The Utah Judiciary is aware of a scam involving text messages that falsely appear to come from the courts and demand payment through links or QR codes. These messages are not legitimate - courts do not request payments this way, and individuals should not respond or provide any personal or financial information.

PRESIDING JUDGE PAUL DAME

Judge Paul Dame was appointed to the Fifth District Juvenile Court in 2014 by Gov. Gary R. Herbert. He serves Beaver, Iron, and Washington counties. Judge Dame graduated cum laude from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University in 1990. Prior to his appointment, Judge Dame worked as an attorney at Parsons Behle & Latimer (1990-1994), served as a Deputy Washington County Attorney (1994-1995), served as the St. George City Prosecutor (1995-1998), served as the Chief Deputy Washington County Prosecutor (1998-2004) and served as a Washington County Justice Court Judge (2004-2014). 8/15