{"id":1150,"date":"2026-06-16T15:33:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T15:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/?p=1150"},"modified":"2026-06-16T15:33:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T15:33:47","slug":"justice-court-vacancy-announced-for-orem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/2026\/06\/16\/justice-court-vacancy-announced-for-orem\/","title":{"rendered":"JUSTICE COURT VACANCY ANNOUNCED FOR OREM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Orem, Utah<\/strong>\u2014Applications are being accepted for a full-time justice court judge position that will\u00a0serve Orem, Utah. The successful candidate will replace Judge Reed Parkin who will retire at the\u00a0end of the year.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">To be considered for a justice court judgeship in Utah County, candidates must be at least 25 years\u00a0of age, a citizen of the United States, a Utah resident for at least three years, and have a degree\u00a0from a law school that would make one eligible to apply for admission to a bar in any state in the\u00a0United States. In addition, applicants must be a resident of Utah County or an adjacent county\u00a0either upon appointment or before taking the bench.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">To apply, an application for judicial office must be completed online at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/justicecourtvacancies.utah.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/justicecourtvacancies.utah.gov\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1781710222699000&amp;usg=AOvVaw10LmZ7uxGC640k3bMMqkeh\">https:\/\/<wbr \/>justicecourtvacancies.utah.<wbr \/>gov\/<\/a>\u00a0before the deadline. The salary for the position is $157,325\u00a0per year and includes benefits. For additional information about working for the City of Orem, call\u00a0Keri Rugg, Deputy City Manager, at (801) 229-7164 or send an email to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:hr@orem.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hr@orem.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The deadline for applications is Friday, July 17, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Applications cannot be submitted 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 Brenn\u00a0Bybee, City Manager for the City of Orem, within 45 days of its first meeting. Mr. Bybee will then have 30 days in which to select a finalist. His selection must then be ratified by the Orem 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>Orem, Utah\u2014Applications are being accepted for a full-time justice court judge position that will\u00a0serve Orem, Utah. The successful candidate will replace Judge Reed Parkin who will retire at the\u00a0end of the year. To be considered for a justice court judgeship in Utah County, candidates must be at least 25 years\u00a0of age, a citizen of the [&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-1150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-26 08:57:11","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\/1150","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=1150"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1151,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1150\/revisions\/1151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}