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Brooke Wells
Brooke C. Wells was a federal magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the District of Utah. She was appointed to this position on June 4, 2003. She retired at the end of her term on June 3, 2019.[1][2]
Education
Judge Wells received her undergraduate degree in political science from the University of Utah. She then earned her J.D. degree from the University of Utah's S. J. Quinney School of Law in 1977.[3]
Career
After law school, Judge Wells moved to San Antonio, Texas, and worked as a legal services lawyer for two and a half years. She returned to Utah and worked in the Utah Legal Defenders Office for almost 15 years. She then became an assistant U.S. attorney in 1994. She was chief of the violent crimes section until she was appointed a federal magistrate judge in 2003.[3]
See also
- United States District Court for the District of Utah
- United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The Third Branch, "Judicial Milestones," July 2003
- ↑ The University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, "S.J. Quinney College of Law alumna Cecilia Romero selected to become federal magistrate judge," February 1, 2019
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Attorney at Law, "Judicial profile, Hon. Brooke C. Wells," accessed March 8, 2017
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Robert Shelby • Jill Parrish • Howard Nielson • David Barlow • Ann Marie McIff Allen | ||
| Senior judges |
Tena Campbell • David Sam • Dale Kimball • Brian Stewart (Utah) • Clark Waddoups • David Nuffer • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Dustin B. Pead • Cecelia Romero • Paul Kohler • Daphne Oberg • Jared Bennett • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Bruce Jenkins • Dee Benson • John Augustine Marshall • Tillman Davis Johnson • Aldon Anderson • Paul Cassell • Albert Christensen • Willis Ritter • David Winder • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Tena Campbell • Bruce Jenkins • David Sam • Dee Benson • Aldon Anderson • Willis Ritter • David Winder • | ||
Federal courts:
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Utah • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Utah
State courts:
Utah Supreme Court • Utah Court of Appeals • Utah District Courts • Utah Juvenile Courts • Utah Justice Courts
State resources:
Courts in Utah • Utah judicial elections • Judicial selection in Utah
