Month: February 2020

Salina, UT—The Sevier County Nominating Commission has selected three nominees for a judicial vacancy in the Salina City Justice Court. The position will replace Judge Cordell Pearson who left the position in December 2019.
Following are the nominees followed by place of employment and residence:

• Judge Mark McIff, J.D., Judge of justice courts throughout Sevier County, Piute County, and Sanpete County, resident of Richfield;
• Megan Mustoe, J.D., Attorney at Law, resident of Richfield; and
• Judge Cyndee Probert, Judge of the Fillmore City Justice Court, resident of Scipio.

A comment period will be held through Feb. 28, 2020. A final candidate will then be selected by Salina City Mayor Jed Maxwell who has 30 days to make an appointment. The appointment is subject to ratification by the Salina City Council. The Utah Judicial Council must then certify the appointment. To submit written comments about the candidates, please contact Amy Hernandez at amymh@utcourts.gov.

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Aurora, UT—The Sevier County Nominating Commission has selected three nominees for a judicial vacancy in the Aurora City Justice Court. The position will replace Judge Cordell Pearson who left the position in December 2019.
Following are the nominees followed by place of employment and residence:

• Judge Mark McIff, J.D., Judge of justice courts throughout Sevier County, Piute County, and Sanpete County, resident of Richfield;
• Megan Mustoe, J.D., Attorney at Law, resident of Richfield; and
• Judge Cyndee Probert, Judge of the Fillmore City Justice Court, resident of Scipio.

A comment period will be held through Feb. 28, 2020. A final candidate will then be selected by Aurora City Mayor Daven Quarnberg who has 30 days to make an appointment. The appointment is subject to ratification by the Aurora City Council. The Utah Judicial Council must then certify the appointment. To submit written comments about the candidates, please contact Amy Hernandez at amymh@utcourts.gov.

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Riverdale, UT—The Weber County Judicial Nominating Commission has announced the appointment of Paul Olds to fill the Riverdale Justice Court vacancy. The position replaces Judge Reuben Renstrom who resigned in May 2019.

Paul Olds holds two Bachelor of Science degrees from the University of Utah. In Dec. of 1993, he graduated from the University of Nebraska College of Law. After graduating, he practiced law in Northern Utah for over 25 years. For nine of those years, he served as an Assistant City Attorney for the cities of Ogden and Riverdale. He also served as the public defender for the cities of Clearfield and Harrisville. As private defense counsel, he handled matters in most of the justice and district courts in Northern Utah. For 10 years, he also taught criminal and business law courses at Weber State University.

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Grand County, UT—The Grand County Judicial Nominating Commission has announced the appointment of Danalee Welch-O’Donnal to fill the Grand County Justice Court vacancy. The position replaces Judge David Tubbs who left the position in November 2019.

Danalee Welch-O’Donnal graduated high school in 1998 where she received a full tuition scholarship to the Utah State University (USU) through the 4-H program. She attended USU for one year, seeking a degree in Elementary Education. She later transferred to the College of Eastern Utah (CEU), Moab Extension. After receiving her education, she began working at the Grand County Attorney’s Office where she was employed as a paralegal working on criminal and civil matters.

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