JUDGE ROBERT P. FAUST
Judge Robert P. Faust was appointed to the Third District Court in January 2007 by Gov. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. He serves Salt Lake, Summit, and Tooele counties. Judge Faust received a law degree from the J. Reuben Clark College of Law at Brigham Young University in 1982. After graduation, Judge Faust joined the law firm of Nielsen & Senior as an associate and shareholder where he had a diverse litigation practice until 1996. At that time he established a solo practice and became counsel for the United States Postal Service. In 1999, Judge Faust became a Special Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Utah. He was also admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court and has served on the Utah Supreme Court Ethics & Discipline Committee and Utah Supreme Court Task Force on Bar Governance Issues. Before his appointment to the bench, Judge Faust served as president of the Federal Bar Association and has been a member of the Federal Bar Association National Council and Federal Bar Foundation; American Trial Lawyers Association; American Bar Association Litigation, Real Property and Estate Planning Sections, and of the Utah State Bar Litigation Section, Courts and Judges Committee, Natural Resources Section, Real Property Section, Continuing Legal Education Committee and Mid-Year Meeting Committee. Judge Faust has also served on the Advisory Board for Foster Care, Division of Family Services, and as Judge Pro Tempore, Third Judicial Circuit Court of Salt Lake County. 12/06
