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# Bryan Galloway

Utah First District Juvenile Court · Presiding Judge, Juvenile Court Judge

## Profile

- Court: Utah First District Juvenile Court
- State: Utah
- Role: Presiding Judge, Juvenile Court Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-26

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- The Presiding Judge of Utah’s First District Juvenile Court, serving Cache, Box Elder, and Rich counties since 2020
- Eventually Judge Galloway evolved into a practice of indigent defense, appearing as a public defender in the Juvenile, Justice, and District Courts of Cache County
- As public defender Judge Galloway worked extensively with the drug and mental health courts of the First District
- Community engagement in juvenile justice reform
- He later shifted to indigent defense, serving as a public defender in Cache County’s Juvenile, Justice, and District Courts
- His role includes overseeing juvenile justice matters, mental health court programs, and related diversion initiatives

### Education

- Utah State University and then graduated from the University of Nebraska College of Law in — B.A. (1998)
- University of Nebraska College of Law, graduated in — J.D. (1998)

### Additional information

- Galloway’s tenure as Presiding Judge runs through the 2025–2030 term.
- Appointed by Utah Governor Gary R. Herbert in 2020, Judge Galloway presides over juvenile cases in the First District Juvenile Court, which covers Cache, Box Elder, and Rich counties.
- Early Career: After law school, Galloway returned to Utah
- focusing on criminal and parental defense.
- Specialized Work: He worked extensively with drug and mental health courts in the First District and served over 13 years on the district’s mental health court committee.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### electronic media coverage

Scope: statewide

Utah permits electronic media coverage of public proceedings under statewide UCJA procedures, including proceedings conducted by remote transmission.

Evidence excerpt: This rule governs electronic media coverage of proceedings that are open to the public, including proceedings conducted by remote transmission.

[UCJA Rule 4-401.01 Electronic media coverage of court proceedings](https://legacy.utcourts.gov/rules/view.php?type=ucja&rule=4-401.01)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### media request process

Scope: statewide

Utah requires requests for electronic media coverage to be made through the court's public information office.

Evidence excerpt: All requests to provide electronic media coverage shall be made to the court’s public information office.

[UCJA Rule 4-401.01 Electronic media coverage of court proceedings](https://legacy.utcourts.gov/rules/view.php?type=ucja&rule=4-401.01)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### portable electronic devices

Scope: statewide

Utah permits possession and use of portable electronic devices in courthouses unless limited by UCJA Rule 4-401.02 or by directive of the judge.

Evidence excerpt: A person may possess and use a portable electronic device anywhere in a courthouse, except as limited by this rule or directive of the judge.

[UCJA Rule 4-401.02 Possession and use of portable electronic devices](https://legacy.utcourts.gov/rules/view.php?type=ucja&rule=4-401.02)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### recording photography transmission

Scope: statewide

Utah prohibits recording, photographing, or transmitting images or sound of court proceedings with portable electronic devices unless allowed under the electronic-media rule or another stated exception.

Evidence excerpt: A person may not use a portable electronic device to record, photograph, or transmit images or sound of court proceedings, except in accordance with rule 4-401.01 or subsection (2)(D) above.

[UCJA Rule 4-401.02 Possession and use of portable electronic devices](https://legacy.utcourts.gov/rules/view.php?type=ucja&rule=4-401.02)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.utcourts.gov/en/courts/other-court-info/judges-bios/juvenile-courts/first-district-juvenile-court/bryan-galloway.html)
- [Official roster](https://www.utcourts.gov/en/courts/other-court-info/judges-bios/juvenile-courts/first-district-juvenile-court/bryan-galloway.html)
- [Utah State Courts official judicial roster](https://www.utcourts.gov/en/courts/other-court-info/judges-bios/juvenile-courts/first-district-juvenile-court/bryan-galloway.html)
- [UCJA Rule 4-401.01 Electronic media coverage of court proceedings](https://legacy.utcourts.gov/rules/view.php?type=ucja&rule=4-401.01)
- [UCJA Rule 4-401.02 Possession and use of portable electronic devices](https://legacy.utcourts.gov/rules/view.php?type=ucja&rule=4-401.02)
- [PRESIDING JUDGE BRYAN GALLOWAY](https://www.utcourts.gov/en/courts/other-court-info/judges-bios/juvenile-courts/first-district-juvenile-court/bryan-galloway.html)

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## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [UCJA Rule 4-401.01 Electronic media coverage of court proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-66e618d152d2df53d660e797) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim.  Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://legacy.utcourts.gov/rules/view.php?type=ucja&rule=4-401.01). Collected 2026-07-26.
- [UCJA Rule 4-401.02 Possession and use of portable electronic devices](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-5b4e5d61b330f356e2af7caf) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim.  Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://legacy.utcourts.gov/rules/view.php?type=ucja&rule=4-401.02). Collected 2026-07-26.
