{"id":865,"date":"2023-06-21T20:52:12","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T20:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/?p=865"},"modified":"2023-06-21T20:52:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T20:52:12","slug":"justice-court-vacancy-announced-for-utah-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/2023\/06\/21\/justice-court-vacancy-announced-for-utah-county\/","title":{"rendered":"JUSTICE COURT VACANCY ANNOUNCED FOR UTAH COUNTY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Utah County, Utah<\/strong>\u2014Applications are being accepted for a justice court judge position that will\u00a0serve three-quarter time Utah County. The position will replace Judge Stevan Ridge who resigned\u00a0 last year.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">To be considered for a justice court judgeship in Utah County, candidates must be at least 25 years of age, a citizen of the United States, a Utah resident for at least three years, and have a degree from a law school that would make one eligible to apply for admission to a bar in any state in the\u00a0 United States. In addition, applicants must be a resident of the county, an adjacent county, or the\u00a0 judicial district in which the justice court is located either upon appointment or within a\u00a0 reasonable time following appointment.<\/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=1687467056711000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0ma-HuxoB0UO3vNO6xM8Wj\">www.utcourts.gov<\/a>\u00a0under employment opportunities. An application for judicial office\u00a0form must be completed and is available on the court\u2019s website (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.utcourts.gov\/admin\/jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.utcourts.gov\/admin\/jobs&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1687467056711000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2yymdCFxS8e3yDBROXmPRS\">www.utcourts.gov\/admin\/jobs<\/a>).\u00a0 The salary range for the position is $106,943 to $162,960\u00a0per year and includes benefits.\u00a0For\u00a0additional information, contact Ralf Barnes, Utah County Human Resources Director, at (801) 851-8161.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The deadline for applications is Monday, July 10, 2023 at 5 p.m. and should be sent to the\u00a0 attention of Jim Peters, Administrative Office of the Courts, P.O. Box 140241, Salt Lake City,\u00a0 UT, 84114-0241. For an application or information, email\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 three to five nominees to the\u00a0 Utah County Commission within 45 days of its first meeting. The Utah County Commission will then have 30 days in which to make a selection. The selection must then be certified by the Utah\u00a0 Judicial Council.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center\"># # #<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Utah County, Utah\u2014Applications are being accepted for a justice court judge position that will\u00a0serve three-quarter time Utah County. The position will replace Judge Stevan Ridge who resigned\u00a0 last year. To be considered for a justice court judgeship in Utah County, candidates must be at least 25 years of age, a citizen of the United States, [&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-865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-25 04:54:21","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\/865","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=865"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":866,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865\/revisions\/866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}