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

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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.

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