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# Ronald E. Nehring

Utah Supreme Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Utah Supreme Court
- State: Utah
- Role: Judge
- Service status: former
- Last verified: 2026-08-22

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge, Utah Supreme Court, 2003-present
- Justice Nehring died May 24, 2019, in Salt Lake City, Utah, from complications related to cancer treatment
- Ronald Eldon Nehring (1947–2019) was an American attorney and judge best known as a Justice of the Utah Supreme Court from 2003 until his retirement in 2015
- Elected Associate Chief Justice before retiring on February 1, 2015.
- 1995–2015: Appointed by Governor Michael Leavitt as a Third Judicial District Court trial judge; held the role of presiding judge
- Legacy: Remembered for his legal scholarship, leadership, and engaging judicial writing, Nehring’s career spanned public service, private practice, and the highest court in Utah

### Education

- He graduated with a B.A. in History from Cornell and later earned his J.D. from the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law.

### Additional information

- 2003–2015: Appointed to the Utah Supreme Court by Governor Leavitt.
- Friel (2008) among his most cited cases.
- Appointed to the court by former Governor Michael Leavitt in May of 2003.
- Practitioner, 2002-2002
- He remained active in sports, winning the 1984 Levi’s Ride and Tie National Championship.
- In 1981, he joined Prince, Yeates & Geldzahler in Salt Lake City, where he practiced civil litigation and argued the influential First Security Bank v.
- Nehring began in 1978 at Utah Legal Services, becoming its managing attorney and launching a volunteer legal service program.
- Nehring married Kristina Hindert in 1974; they had three children: Lincoln, Jesse, and Kyle.
- He qualified as an alternate for the 1972 U.S. Olympic 4×800m relay team and ran the 1972 Boston Marathon.
- Born October 4, 1947 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Nehring was raised in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
- Date of birth: 1947-01-01
- Banberry Crossing case, which helped define Utah’s business fraud standards.
- During his tenure, he authored 180 published opinions, including 9 dissents and 20 concurrences, with Allen v.
- A standout athlete, he earned All-American honors in track and field at Cornell University, also competing on its lightweight football team.
- Birth place: Fond du Lac

## 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.courtlistener.com/person/5866/ronald-e-nehring/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/5866/ronald-e-nehring/)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/5866/ronald-e-nehring/)
- [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)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/5866/ronald-e-nehring/)
- [Ronald Nehring](https://ballotpedia.org/Ronald_Nehring)
- [Wikidata: Ronald E. Nehring](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7364817)

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