Parsons Behle & Latimer attorney Julianne P. Blanch has been named a Leading Litigator in America by Lawdragon 500. Lawdragon 500's editorial team selected Ms. Blanch through submissions; journalistic research of the lawyers behind the biggest cases; and editorial vetting from a board of her peers.
Ms. Blanch is also a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. She is a member of the Utah Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), an invitation-only organization where membership is considered only after having taken at least 10 civil jury trials to verdict. She serves as Utah's Board Representative to ABOTA's national board. She is also a member of the International Society of Barristers, an elite trial lawyer group into which only nine other lawyers in the state of Utah have been elected. She has tried a broad range of cases over her nearly three decades in practice, involving everything from trusts and estates, product liability, and bad faith insurance claims. Ms. Blanch has handled dozens of appeals on the state and federal levels, including over 40 published opinions, including appeals from bench trials and jury trials and appeals from administrative decisions. She has argued before the Utah Court of Appeals, the Utah Supreme Court, and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. She also served for several years on the Utah Supreme Court’s Advisory Committee on the Utah Rules of Appellate Procedure. She also served for many years as the chairperson of Parsons' litigation practice team, one of the largest litigation teams in the Intermountain West.
