Judge Laura S. Scott was appointed to the Third District Court in October 2014 by Governor Gary R. Herbert. She took the bench in January 2015 and serves Salt Lake, Summit, and Tooele counties. Judge Scott received a Bachelor degree, cum laude, from the University of Utah in 1990, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. She graduated cum laude with a Juris Doctor degree from the Sandra Day OConnor College of Law at Arizona State University in 1993. After graduation, she served as Assistant General Counsel for the University of Utah from 1993 to 1997. She then joined the law firm of Parsons Behle & Latimer, where she maintained a commercial and real estate litigation practice, including trial and appellate work. She served on the firms board of directors from 2010 until her appointment to the bench. Judge Scott is an American Bar Foundation Fellow, a former vice chair of the Ethics and Discipline Committee of the Utah Supreme Court, and a past president of the Salt Lake County Bar Association. She received the Utah State Bars Professionalism Award in 2014. Prior to her appointment, she served on the boards of Salt Lake Valley Habitat for Humanity and the University of Utah Crimson Club. 2/16