John W. Holt, Esq.

Practice Areas
Appellate Practice, Insurance Law, Commercial Real Estate, Labor and Employment, Employee Benefits, Corporate Law, Commercial Litigation and Intellectual Property

Admitted
1990, Utah and U.S. District Court, District of Utah
1991, U.S. Court of Federal Claims
1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit

Law School
University of Utah, J.D., 1990

College
Weber State University, B.A., 1986

Biography

• Selected 2007 – present Utah Legal Elite by Utah Business Magazine
• The Insurance Bar, 2005-06
• William H. Leary Scholar
• Managing Editor, Journal of Contemporary Law/Journal of Energy Law & Policy, 1989-1990

Member

• Utah State Bar

Select Reported Cases

• Ivers v. Utah Department of Transportation, 154 P.2d 802 (Utah 2007)
• Old Standard Life Insurance Company v. Duckhunt Family, 2006 WL 3716110 (D. Utah)
• Toomer v. City Cab Company, Inc., 2005 WL 67091 (D. Utah)
• Brailsford v. Fetter, 2005 WL 552818 (Utah Ct. App.)
• Delta Western Group, LLC v. Ruth’s Chris Steak Houses, 2001 WL 1612059 (10th Circuit)
• Child v. Newson, 692 P.2d 9 (Utah 1995)

Publications

• Copyright Law 101 for Songwriters, Intermountain Acoustic Musician (March 2009)
• Comment, “Protecting America’s Youth: Can Rock Music Lyrics Be Constitutionally Regulated?,” 16:1 J. Contemp. Law 53 (1990)
• Note, “Thomas v. Debois: The Nature of the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator’s Investigatory and Enforcement Duties Under the Federal Water Pollution Act,” 10:1 J. Energy Law & Pol. 119 (1989)

Transactions
Purchase and sales of businesses, including automobile dealerships and automobile rental franchises.

Languages
Japanese

 

Practicing: Personal Injury, Commercial, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Appellate Practice, Commercial Real Estate, Corporate Law, Employee Benefits, Insurance Defense, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Trademarks