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Juvenile Court
JUDGE STERLING B. SAINSBURY - Judge Sterling B. Sainsbury is an Active Senior Judge. He was appointed to the Fourth District Juvenile Court in August 1994 by Gov. Michael O. Leavitt and served Juab, Millard, Utah, and Wasatch counties. Judge Sainsbury also served on the Eighth District Juvenile Court bench until 1996. He received his law degree from the J. Reuben Clark College of Law at Brigham Young University in 1981. From 1981 to 1983, he worked in private practice. From 1981 until his appointment to the bench, he was a deputy Utah County attorney. And from 1987 to 1992, Judge Sainsbury was a guest instructor at Brigham Young University in the Department of Social Work. He is a past member of the Utah Supreme Court's Advisory Committee on the Rules of Juvenile Court Procedure, the Utah State Sentencing Commission, and the Utah County Gang Task Force. Judge Sainsbury also served as the presiding judge of the Fourth District Juvenile Court and as a member of the Board of Juvenile Court Judges. Updated 10/21/21