Michele Christiansen

Michele Christiansen is a judge of the Utah Court of Appeals. She assumed office in 2010. Her current term ends on January 3, 2027.

Christiansen ran for re-election for judge of the Utah Court of Appeals. She won in the retention election on November 3, 2020.

Christiansen was one of seven candidates selected by the Utah Court of Appeals Nominating Commission to fill a vacancy on the Utah Court of Appeals.^[1] Christiansen was appointed to the Utah Court of Appeals in June 2010 by Governor Gary Herbert.^[2]^[3]

Education

Christiansen received her J.D. from the University of Utah College of Law in 1995.^[3]

Career

After graduation from law school, Christiansen worked as a law clerk for Judge Tena Campbell of the United States District Court for the District of Utah. After that, she worked as an attorney for the firm of Parsons Behle & Latimer. She then joined the United States Attorney's Office, District of Utah, as an assistant United States attorney in 1998. She later worked as general counsel for Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr.

Christiansen was appointed to the Third District Court by Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., in May 2007.^[3]

Elections

2020

Utah Court of Appeals

Michele Christiansen was retained to the Utah Court of Appeals on November 3, 2020 with 82.4% of the vote.

	Retention Vote	%	Votes
✔	Yes	82.4	1,023,082
	No	17.6	218,804
	Total Votes		1,241,886

It has been certified. Source

2014

See also: Utah judicial elections, 2014

Christiansen was retained to the Court of Appeals with 77.0 percent of the vote on November 4, 2014. ^[2]

Performance evaluations

The Utah Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission, following a 2014 survey, recommended that Judge Christiansen be Retained. The full report is available here.