{"id":1023,"date":"2025-03-20T21:52:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T21:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/?p=1023"},"modified":"2025-03-20T21:52:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T21:52:20","slug":"justice-court-vacancy-announced-for-tremonton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/2025\/03\/20\/justice-court-vacancy-announced-for-tremonton\/","title":{"rendered":"JUSTICE COURT VACANCY ANNOUNCED FOR TREMONTON"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Tremonton, Utah<\/strong>\u2014Applications are being accepted for a part-time justice court judge position that\u00a0will serve Tremonton, Utah. The successful candidate will replace Judge Kevin Christensen who has\u00a0resigned his position.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">To be considered for a justice court judgeship in Box Elder County, candidates must be at least 25\u00a0years of age, a citizen of the United States, a Utah resident for at least three years, and have a\u00a0degree from a law school that would make one eligible to apply for admission to a bar in any state\u00a0in the United States. In addition, applicants must be a resident of Box Elder County or an adjacent\u00a0county either upon appointment or before taking the bench.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Information on judicial retention and performance evaluation is posted on the Utah State Court\u2019s\u00a0website at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.utcourts.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.utcourts.gov\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1742593907062000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0k4p9lyYexUM5QVvxHVCu6\">www.utcourts.gov<\/a>\u00a0under employment opportunities. An application for judicial office form must be completed and is available on the court\u2019s website\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/admin\/jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/admin\/jobs&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1742593907062000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0RBtNqk-icxP_jauPEdW1Z\">https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/admin\/jobs<\/a>). The salary range for the position is $27,625 to $35,518\u00a0per year and does not include benefits.\u00a0For additional information about working for Tremonton, email Linsey Nessen, Assistant City Manager, at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:lnessen@tremontoncity.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lnessen@tremontoncity.com<\/a>\u00a0or call her at (435)\u00a0257-9506.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The deadline for applications is Monday, April 21, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. Applications cannot be\u00a0submitted after the deadline. For questions about the justice courts or the process for filling this\u00a0position, email Jim Peters, Justice Court Administrator, at\u00a0j<a href=\"mailto:amesp@utcourts.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">amesp@utcourts.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Utah law requires the Judicial Nominating Commission to submit at least three nominees to Lyle\u00a0Holmgren, mayor of Tremonton,\u00a0within 45 days of its first meeting. Mayor Holmgren will then have\u00a030 days in which to select a finalist. His selection must then be ratified by the Tremonton City\u00a0Council and certified by the Utah Judicial Council.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center\"># # #<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tremonton, Utah\u2014Applications are being accepted for a part-time justice court judge position that\u00a0will serve Tremonton, Utah. The successful candidate will replace Judge Kevin Christensen who has\u00a0resigned his position. To be considered for a justice court judgeship in Box Elder County, candidates must be at least 25\u00a0years of age, a citizen of the United States, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-17 00:12:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1023"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1024,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023\/revisions\/1024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}