--- title: "Dale A. Kimball | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/dale-a-kimball" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Dale A. Kimball U.S. District Court for the District of Utah · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Utah - State: Utah - Role: Judge - Service status: senior - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, D. Utah, 1997-2009 - President Bill Clinton nominated Kimball to the United States District Court for the District of Utah on September 4, 1997, to fill the seat vacated by Judge David K. Winder - He then became a full-time law professor at BYU’s J. Reuben Clark Law School and co-founded the law firm Kimball, Parr, Waddoups, Brown & Gee in 1975 - After law school, Kimball practiced law at Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy in Salt Lake City from 1967 to 1974, maintaining a full-time general practice. ### Education - University of Utah College of Law in, graduating Order of the Coif and second in his class — J.D. (1967) - Brigham Young University ### Additional information - He assumed senior status on November 30, 2009. - Confirmed by the Senate on October 21, 1997, received his commission on October 24, 1997, and was sworn in on November 24, 1997. - Private practice, Salt Lake City, UT, 1975-1997 - He continued teaching as an adjunct professor until 1980. - adjunct professor, 1976-1979 - Faculty, Brigham Young Law School, 1974-1979 - associate professor, 1974-1976 - Private practice, Salt Lake City, UT, 1967-1974 - Dale Albert Kimball was born in 1939 in Provo, Utah, and grew up on a dairy farm in Draper, Utah, where he worked throughout his schooling, including during law school. - Date of birth: 1939-01-01 - Parties must submit editable Word documents and provide courtesy copies for dispositive motions and exhibits exceeding 20 pages. - Judge Kimball’s chambers provide detailed procedural guidance for civil and criminal trials, including requirements for submitting proposed orders, jury instructions, and emergency motions. - While in law school, he was a member of Phi Kappa Phi and held the role of Case Note Editor of the Utah Law Review. - Birth place: Provo, UT ## 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 ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1390526) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1390526) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1390526) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1773/dale-a-kimball/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1773/dale-a-kimball/) - [Wikidata: Dale A. Kimball](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5210323) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/dale-a-kimball", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/dale-a-kimball", "name": "Dale A. Kimball | KnowJudges", "description": "Dale A. Kimball, U.S. District Court for the District of Utah. Source-linked judicial identity, courtroom procedures, and presentation guidance.", "dateModified": "2026-08-02", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/dale-a-kimball#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/dale-a-kimball#judge", "name": "Dale A. 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Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.