His practice emphasizes high conflict, multiparty, and complex matters. His demonstrated skills and success have led to his receiving a Martindale-Hubbell AV peer reviewed rating and his being named to the peer-reviewed Best Lawyers in America (2008 edition), Mountain States 2008 Super Lawyers, and the Utah Business Magazine’s 2007 and 2008 Utah Legal Elite. 

ADR Experience and Qualifications

Judge Bohling’s mediation training and experience date back to 1993 when he joined USA&M’s mediation panel, and was appointed to the Utah federal district court’s mediation panel.

After his appointment to the Utah district court bench, he became the chair of the state judicial council’s ADR committee. For ten years he was actively engaged in promoting mediation in the state and in establishing a court-annexed mediation program.

While on the bench he presided over many settlement conferences and informally mediated numerous disputes. Since 1993 Judge Bohling has been a student of mediation and has sought out recognized teachers throughout the country. Following his retirement from the bench in 2004, he has professionally mediated a wide range of disputes in litigation

Background and Education

Judge, Utah Third District Court (general jurisdiction), 1993-2004

Shareholder, Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough, 1979-2003 (associate, 1971-73)

Associate Professor (with tenure) Texas Tech University School of Law,

1975-78 (assistant professor, 1973-75) (administrative law, antitrust, business torts, contracts, economic regulation)

Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice (Antitrust Division), 1968-71

LLM, University of Michigan Law School, 1978 (trade regulation)

MA (Economics), Texas Tech University, 1977

JD, University of Utah, 1968 (law review)

BS (Electrical Engineering), University of Utah, 1965

Memberships and Professional Activities

Utah Supreme Court Professionalism Counseling Board, 2008 - present

American Bar Association (Dispute Resolution Section), 2006 - present

Association for Conflict Resolution, 2005 - present

Utah Dispute Resolution, Board of Trustees, 2005 - 2007

Utah Court’s Roster of Mediators 2004 - present)

Utah Council on Conflict Resolution, 2004 - present

Chair, Judicial Council’s Ad Hoc Committee on Alternate Dispute Resolution, 1994-2004; member, 2004 - present

Salt Lake County Mental Health Court (founding judge), 2001-04

Utah Judicial Conduct Commission, 2000-03

US District Court for the District of Utah’s Roster of Mediators, 1993 – 95, 006 - present

US A & M’s Panel of Mediators, 1993

tah State Bar, 1968-present

Honors

Martindale-Hubbell AV peer review rating

Recognized in the 2008 edition of the Best Lawyers in America (ADR specialty)

Listed as a 2008 Mountain States Alternate Dispute Resolution Super Lawyer

Listed in Utah Business's 2007 & 2008 Utah Legal Elite (Arbitrator/Mediator Section)

Recepient of the Utah Council on Conflict Resolution's 2005 Peacekeeper Award

Recepient of the Utah Spring Mental Health Conference 2005 Government Service Award

Recepient of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill's 2004 Community Hero Award

Recepient of the Utah State Bar's 2004 Judge of the Year award

Recepient of the Utah State Bar's 1993 Distinguished Lawyer of the Year award

Representative Mediation Training

Eric Galton & Tracy Allen, Specialized Mediation, Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, Ca (2008)

Randy Lowry & Jack Etheridge, Advanced Mediation: Skills & Techniques, Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, Ca (2007);

Ken Cloke, Into The Heart of Conflict: Mastery for Mediators, Summer Learning Forums, Harvard Negotiation Insight Initiative, Cambridge , Ma. (2006 & 2007);

Erica Fox & Mark Thornton, Beyond Yes Two: The Next Step in the Journey, Summer Learning Forum, Harvard Negotiation Insight Initiative, Cambridge, Ma (2006);

William Downes & Brian Florence, Domestic Mediation, Utah Dispute Resolution, Salt Lake City, Ut (2005);

Judy Mares-Dixon & Dan Dozier, The Mediation Process, CDR Associates, Boulder, Co. (2004);

Hon. Henry Blizzard, Mediation, American Academy of Judicial Education, Seattle, Wa (1998)

James Holbrook, Mediator Training, United States District Court for the District of Utah, Salt Lake City, Ut (1993);

James Holbrook, Basic Mediator Training, United States Arbitration & Mediation, Salt Lake City, Ut (1993)