Hatch on the Nomination of Justice Jill N. Parrish to the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), current member and former Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement after President Obama announced the nomination of Utah Supreme Court Justice Jill M. Parrish to serve on the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah:
“Justice Parrish has the kind of broad legal experience that has made the federal bench in Utah so outstanding. When confirmed by the Senate, she will actually be returning to the U.S. District Court, where she clerked after graduating from Yale Law School in 1985. After nearly a decade in private practice with one of Utah’s top firms, Justice Parrish served as a federal prosecutor until her appointment in 2003 to the Utah Supreme Court. She serves on the Utah Supreme Court’s Technology Committee at a time when both state and federal courts are developing ways that technology can make the judicial system more accessible and cost-efficient. Justice Parrish is well known and highly regarded in Utah’s legal community, and I know my colleagues in the Senate will respect her qualifications as much as I do and eventually confirm her to this position.”
