Welcome to Bohling/Hobbs Professional Mediation

Bohling/Hobbs Professional Mediation was formed in 2008 when Karin Hobbs and Bill Bohling found they shared a commitment to continually refine their skills and provide superior mediation services. They bring to the practice passion for mediation, curiosity, extensive and ongoing mediation training, and a close association with the most highly respected mediators in the country.  

William B. Bohling

William B. Bohling’s involvement and training as a mediator dates back to 1993.  He was appointed to the state trial bench the same year and for ten years chaired the state courts' ADR committee.  He retired from the bench and entered private mediation practice in 2004.  Since then in mediating hundreds of cases, he has gained extensive experience in complex business, real estate and securities disputes, multiparty construction cases, insurance bad faith and coverage cases, malpractice, tort and product liability cases, as well as emotion-driven, employment, probate and family cases. Bohling’s many successes in resolving these disputes account for his reputation as one of the most skilled and sought after mediators in the state.

Karin S. Hobbs

Karin Hobbs started her mediation practice in 1998 as the first Chief Appellate Mediator at the Utah Court of Appeals when mediation was at its infancy in Utah.  In 2001 she successfully transitioned into a private mediation practice. In the past 12 years as a full time mediator, Hobbs has mediated over 3,500 cases, including complex multi-party insurance, construction and catastrophic loss, business, class action, employment, probate, family and contract cases.  Hobbs has established a reputation for her unique skill at handling cases that are legally, factually and emotionally complex.  In some complex cases, Hobbs works with the attorneys to design an efficient mediation process.