Jill M. Pohlman

Survey Respondent Recommendation: 96% of survey respondents recommend Justice Pohlman for retention.

Performance Measures: Survey scores are analyzed for statistical significance to determine if the judge scored well above, above, consistent with, below, or well below their appellate court peers.

Consistent with Peers: Legal Ability, Integrity & Judicial Temperament, Administrative Skills, and Procedural Fairness

Respondent Feedback: Respondents find Justice Pohlman to be kind, polite, and approachable, and they praise her diligent work habits, attentiveness, and her thoughtful and intellectually curious manner. One respondent said that the judge “thinks about issues deeply and puts 100% into everything.” Another added that she “exemplifies the mission of the judiciary.”

Associate Chief Justice Jill M. Pohlman was appointed to the Utah Supreme Court in June 2022 by Governor Spencer J.Cox. At the time, she was serving as Associate Presiding Judge on the Utah Court of Appeals. Justice Pohlman graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Utah in 1993 and received her Juris Doctorate from the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah in 1996, where she served on the Utah Law Review and graduated Order of the Coif. After law school, she clerked for the Honorable David K. Winder of the United States District Court for the District of Utah. Prior to her appointment to the bench, Justice Pohlman was a partner at the law firm of Stoel Rives LLP in Salt Lake City. She practiced there for 19 years during which she maintained a complex civil litigation practice, including administrative, trial, and appellate work. Justice Pohlman currently chairs the Judicial Council's Office of Fairness and Accountability Committee and has previously served on several committees; including the Judicial Council's Committee on Judicial Outreach, the Utah Supreme Court's Advisory Committee on the Rules of Appellate Procedure, and the Utah Supreme Court's Ethics and Discipline Committee.