Utah is losing a judicial powerhouse with the retirement of Justice Christine M. Durham on Nov. 16. She is the state’s longest-serving judge, was the first female state court trial judge, the first, and only currently serving, woman on the Utah Supreme Court, the first female chief justice of the Utah Supreme Court and generally an icon in Utah’s legal field. In our own words, Durham is the Utah legal community’s Mother Theresa.
Judge Petersen perfectly combines a rural Utah upbringing with a sophisticated and complex legal practice. Originally from Emery County, Petersen is a graduate of Carbon High School, the University of Utah and Yale Law School.