Jill Parrish

Jill N. Parrish
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Current Court Information:
Utah Supreme Court
Title:	Justice
Service:
Appointed by:	Mike Leavitt
Active:	2003 - present
Past post:	United States Attorney General
Past term:	1995 - 2003
Past position:	Assistant United States Attorney, District of Utah
Personal History
Party:	Republican
Law School:	Yale Law School, 1985

Jill N. Parrish is an associate justice of the Utah Supreme Court. She was appointed to this position by Republican Governor Michael O. Leavitt in January of 2003 and her current term ends in 2016.

Education

Parrish earned her J.D. from Yale Law School in 1985.

Career

Upon graduation from law school, Parrish clerked for David Winder of the United States District Court for the District of Utah. After her clerkship, she worked in private practice. In 1995 to 2003, she served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Utah. Parrish was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2003.

Awards and Associations

• Chair, Supreme Court Committee of Civility and Professionalism
• Chair, State Law Library Oversight Committee
• Member, Court Technology Committee
• Past president, Utah Chapter of the Federal Bar Association
• State Court Liaison, Federal Bar Association

External links

• Utah Courts, Justice Jill N. Parrish
• Project Vote Smart, Justice Jill N. Parish (UT)
• Standard-Examiner, "Bill would allow governor to name chief justice of Utah Supreme Court", February 5, 2010
• Deseret News, "U. gun ban shot down", September 11, 2006

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