--- title: "Tena Campbell | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/tena-campbell" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Tena Campbell 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 - Deputy county attorney, Salt Lake County, UT, 1981-present - Judge, District Court, D. Utah, 1995-2011 - Marilyn Bernie “Tena” Gresky Campbell is a senior judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah, appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1995 and elevated to senior status in 2011 - 1981–1995: Deputy County Attorney, Salt Lake County - Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Utah - First woman to serve as Chief Judge of the District of Utah ### Education - in, Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law — J.D. (1977) - University of Idaho — B.A. (1967) ### Additional information - 1, 2011: Senior Judge - Named Christine M. Durham Woman Lawyer of the Year in 2007 by Woman Lawyers of Utah. - Private practice, Salt Lake City, UT, 1977-1981 - Date of birth: 1944-01-01 - Since Jan. - Before entering law, she taught French in Idaho and Arizona, and later worked in private practice in Salt Lake City, Utah. - As Senior Judge, Campbell presides in Courtroom 3.400 and chambers at 9.220 in Salt Lake City. - Her office is reachable via the U.S. Courts’ official site at. - Birth place: Wendell, ID ## 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 ### courtroom technology Scope: courtwide Courtwide presentation-related guidance applies to this judge. Evidence excerpt: Video Presentation 1 – Allows a personal laptop to be connected to the courtroom video and sound system. Can be used for Power Point Presentations, showing video and evidentiary documents throughout the courtroom monitors. . [Courtroom Technology Information | District of Utah | United States District Court](https://www.utd.uscourts.gov/courtroom-technology-information) Source checked: 2026-07-24 ### 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/1378796) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1378796) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1378796) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/524/tena-campbell/) - [Courtroom Technology Information | District of Utah | United States District Court](https://www.utd.uscourts.gov/courtroom-technology-information) - [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/524/tena-campbell/) - [Wikidata: Tena Campbell](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7699416) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/tena-campbell", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/tena-campbell", "name": "Tena Campbell | KnowJudges", "description": "Tena Campbell, U.S. District Court for the District of Utah. 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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-civil-procedure.pdf). 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.