Utah Court of Appeals Judge Gregory Keith Orme will appear on the Tuesday, Nov. 3, general election ballot for a retention vote.

Cottonwood Heights and Holladay voters will see the retention question on their ballots. The race is nonpartisan. Retention elections ask voters a single question: should the judge remain on the bench?

Gov. Norman H. Bangerter appointed Orme to the Utah Court of Appeals in January 1987, when the court was first established, according to the Utah Courts judicial biography. That made him one of the court's original members.

Candidate information

  • Name: Gregory Keith Orme
  • Office sought: Utah Court of Appeals judge (retention)
  • Election date: Nov. 3, 2026
  • Party: Nonpartisan
  • Education: Bachelor's degree in political science, University of Utah (1975); juris doctor, George Washington University (1978)

Experience and public service

Before his appointment to the bench, Orme worked as an attorney at VanCott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy. He also served as a law clerk at the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals for McKay, according to BallotReady.

On the bench, Orme has held several leadership and advisory roles within the Utah court system, according to his Utah Courts biography. He served as presiding judge of the Court of Appeals. He also served as a member of the Utah Judicial Council, the Utah Sentencing Commission, the Judicial Performance Evaluation Committee and the Utah Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Rules of Appellate Procedure.

Orme chaired both the Ethics Advisory Committee and the Commissioner Conduct Committee. He has served as judicial advisor to the Utah Bar Journal and as an executive committee member of the Utah State Bar's Appellate Practice Section.

The Utah State Bar recognized Orme with its Young Lawyer of the Year award in 1986 and its Judge of the Year award in 2007. He is a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.

Candidate information was drawn from the Utah Courts judicial biography and BallotReady. No candidate questionnaire responses were available at the time of publication.