Utah Court of Appeals Judge Amy Jo Oliver is on the Nov. 3 general election ballot for a nonpartisan retention vote.
Voters across Utah, including in Alpine, Highland, Cedar Hills and Lehi, will see the retention question on their ballots. Oliver was appointed to the Utah Court of Appeals in January 2023 by Gov. Spencer J. Cox, according to the Utah Courts website. No opposing candidate is on the ballot, according to BallotReady.
Candidate information
- Name: Amy Jo Oliver
- Office: Utah Court of Appeals judge (retention)
- Party: Nonpartisan
- Election date: Nov. 3, 2026
- Appointed: January 2023 by Gov. Spencer J. Cox
- Education: Bachelor's degree, summa cum laude, University of Utah (1995); juris doctor, cum laude, Harvard University (2000)
Experience and public service
Before joining the Court of Appeals, Oliver served as a judge on Utah's 3rd District Court from June 2021 to 2023, according to KSL.com.
She worked as a litigation associate at Perkins Coie Brown & Bain and Latham & Watkins, according to KSL.com. She also served as an attorney at the U.S. Attorney's Office and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, according to BallotReady.
Oliver taught as a teaching fellow at Harvard Law School and as an adjunct professor at George Washington University, according to KSL.com and BallotReady. She began her legal career as a staff member at the Utah Supreme Court Law Library in 1995, according to the Utah Courts website.
Her volunteer work includes roles as president and founder of the Intermountain PKU and Allied Disorders Association, president-elect of Women Lawyers of Utah, and a member of the Utah Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct, according to KSL.com and the Utah Courts website.
Endorsements
Education First Utah has endorsed Oliver's retention, according to BallotReady.
This profile was built from publicly available records, the Utah Courts website and BallotReady data. No candidate questionnaire responses were available at the time of publication.
