Judge L. Douglas Hogan was appointed to the Third District Court in October 2014 by Gov. Gary Herbert. He serves Salt Lake, Summit and Tooele counties. Judge Hogan received a juris doctorate with distinction from the McGeorge School of Law at the University of the Pacific in 1999. Judge Hogan's undergraduate studies were completed at the University of Utah in 1996. After completing law school, Judge Hogan worked as in-house counsel for SK Hart Management in Salt Lake City. Judge Hogan left SK Hart Management in October of 2000 and opened the Law Office of L. Douglas Hogan, P.C. in Tooele where he performed a wide variety of legal services, including criminal defense, divorce, adoption, probate, contracts and landlord/tenant law. His private practice included serving as a public defender for Tooele County from 2001 to 2006. As part of his Tooele County public defender contract, he served as the assigned counsel for indigent participants in the Tooele Drug Court program. During this time, Judge Hogan also worked for a year as conflict counsel for the Salt Lake Legal Defenders Association. In 2006, he was elected to the office of Tooele County Attorney. Judge Hogan served as the Tooele County Attorney for eight years and held that office until taking the bench in December 2014. 3/15