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# Robin W. Reese

Utah Active Senior Judges · Senior Judge

## Profile

- Court: Utah Active Senior Judges
- State: Utah
- Role: Senior Judge
- Service status: senior
- Last verified: 2026-07-26

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- 1995–2001: held the role of Associate Presiding Judge of the Third District Court
- 1992–1995: held the role of Presiding Judge of the Third Circuit Court
- 1981–1987: Deputy Salt Lake County Attorney
- 1980–1981: Attorney at Tibbals, Adamson, Peters & Howell
- Active senior judge of the Utah Third District Court, with a career spanning nearly three decades in the state’s judicial system

### Education

- University of Utah College of Law — J.D. (1980)
- University of Utah — B.S. (1977)

### Additional information

- Retired from the bench in January 2015 but continues to serve in a senior capacity.
- Retirement: Left the bench December 31, 2014, and became a senior judge.
- 1996–2014: Elected to the Third District Court in July 1996, serving Salt Lake, Summit, and Tooele Counties.
- 2008: Retained to the Third District Court in a retention election.
- 1987–1996: Appointed by Governor Norman H. Bangerter to the Third Circuit Court in March 1987.
- Appointed to the Third Circuit Court in March 1987 by Gov.
- Listed as an Active Senior Judge in the Utah State Courts system.
- He has presided over a wide range of cases — criminal, civil, domestic, probate — and conducted numerous jury and bench trials.
- He also participated in pre-trial settlement conferences and mediation processes.

## 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/senior-Judges/district-court-senior-judges/robin-w-reese.html)
- [Official roster](https://www.utcourts.gov/en/courts/other-court-info/judges-bios/senior-Judges/district-court-senior-judges/robin-w-reese.html)
- [Utah State Courts official judicial roster](https://www.utcourts.gov/en/courts/other-court-info/judges-bios/senior-Judges/district-court-senior-judges/robin-w-reese.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)
- [JUDGE ROBIN W. REESE](https://www.utcourts.gov/en/courts/other-court-info/judges-bios/senior-Judges/district-court-senior-judges/robin-w-reese.html)

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