Judge Amy J. Oliver was appointed to the Third District Court in June 2021 by Governor Spencer J. Cox. She took the bench in August 2021 and serves Salt Lake, Summit, and Tooele counties. Judge Oliver received a bachelors degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Utah in 1995. After graduation, she worked for the Utah Supreme Court Law Library. Judge Oliver graduated cum laude with a juris doctorate degree from Harvard Law School in 2000. She spent the first part of her legal career in private practice with law firms in Washington, D.C. and Phoenix, Arizona. She then entered government service, first with the U.S. Attorneys Office for the District of Utah and then with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Prior to her appointment, she was the Assistant Director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissions Salt Lake Regional Office. Judge Oliver worked as an Adjunct Professor at the George Washington University Law School teaching legal research and writing. She currently serves on the Utah Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct. 10/21