Past Utah Bar Presidents
Former Utah Bar Presidents have shaped the state’s legal landscape by promoting professionalism, integrity, and public service. Representing myriad legal backgrounds, they have advanced legal reform, continuing education, and access to justice, while fostering collaboration across the legal community to uphold high ethical standards and ensure a fair legal system.
Current Utah State Bar President
| Name | Years of Service |
|---|---|
| Cara M. Tangaro | 2024-25 |
| Erik A. Christiansen | 2023-24 |
| Kristin K. Woods | 2022-23 |
| Heather Thuet | 2021-22 |
| Heather Farnsworth | 2020-21 |
| Herm Olsen | 2019-20 |
| H. Dickson Burton | 2018-19 |
| John R. Lund | 2017-18 |
| Robert O. Rice | 2016-17 |
| Angelina Tsu | 2015-16 |
| James D. Gilson | 2014-15 |
| Curtis M Jensen | 2013-14 |
| Lori W. Nelson | 2012-13 |
| Rodney G. Snow | 2011-12 |
| Robert L. Jeffs | 2010-11 |
| Stephen W. Owens | 2009-10 |
| Nathan D. Alder | 2008-09 |
| V. Lowry Snow | 2007-08 |
| Hon. Augustus Chin | 2006-07 |
| David R. Bird | 2005-06 |
| N. George Daines | 2004-05 |
| Debra J. Moore | 2003-04 |
| John A. Adams | 2002-03 |
| Hon. Scott Daniels | 2001-02 |
| Hon. David O. Nuffer | 2000-01 |
| Charles R. Brown* | 1999-00 |
| James C. Jenkins | 1998-99 |
| Charlotte L. Miller | 1997-98 |
| Steven M. Kaufman* | 1996-97 |
| Dennis V. Haslam | 1995-96 |
| Paul T. Moxley | 1994-95 |
| H. James Clegg* | 1993-94 |
| Randy L. Dryer | 1992-93 |
| Hon. James Z. Davis* | 1991-92 |
| Hon. Pamela T. Greenwood | 1990-91 |
| Hon. Hans Q. Chamberlain | 1989-90 |
| Kent M. Kasting | 1988-89 |
| Reed L. Martineau* | 1987-88 |
| Bert L. Dart | 1986-87 |
| Norman S. Johnson* | 1985-86 |
| Brian R. Florence | 1984-85 |
| Hon. Stephen H. Anderson | 1983-84 |
| O. Wood Moyle, III* | 1982-83 |
| Duane A. Frandsen* | 1981-82 |
| Carmen E. Kipp* | 1980-81 |
| W. Eugene Hansen* | 1979-80 |
| John C. Beaslin* | 1978-79 |
| James B. Lee* | 1977-78 |
| Clyde C. Patterson* | 1976-77 |
| Harold G. Christensen* | 1975-76 |
| Joseph Novak* | 1974-75 |
| LaVar E. Stark* | 1973-74 |
| Hon. J. Robert Bullock* | 1972-73 |
| Hon. Burton H. Harris* | 1971-72 |
| Hon. J. Thomas Greene* | 1970-71 |
| Sterling R. Bossard* | 1969-70 |
| Scott M. Matheson* | 1968-69 |
| David S. Kunz* | 1967-68 |
| Cullen Y. Christensen* | 1966-67 |
| Ray R. Christensen* | 1965-66 |
| Charles E. Welch* | 1964-65 |
| A. Thorpe Waddingham* | 1963-64 |
| James E. Faust* | 1962-63 |
| Rex J. Hanson* | 1961-62 |
| George S. Ballif* | 1960-61 |
| A. Pratt Kesler* | 1959-60 |
| Ira A. Huggins* | 1958-59 |
| James P. McCune* | 1957-58 |
| A.H. Nebeker* | 1956-57 |
| Ray S. McCarty* | 1955-56 |
| Dallas H. Young* | 1954-55 |
| Henry Ruggeri* | 1953-54 |
| Elliott W. Evans* | 1952-53 |
| A. Sherman Christensen* | 1951-52 |
| David L. Stine* | 1950-51 |
| Walter G. Mann* | 1949-50 |
| Carvel Mattsson* | 1948-49 |
| Bryan P. Leveirch* | 1947-48 |
| George H. Lowe* | 1946-47 |
| Orval Hafen* | 1945-46 |
| Melvin C. Harris* | 1944-45 |
| Joseph E. Nelson* | 1942-44 |
| E.A. Rogers* | 1941 |
| Burton W. Musser* | 1940 |
| Leroy B. Young* | 1939 |
| W.Q. Van Cott* | 1938 |
| Royal J. Douglas* | 1937 |
| Frank A. Johnson* | 1936 |
| Allen S. Tingey* | 1935 |
| Samuel C. Powell* | 1934 |
| M.B. Pope* | 1933 |
| William M. McCrea* | 1932 |
| Dean F. Brayton* | 1931 |