academy of Mediators.

Ms. Hobbs graduated from the University of Utah S.J. Quinney School of Law in 1985.  Upon passing the bar exam, she prosecuted attorneys for ethical violations in her role as Bar Counsel for the Utah State Bar under the supervison of Pamela T. Greenwood.  In 1987,  Pamela T. Greenwood became a judge for the Utah Court of Appeals and employed Hobbs as her law clerk.  Hobbs later became a Staff Attorney for the Utah Court of Appeals, working for 7 appellate court judges drafting opinions for the court's review.  In 1995, Ms. Hobbs assisted in creating the Appellate Mediation Office at the Utah Court of Appeals, and was later selected as the Chief Appellate Mediator for the Utah Court of Appeals in 1998.  Hobbs mediated for the Utah Court of Appeals for 4 years, and, in 2001, opened her private mediation practice.  In 2008, Ms. Hobbs and the Hon. William B. Bohling (ret.) joined their mediation practices as BohlingHobbs Professional Mediation with the common goal of providing superior mediation services to attorneys and clients in the Intermountain West.