Judge Robert C. Lunnen was appointed to the Fourth District Court in December 2016 by Governor Gary R. Herbert. He serves in Utah, Wasatch, Juab, and Millard counties. Judge Lunnen received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Brigham Young University in 1982. He obtained his law degree in 1985 from Loyola University, School of Law, New Orleans. Prior to his judicial appointment, Judge Lunnen served as an attorney for the United States Department of Justice for 21 years. He was the Criminal Chief of the United States Attorney`s Office, District of Utah when he retired. During his career with the Department of Justice, he served two details as the Judicial Attache in Bogota, Colombia and in Kabul, Afghanistan. Judge Lunnen speaks fluent Spanish and has taught judicial advocacy for prosecutors throughout Central and South America and at the National Advocacy Center in Columbia, South Carolina. During his legal career, Judge Lunnen also served as a city attorney, assistant attorney general and as a private practitioner. Judge Lunnen is currently assigned to the American Fork Department of the Fourth District Court. 1/17