Utah Court of Appeals Judge Amy Jo Oliver appears on the Nov. 3 general election ballot for a nonpartisan retention vote. The retention question appears on ballots across Utah, including in Cottonwood Heights and Holladay.
Gov. Spencer J. Cox appointed Oliver to the court in January 2023, according to the Utah Courts website. She previously served as a 3rd District Court judge from June 2021 to 2023, according to KSL.com. Her earlier career included work as a litigation associate at Perkins Coie Brown & Bain and Latham & Watkins and as an attorney at the U.S. Attorney's Office and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, according to KSL.com and BallotReady.
Oliver earned a bachelor's degree summa cum laude from the University of Utah in 1995 and a juris doctor cum laude from Harvard University in 2000, according to the Utah Courts website. She was a teaching fellow at Harvard Law School and an adjunct professor at George Washington University, according to KSL.com and BallotReady. Her volunteer roles include president and founder of the Intermountain PKU and Allied Disorders Association and president-elect of Women Lawyers of Utah, according to KSL.com, and member of the Utah Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct, according to the Utah Courts website.
Oliver has been endorsed by Education First Utah, according to the endorser's listing on BallotReady.
This profile draws on court records, BallotReady data and news coverage.
