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Heather Brereton

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Heather Brereton
Utah Third Judicial District
Tenure
Present officeholder
Term ends
2018

Elections and appointments
Appointed
August 9, 2015
Personal
Profession
Misdemeanor Division chief, Salt Lake Legal Defender Association


Heather Brereton is a judge of the Third Judicial District in Utah. She was appointed by Governor Gary Herbert (R) on August 9, 2015.[1] She was unanimously confirmed by the Senate Judicial Confirmation Committee on September 9 and confirmed by the Utah State Senate on September 16. Brereton replaced Deno Himonas, who was appointed to the Utah Supreme Court.[2][3]

Career

At the time of her judicial appointment, Brereton was a trial attorney and chief of the misdemeanor division at the Salt Lake Legal Defender Association. She was a law clerk at the Utah Court of Appeals in 1999 and 2000.[1]

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