John H. Romney

John H. Romney is a shareholder and director at Plant Christensen & Kanell whose practice centers on civil litigation and insurance defense. He has practiced since 2001 and has more than 15 years of experience defending commercial and personal liability claims. His current work places particular emphasis on professional liability matters involving architects and engineers, along with insurance coverage, construction, products liability, premises liability, bad faith, contracts, and real estate disputes.

John earned a B.S. in Economics and a B.A. in History from the University of Utah in 1998. He later received his Juris Doctorate cum laude from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University in 2001. His combined study of economics, history, and law supports a litigation practice that requires analysis of contracts, financial consequences, professional duties, and factual records developed through discovery and expert evidence.

John has worked extensively on insurance-related disputes involving businesses, individuals, and professionals. His practice includes defending liability claims, handling coverage issues, and representing architects and engineers in professional-liability matters. He handles construction, product-liability, premises-liability, personal-injury, contract, and real-estate disputes. His work in Utah and Wyoming gives him experience with civil litigation across multiple types of insured and commercial claims.

John H. Romney holds an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell. He is licensed in Utah and Wyoming and continues to focus on litigation involving insurance, professional responsibility, and commercial risk. His practice combines long-term insurance-defense experience with work on technical professional-liability disputes, helping clients address claims through investigation, motion practice, negotiation, and trial preparation when contested matters proceed in court.

Law Office Affiliations

• Shareholder, Plant, Christensen, & Kanell
• Member, Utah State Bar
• Member, Wyoming State Bar
• Barrister, American Inn of Court I
• Member, Utah State Bar Association, Litigation Section
• Member, Salt Lake County Bar Association

Licensed State

• Utah
• Wyoming

Education

• J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University
  Juris Doctor (JD) Cum Laude
• University of Utah
  Bachelor of Science (BS) in Economics
• University of Utah
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in History

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