John A. Pearce

{{Short description|American judge (born 1969)}}

{{Infobox judge

|name = John Pearce

|office = Justice of the Utah Supreme Court

|appointer = Gary Herbert

|term_start = January 29, 2016

|term_end =

|predecessor = Jill Parrish

|successor =

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|6|6}}

|birth_place = Magna, Utah, U.S.

|death_date =

|death_place =

|spouse = Jennifer Napier

|education = University of Utah (BS)
University of California, Berkeley (JD)

}}

John A. Pearce (born June 6, 1969) is a Utah judge, appointed to the Utah Supreme Court in November, 2015 by Governor Gary Herbert.{{cite web|title=Governor appoints Pearce to Utah Supreme Court|url=http://www.utah.gov/governor/news_media/article.html?article=20151109-1|website=Utah Governor|accessdate=22 November 2015}}[http://www.sltrib.com/news/3156010-155/gov-herbert-to-announce-name-of "Gov. Herbert taps Cyprus High alumnus to fill vacancy on Utah Supreme Court," The Salt Lake Tribune, November 9th, 2015] The Utah Senate later confirmed Pearce in a 21–0 vote in December 2015.{{Cite web|title = John Pearce confirmed as Utah Supreme Court Justice {{!}} KSL.com|url = https://www.ksl.com/?sid=37840820|website = www.ksl.com|accessdate = 2015-12-21}} He was sworn in on January 29, 2016.{{Cite web |last=Manson |first=Pamela |date=February 1, 2016 |title=John Pearce praised for his intellect, sworn in for Utah Supreme Court bench |url=https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=3474577&itype=CMSID |access-date=January 30, 2023 |website=The Salt Lake Tribune |language=en-US}}

Prior to being confirmed to the Utah Supreme Court, Pearce served on the Utah Court of Appeals. He has also served as general counsel in Governor Herbert's office.[http://www.heraldextra.com/news/state-and-regional/utah/governor-names-john-pearce-as-utah-supreme-court-justice/article_929d9eee-044b-5708-8ac6-4049afeaf9bf.html "Governor names John Pearce as Utah Supreme Court justice," Daily Herald, November 9, 2015] Pearce was born and raised in Magna, Utah[https://faculty.utah.edu/u0845798-JOHN_A_PEARCE/hm/index.hml JOHN A PEARCE - Home - Faculty Profile - The University of Utah] Retrieved 2018-09-05. and began his legal career as an associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Later, Pearce was a shareholder at Jones Waldo in Salt Lake City.{{Cite news|url=http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=3315929&itype=CMSID|title=Utah Senate confirms John Pearce as Utah Supreme Court justice|work=The Salt Lake Tribune|access-date=2017-10-19|language=en-US}} Justice Pearce graduated from Cyprus High in Magna, got an undergraduate degree from the University of Utah in economics, and received his Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley. Pearce also served as an adjunct professor at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law.{{Cite web|url=https://faculty.utah.edu/u0845798-JOHN_A_PEARCE/hm/index.hml|title=JOHN A PEARCE - Home - Faculty Profile - The University of Utah|website=faculty.utah.edu|access-date=2017-12-13}}