Judges' Biographies: Fourth District Court Judges
JUDGE DEREK P. PULLAN
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Judge Derek P. Pullan was appointed in September 2003 by Gov. Michael O. Leavitt. He serves Juab, Millard, Utah, and Wasatch counties. Judge Pullan is a member of the Utah Judicial Council and chairs the Council's Policy and Planning Committee. He has served on the Utah Supreme Court's advisory committee on the civil rules of procedure and the advisory committee on indigent defense. He served as chairman of the Board of District Court Judges and presiding judge of the Fourth District Court. He is a frequent presenter on evidence law at judicial conferences and has taught evidence at the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University. Judge Pullan graduated cum laude from the J. Reuben Clark Law School in 1993 and was a law clerk at the Utah Supreme Court. 4/18
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