Commissioner Conklin graduated magna cum laude from Weber State University in 1991 and then earned her law degree at the University of California Hastings in 1996. She was a solo practitioner until 2000, when she became a partner at the firm of Farr Kaufman in Ogden. She has served as a domestic relations commissioner in the Second District since 2007, and she currently hears cases in Weber County. Commissioner Conklin has served as the commissioner representative on the Board of District Court Judges and was a founding editor-in-chief of the Utah Journal of Family Law. She has received the following awards and distinctions: Women Lawyers of Utah Mentoring Award (2017), University of Utah Distinguished Pro Bono Award (2019), and Weber County Bar Association Public Servant of the Year (2022). 3/2023