Denise M. Porter
Fourth District Court Judge
Judicial background
Fourth District Court Judge
Background
Denise M. Porter was appointed to the Fourth District Court in 2020. She previously served on the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole and spent 17 years as a felony trial attorney at the Salt Lake Legal Defender Association. She earned political-science, psychology and law degrees at the University of Utah. The court's biography says Porter clerked for Third District judges Tyrone Medley and William Thorne, then spent 17 years as a felony trial attorney at the Salt Lake Legal Defender Association, including on its capital representation team specializing in mitigation. She serves on the Utah Supreme Court's Advisory Committee on the Rules of Criminal Procedure and on the board of Women Lawyers of Utah.
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