Dale A. Kimball

Dale Albert Kimball^[1] (born November 28, 1939)^[2] is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah.^[3]

Early life and education

Kimball was born in Provo, Utah, grew up on a dairy farm in Draper, Utah and worked in the fields where his family grew alfalfa, sugar beets, and grain. He continued to work on the family farm throughout his schooling, including his time in law school. His family sold their farm to the Catholic Diocese in 1996 and it is now the site of the Skaggs Catholic Center, which houses Juan Diego High School.

Kimball first became interested in law while taking a commercial law class from E.L. Crawford at Jordan High School.

After graduating from law school, Kimball began his legal practice at Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy in Salt Lake City, Utah, where Kimball maintained a full-time general practice until 1974. In 1974, Kimball became a full-time law professor at BYU's J. Reuben Clark Law School. In his second year as a full-time professor, Kimball also co-founded the law firm formerly known as Kimball, Parr, Waddoups, Brown & Gee. The firm is now known as Parr, Brown, Gee & Loveless. Kimball continued to teach part-time at BYU from 1976 to 1980. From 1975 until his appointment as a United States District Judge in 1997, Kimball maintained a full-time legal practice, primarily in commercial litigation.

Federal judicial career

On September 4, 1997, President

In May 2009, to help with the congested dockets of a neighboring district, Kimball sat by designation in the United States District Court for the District of Idaho.

Brian David Mitchell and Wanda Barzee

After defendant

After being declared competent to stand trial as a result of forced medication ordered by the state court, Wanda Barzee entered into a plea agreement with the federal government. Judge Kimball sentenced Barzee on November 17, 2009, to 15 years in prison.[9]

Community and professional service

Kimball is a member of

• Chairman of Utah State Bar Judicial Performance Evaluation Committee
• Chairman of Utah State Bar Ethics and Discipline Committee
• Chairman of Utah State Bar Committee on the Unauthorized Practice of Law
• Counselor to the Inn of the American Inn of Court I
• Member of Utah Federal District Court, Mediation/Arbitration Panels
• Chairman of Pioneer Theater Board
• Member of Deseret News Publishing Company Board of Directors and Member of
• Executive Committee
• Member of Alta View Hospital Board of Governors
• Member of Jordan Education Foundation Board
• Trustee of University of Utah College of Law Alumni Board
• Member of Board of Salt Lake chapter of J. Reuben Clark Law Society
• Member of Judicial Conference Committee on Administration of the Bankruptcy System
• Member of Tenth Circuit Judicial Conference

Current activities

• Fellow of the American Bar Foundation
• Master of the Bench for the American Inn of Court I
• Member of the Board of Federal Bar Association, Salt Lake Chapter
• Member of the Judicial Conference Committee on Criminal Law

Awards and publications

Judge Kimball graduated second in his class at the University of Utah College of Law and was elected to the Order of the Coif.^[3] Order of the Coif is an honorary scholastic society consisting of members graduating in the top ten percent of their class. In 1996, Kimball was honored by the Utah State Bar as the "Distinguished Lawyer of the Year".^[3] In 2010, Kimball was honored by the Federal Bar Association, Salt Lake Chapter as the "Judge of the Year".

Kimball has authored numerous legal publications over the years. For a partial listing see http://www.utd/uscourts.gov/judges/kimball.html^{[permanent dead link]}.

References

External links

• Dale A. Kimball at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• Judge Dale A. Kimball's professional resume
• Judicial Profile: Dale Kimball