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Paige Petersen
Justice, Utah Supreme Court
Background: Before becoming a justice on the Utah Supreme Court, Petersen was a judge of the Third Judicial District Court from 2015 to 2017. From 2012 to 2015, she worked as an assistant U.S. attorney for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Utah.
At a glance
- Court
- Utah Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- Not listed
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Appointed by Gov. Gary Herbert (R); retained by voters in a retention election on November 8, 2022
- Appointed by
- Gov. Gary Herbert (R)
- Appointment date
- Not listed
- Took office
- January 19, 2018
- Current term ends
- January 2, 2033
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- November 8, 2022
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Nonpartisan
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Indeterminate (2020 study of justices' pre-court partisan activity)
- Education
- Bachelor's: University of Utah
- Law: Yale Law School
- Prior offices
- Not listed
- Profession
- Not listed
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Assisted appointment (governor-controlled commission)A nominating commission screens candidates and sends a shortlist; the governor appoints from it. In many such states, justices later face yes/no retention elections.
Summary of facts listed on Paige Petersen’s Ballotpedia page (retrieved Oct 26, 2026) · Photo: Ballotpedia. “Not listed” means Ballotpedia didn’t list it in a form this site could read; check Ballotpedia for the latest.
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