Senior Judge, United States District Court, District of Utah, 2022-present

No caucus information on file.

Adjunct Professor, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, 2001-present

Judge, United States District Court, District of Utah, 2012-2014, 2018-2022

Chief Judge, United States District Court, District of Utah, 2014-2018

United States Magistrate Judge, United States District Court, District of Utah, 1995-2012

Confirmed by the United States Senate, Judge, United States District Court, District of Utah, March 22, 2012

Nominated by President Barack Obama, Judge, United States District Court, District of Utah, June 29, 2011

Program Developer and Lecturer, New Magistrate Judge Automation Orientation, 2006-2010

Consultant, Ukraine Rule of Law Project (USAID-Chemonics International), 2008

Visiting Professor, Leavitt Institute for International Development at Academy of Advocates; International School; University of Law and Economics; Kyiv, Ukraine, 2007

Judge, "O Sistema Jurídico nos Estados Unidos - A Competência do United States Magistrate Judge" 21 Direito Federal 39, 2003

Judge, O Sistema Jurídico nos Estados Unidos - A Competência do U.S. Magistrate Judge (The Jurisdiction of the Magistrate Judge in the United States' Judicial System), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil, 2002

Member, Snow, Nuffer, Engstrom, Drake, Wade & Smart, 1979-2002

Practicing Attorney, Allen, Thompson & Hughes, 1977-1978

Law Clerk, Howard, Lewis & Peterson, 1976-1978

Member, Federal Judicial Center Judges IT Training Advisory Group, 2007-present

Member, Utah District Court Disciplinary Panel, 2003-present

Vice Chair, Utah District Court Technology Committee, 2003-present

Member, Utah State Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules of Civil Procedure, 2003-present

Member, Utah District Court Technology Committee, 2001-present

Former Member and Mediation Panel Member, American Arbitration Association

Member, Best Practices in Continuing Legal Education for Judges (Judicial Education for New Judges in the United States; Methods of Distance Education; Teaching Judicial Ethics: Why and How; Introduction to Advanced Education

Member, Techniques; Mentoring Programs and Peer Evaluations for Members of the Judicial Authority) (Co-presenter with Mira-GurArie and Valerie Armand), April, 2009, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Former Member, United States District Court Arbitration and Mediation Panel, Utah

Former Member, Utah Court Annexed Alternative Dispute Resolution Panel (Arbitrator and Mediator)

Member, International Intellectual Property Law, Information Technology Law and E-Commerce Workshop, Baçesehir University Seminar for Iranian Lawyers, Istanbul, Turkey, 2014

Member, American Adversarial Justice System, Masaryk University Faculty of Law, Brno, Czech Republic, 2012

Member, Judicial Selection and Appointment and the American Adversarial Justice System, Czech Union of Judges, Prague, Czech Republic, 2012

Member, Utah District Court Civil Procedure Rules Advisory Committee, 2003-2012

Member, American Legal Education, Dokuz Eylul University in Izmir and the Law Center in Izmir (Hukuk Merkezi), Izmir, Turkey, 2011

Judge/Coach, Mock Trial Competition, BUILD Initiative, Kyiv, Lviv and Chernivtsi, Ukraine, 2011

Member, Principles of Judicial Education, Iraq Judicial Development Institute, Washington, DC, 2011

Member, United States Courts Information Technology Advisory Committee, 2009-2011

Panel Member and Moderator, International Courts and Society Summit, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2010

Presenter, Panel Member, Law Practice Management Seminar for Iranian Lawyers, Antalya, Turkey, 2010

Judge, Mock Trial Competition, BUILD Initiative, Kyiv, UkraineCreating, 2010

Educator, Administering a Continual Legal Education Program (Law Practice Management), Cairo, 2009

Evaluator, Judicial Performance Evaluation (Interviews and discussions with legal community and government officials), Bahrain, 2009

Designing and Delivering Judicial Education, United Arab Emirates Institute of Training and Judicial Studies, Sharjah, 2009

Member, United States Magistrate Judges Advisory Group, 2005-2009

Lay Participation in Criminal Justice, Ukraine National Law Academy, Kharkiv, Ukraine, 2007

Commissioner, Utah State Bar, 1994-2002

Member (Ex Officio), Utah State Supreme Court Study Committee on Delivery of Legal Services, 2001-2002

President, Utah State Bar, 2000-2001

Chair, Utah Electronic Law Project and Utah Electronic Law and Commerce Partnership, 1996-2000

Member, Utah Judicial Conduct Commission, 1997-2000

Chair, Utah Judicial Conduct Commission, 1999-2000

Chair, Utah State Bar Internet Services Committee, 1995-2000

Vice Chair, Utah Judicial Conduct Commission, 1998-1999

Chair, Utah State Bar Long Range Planning Committee, 1997-1998

Member, Governor's Impact Fee Resolution Group, 1995

Member, Judicial Council Ad Hoc Committee Access to Electronic Court Records, 1995

Member, Fifth District Court Judicial Nominating Commission, 1984-1988; 1992-1994

Member, Utah Supreme Court Special Task Force on the Management and Regulation of the Practice of Law, 1990-1991

Admitted, Arizona State Bar, 1989

Board Member, St. George Chamber of Commerce, 1982-1986

President, St. George Chamber of Commerce, 1985