Bar Commission

The Utah State Board of Bar Commissioners is the volunteer board that oversees the activities of the Utah State Bar. The Bar President serves a one-year term. Commissioners serve staggered three-year terms.

The Utah State Bar Board of Bar Commissioners

The Bar is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit Utah corporation governed by a 15-member Board of Bar Commissioners: 12 elected lawyers representing the judicial districts, two public members appointed by the Utah Supreme Court, and two elected officers. The Commission also includes 12 non-voting ex officio members. It hires an Executive Director, who employs and supervises the Bar’s 47 employees.

President and President-Elect

Tom J. Bayles
President-Elect

5th Division Bar Commissioner

Tom J. Bayles

The Voting Bar Commission

1st Division Commissioner
R. Christian Hansen
3rd Division Commissioner
Jessica Couser
Chrystal Mancuso-Smith
3rd Division Commissioner
Chrystal Mancuso-Smith
3rd Division Commissioner
Walter Romney, Jr.
3rd Division Commissioner
Ashley Biehl
Miriam Allred
3rd Division Commissioner
Miriam Allred
3rd Division Commissioner
Ezzy Khaosanga
Christian Clinger
3rd Division Commissioner
Christian W. Clinger
4th Division Bar Commissioner
Jeremy Reutzel
Shawn Newell
Public Member Commissioner
Shawn Newell
Public Member Commissioner
Todd Gordon

Ex-Officio Members

Erik Christiansen
Bar ABA Delegate
Erik Christiansen
Bar ABA Delegate
Tiffany Shimada
David Moore Dean at J. Reuben Clark Law School
Dean J. Reuben Clark Law School
David Moore
Elizabeth Warner
Dean S.J. Quinney College of Law
Elizabeth Kronk Warner
Kim Cordova, Utah State Bar Presidednt
Immediate Past-president
Kim Cordova
Kirsten Woods Former President 22-23
Judicial Council Representative
Katie Woods
Amanda Bloxham Headshot
LGBT & Allied Lawyers of Utah Representative
Amanda Bloxham
Aline Longstaff
Minority Bar Association Representative
Aline Longstaff
Paralegal Division Representative
Jacob Clark
Nathan Alder
State ABA Members' Delegate
Nathan D. Alder
Nick Stiles
Utah Supreme Court Representative
Nick Stiles
Anne Freeland
Women Lawyers of Utah Representative
Anne Freeland
YLD ABA Delegate
Nicole Johnston
Young Lawyers Division Representative
Abigail Cook

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