JUDGE RANDALL N. SKANCHY
Judge Randall N. Skanchy was appointed to the Third District Court in January 2001 by Gov. Michael O. Leavitt. He serves the Salt Lake, Summit, and Tooele counties. He received a law degree from Brigham Young University in 1980. At the time of his appointment to the bench, Judge Skanchy was with the law firm of Jones, Waldo, Holbrook & McDonough. He has 21 years of trial experience as counsel in civil and environmental matters in state and federal courts. Prior to his appointment to the bench, Judge Skanchy served as an arbitrator for the National Association of Securities Dealers and handled environmental state and federal superfund matters throughout the western United States. He served as chair of the Utah Food Bank from 1996 to 1999, and as a member of the Community Services Council from 1996 to 2000. He serves as an adjunct professor for the John B. Goddard School of Business and Economics at Weber State University. Judge Skanchy served as a member of the Utah Judicial Councils Ethics Advisory Committee, the Board of District Court Judges, the Judicial Council, and chaired the Courts Community Outreach Subcommittee. He was the founding judge of the Tooele County Felony Drug Court in 2004 and has served as a judge of the Salt Lake County Felony Drug Court since 2006. He has also served as an Associate Presiding and Presiding Judge of the Third District Court. Judge Skanchy is located in the Scott M. Matheson Courthouse and assigned to a Criminal and Civil calendar. 11/21
