Utah Court of Appeals Judge Gregory K. Orme will appear on the Nov. 3 general election ballot in a nonpartisan retention vote.

Orme has served on the court since January 1987, when Gov. Norman H. Bangerter appointed him at the court's founding, according to his judicial biography on the Utah Courts website. The Utah Court of Appeals is the state's intermediate appellate court, hearing appeals from district and juvenile courts. Draper voters will see this race on their ballots.

Candidate information

  • Name: Gregory Keith Orme
  • Office: Utah Court of Appeals judge
  • Election: Nov. 3, Utah General Election (retention, nonpartisan)
  • Ballot status: Certified for the ballot
  • Education: Bachelor's degree in political science, University of Utah (1975); J.D., George Washington University (1978)

Experience and public service

Before his appointment, Orme worked as an attorney at VanCott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy. He also served as a law clerk on the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, according to BallotReady profile data.

On the bench, he served as presiding judge of the Utah Court of Appeals and as a member of the Utah Judicial Council, according to his judicial biography. He chaired the Ethics Advisory Committee and the Commissioner Conduct Committee.

He also served on the Judicial Performance Evaluation Committee, the Utah Sentencing Commission and the Utah Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Rules of Appellate Procedure.

Outside the courtroom, Orme served as a judicial advisor to the Utah Bar Journal. He was an executive committee member of the Utah State Bar's Appellate Practice Section.

The Utah State Bar named him Young Lawyer of the Year in 1986 and Judge of the Year in 2007. He is a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.

His career spans the court's entire history. Bangerter appointed him when the court was first established in 1987, making him one of its original members.

This profile was compiled from publicly available judicial biography information and BallotReady election data. No candidate questionnaire responses or endorsements were available at the time of publication.