JUDGE RICHARD D. MCKELVIE
Judge Richard D. McKelvie was appointed to the Third District Court in April 2014 by Governor Gary Herbert. He serves Salt Lake, Summit and Tooele counties. Judge McKelvie graduated from Weber State College in June 1978, and from the University of Utah College of Law in 1981. Judge McKelvie became a Deputy Salt Lake County Attorney in October 1981, serving on trial teams specializing in narcotics, sex offenses, and habitual offenders. In February 1988, he became an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Utah, and Assistant Director of that office's Statewide Prosecution and Illegal Narcotics Enforcement. He became an Assistant United States Attorney in April 1990. In that capacity he prosecuted federal drug offenses, violent crimes and criminal gangs, and cases involving trafficking in stolen cultural artifacts. Judge McKelvie is director of the Trial Advocacy Program at the S.J. Quinney University of Utah College of Law, a position he has held since 2008. He was awarded the law school's Excellence in Teaching Award in 2011. 8/14
