Catherine E. Roberts (Class of 1994), Spurgeon Fellowship

Judge Catherine E. Roberts was appointed to the Salt Lake City Justice Court in September 2011. Before her appointment, Judge Roberts was a trial attorney with the Salt Lake Legal Defender Association (LDA), representing indigent clients in felony and misdemeanor cases in Salt Lake County. She has served as the LDA attorney at the West Jordan Felony Drug Court. In addition, Roberts is an editor of the Utah Bar Journal, and has served as a small claims judge and as a mentor for the Utah State Bar's Lawyer Training Program. Judge Roberts received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Smith College in Northampton, Mass., and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Utah College of Law. She is the recipient of the Edward D. "Ned" Spurgeon Public Service Fellowship, the David T. Lewis Clinical Award, and was a Leary scholar. -- Utah State Courts, Judges' Biographies (http://www.utcourts.gov/judgesbios/showGallery.asp?dist=3&ct_type=U#3136, accessed 2012-10-31).