Parsons Behle & Latimer

Rob Hughes specializes on large infrastructure projects, including water, sewer, power, telecommunications, transit and highways. He assists state and local government clients with the design, construction and operation of these critical systems.

Capabilities

Biography

Rob Hughes advises state and local government clients on a wide range of issues associated with public infrastructure, including design and construction procurement, property acquisition, permitting and litigation. Previously, Rob spent several years as in-house counsel to the UTA, where he helped UTA construct 70 miles of new rail lines along the Wasatch Front.

Rob has served as an adjunct professor at the S.J. Quinney College of Law, where he taught Contract Drafting.

Experience

Mouty v. Sandy City Recorder

2005 UT 41 (holding that all zoning actions by a city council in a council/mayor form of government are subject to citizen referendum)

Conatser v. Johnson

2008 UT 48 (establishing the right of the public to walk on the beds of public water courses flowing over private lands)

UDOT v. Dunfield et al

Rob received a favorable jury verdict on behalf of UDOT and UTA on the valuation of severance damages arising from the closure of an access for the FrontRunner South commuter rail project.

Accomplishments

Academic

University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law (J.D., 2003)

Order of the Coif
Certificate in Environmental Law
Utah Law Review, Articles Editor
Environmental Moot Court
Natural Resources Law Forum, President
Marriner S. Eccles Graduate Research Fellowship in Political Economy
West Group Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Award
College of Law Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Torts, State and Local Government, and Evidence
Scott Woodland Merit Scholarship (2000)

Harvard University (A.B., 1995)

Dean’s List
Harvard College Scholarship

Professional

"Utah Legal Elite" Utah Business Magazine, 2022

Associations

Professional

Utah State Bar Association

Insights

Utah Business Magazine Names 20 Parsons Behle & Latimer Attorneys as Utah’s Legal Elite

Credentials

Licensed

Utah

U.S. Dist. Court, Dist. of Utah

U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit

Education

University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law