Judge Kristine E. Johnson was appointed to the Third District Court by Governor Gary R. Herbert in October 2019. She serves Salt Lake, Summit and Tooele counties. Judge Johnson received a B.A. in Political Science and U.S. History from Trinity University in 1992 and a Juris Doctor from the S.J. Quinney College of Law in 1995. Prior to her appointment, she was a shareholder at the Salt Lake City firm of Parsons Behle & Latimer where she served as a member of the Board of Directors from 2015 until her appointment to the bench. She is a founding member and former president of the David K. Winder Intellectual Property American Inn of Court, and a member of the David K. Watkiss-Sutherland II American Inn of Court. She serves on the Utah State Bar Continuing Legal Education Steering Committee and is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. 3/21