Justice nominees
Ronald E. Nehring
Age: 55
Born: Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin
Residence: Salt Lake County
Family: Wife — Kristina; three children
Education: University of Utah Law School, 1978; Cornell University, B.A. in history
Experience: 3rd District judge, 1995-present; litigator with Prince, Yeates, & Geldzahler 1982-1994; managing attorney for Utah Legal Services
Jill N. Parrish
Age: 41
Born: Ogden
Family: husband — Blake; five children
Education: Yale Law School, 1985; Weber State College, B.A. in political science and communications
Experience: Assistant U.S. attorney, supervisor of the financial litigation unit, 1995-present; litigator for Parr, Waddoups, Brown, Gee & Loveless, 1990-1995; judicial clerk for District Court Judge David K. Winder, 1985-1986
Sitting justices
Christine M. Durham
Age: 57
Born: Los Angeles.
Family: Husband — George; five children.
Education: Duke University Law School.
Experience: Instructor in legal medicine, Duke University Medical School; partner in Salt Lake law firm of Johnson, Durham & Moxley; 3rd District judge, 1978-1982; appointed to Supreme Court in 1982.
Matthew B. Durrant
Age: 45
Born: Fort Chaffee, Ark.
Family: Wife — Jaclyn; six children.
Education: Brigham Young University, B.A. in American studies and Japanese, 1981; Harvard Law School, 1984.
Experience: Salt Lake law firm of Parr, Waddoups, Brown & Gee; 3rd District judge, 1997-2000; appointed to Supreme Court in 2000.
Michael J. Wilkins
Age: 53
Born: unavailable.
Family: unavailable.
Education: University of Utah College of Law, 1977
Experience: Private practice in Salt Lake City, 1977-1994; served on Utah Court of Appeals, 1994-2000; Appointed to Supreme Court in 2000.