Judge Barry G. Lawrence was appointed to the Third District Court in September 2012 by Governor Gary Herbert. He serves Salt Lake, Summit, and Tooele counties. Judge Lawrence graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Arts in Biology in 1984. He earned his Juris Doctorate degree from Syracuse University College of Law in 1988, where he graduated Cum Laude. Upon graduating from law school, Judge Lawrence relocated to Utah and worked for 12 years at the law firm of Jones, Waldo, Holbrook & McDonough, where he had a commercial litigation practice and served on the firm's board of directors. In 2000, he joined the Utah Attorney General's Office and worked as an Assistant Attorney General in the Litigation Division. While there he practiced in the Torts Section and served as the Torts Section Chief until his appointment to the bench. 12/12