Walter Frederick Brown is an American politician and former presidential candidate of the Socialist Party USA (2004). Brown became a socialist in 1948 but served as Democratic member of the Oregon State Senate from 1975 to 1987. Brown also served as a Socialist Party of Oregon candidate for the U.S. Congress in 1998,2000,2002 and 2004 and has been the Pacific Green Party candidate for two statewide offices.
Sidley Austin LLP is an American multinational law firm with approximately 2,300 lawyers in 21 offices worldwide. It is one of the largest law firms in the world by revenue and is widely considered one of the most prestigious law firms in the world. It was established in 1866 and its headquarters is at One South Dearborn in Chicago's Loop. Among its notable alumni are Former President Barack Obama and Former First Lady Michelle Obama.
The Utah Republican Party is the affiliate of the Republican Party in the U.S. state of Utah. It is currently the dominant party in the state,and has been for almost all of its history,controlling all four of Utah's U.S. House seats,both U.S. Senate seats,the governorship,and has supermajorities in both houses of the state legislature.
Lyle W. Hillyard is a Utah politician and an attorney. A Republican,he was a member of the Utah State Senate,representing the state's 25th senate district in Cache and Rich Counties including the city of Logan. He served in the legislature from 1981 to 2020,first as a representative from 1981 to 1984,then as a senator from 1985 to 2020.
Mark Benson Madsen is an American politician and attorney from Utah. A Libertarian,he is a former member of the Utah State Senate,where he represented the state's 13th senate district in Utah,and Tooele Counties including the city of Lehi. Madsen is the grandson of Ezra Taft Benson,Secretary of Agriculture under President Eisenhower.
Scott Milne Matheson Jr. is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. He has served on that court since 2010.
The Pepperdine University Rick J. Caruso School of Law is the law school of Pepperdine University,a private research university in Los Angeles County,California. The school offers the Juris Doctor (JD),and various Masters of Laws (LLM) options in Dispute Resolution,International Commercial Arbitration,United States Law,and Entertainment,Media,and Sports Law. The school also offers joint degrees with its JD and Master of Dispute Resolution (MDR) in partnership with other Pepperdine University graduate schools. The school now offers an online Master of Legal Studies program and an online Master of Dispute Resolution program.
Mark Archuleta Wheatley is a Democratic member of the Utah State House of Representatives,representing the 35th District since 2004. He lives in Murray,Utah,with his wife Josie.
Matthew Spencer Petersen is an American attorney who served as a member of the United States Federal Election Commission. In 2017,he was nominated by President Donald Trump to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Petersen withdrew his nomination following a confrontational exchange with Senator John Kennedy during his confirmation hearing. On August 26,2019,Petersen announced his resignation from the FEC,effective August 31. In September 2019,Petersen joined the law firm Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky as a partner where he practices political law.
Jeffrey "Jeff" R. King is a former Republican member of the Kansas Senate,representing residents of Allen,Woodson,Anderson,Franklin,Coffey,Wilson,Montgomery,Elk,and Chautauqua counties in the 15th Senate district from 2011 until 2017. He was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Derek Schmidt in the Kansas Senate 15th district,following Schmidt's election as Kansas Attorney General. King assumed office in the Kansas Senate on January 10,2011,resigning from the House,effective the same day. He previously served in the Kansas House of Representatives,first holding office in 2007. In 2016,the American Conservative Union gave him a lifetime evaluation of 79%.
Michael Shumway Lee is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Utah,a seat he has held since 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party.
David Bruce Barlow is a United States district judge of the District of Utah and a former United States Attorney for the same district.
Todd Weiler is a Republican member of the Utah State Senate. He lives in Woods Cross,Utah. Weiler was first appointed to the state Senate in January 2012.
Spencer James Cox is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 18th governor of Utah since 2021. A moderate member of the Republican Party,he served as the eighth lieutenant governor of Utah from 2013 to 2021. In Fairview,Utah,where Cox lives and was raised,he was elected to the city council in 2004 and then as mayor in 2005. In 2008,he was elected as a Sanpete County county commissioner.
V. Lowry Snow is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Utah House of Representatives,representing District 74 since his January 11,2012 appointment to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of David Clark. He has lived in Washington County for over 40 years and is married to former high school music educator,Sheryl Snow. They have been married for 47 years and have 6 children and 17 grandchildren. They currently reside in Santa Clara.
Stephen G. Handy is an American politician who served as a member of the Utah House of Representatives for the 16th district. He assumed office on April 15,2010.
Robert Spendlove is an American politician and a Republican member of the Utah House of Representatives representing District 42. He lives with his wife in Sandy,Utah.
Kenneth Kiyul Lee is a South Korean-born American lawyer and jurist who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Derek Kitchen is an American politician from Salt Lake City,Utah. He is a member of the Utah State Senate representing Utah's 2nd senate district,and formerly a Councilmember on the Salt Lake City Council representing Council District 4. In 2023,Kitchen was appointed by President Joe Biden to serve as Senior Vice President of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs at the U.S. Export-Import Bank.
Travis Seegmiller is an American attorney,academic,and politician who served as a member of the Utah House of Representatives from the 62nd district. Seegmiller was appointed to the House on February 14,2018,succeeding Jon Stanard.
