As of April 24th, 2025, the United States District Court for the District of Utah has ordered a temporary stay of S.B. 199.
The Utah State Courts are processing guardianship cases under existing law, but are excluding all of S.B. 199's provisions until the stay is lifted or amended. Learn more

JUDGE GLEN R. DAWSON

District Court
JUDGE GLEN R. DAWSON - Judge Glen R. Dawson is an Active Senior Judge. He was appointed to the Second District Court in September 1994 by Gov. Michael O. Leavitt where he served Davis, Morgan, and Weber counties. He received a law degree from the J. Reuben Clark College of Law at Brigham Young University in 1980. Judge Dawson served in Washington, D.C., as a trial attorney with the United States Department of Justice from 1980 to 1986. He relocated to Utah in 1986, where he served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Utah until his appointment to the bench. Judge Dawson oversaw Mental Health Court for Davis County and was a member of the Utah Judicial Council. He is a current member and past president of the Rex E. Lee American Inn of Court. Judge Dawson is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the S.J. Quinney School of Law at the University of Utah in the Trial Advocacy Department and has also been an Adjunct Professor at Weber State University in the Criminal Justice Department. Updated 10/21/21

District Court Senior Judges

JUDGE JAMES BRADY

District Court Senior Judge

JUDGE JAMES BRADY

District Court Senior Judge

JUDGE BEN HADFIELD

District Court Senior Judge

JUDGE BEN HADFIELD

District Court Senior Judge