Jill Parrish

Jill Parrish
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah
Incumbent
Assumed office August 17, 2015
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Dee Benson
Associate Justice of the Utah Supreme Court
In office January 2003 – August 17, 2015
Appointed by	Mike Leavitt
Preceded by	Richard C. Howe
Succeeded by	John A. Pearce
Personal details
Born	Jill Annette Niederhauser (1961-08-16) August 16, 1961 (age 63) Ogden, Utah, U.S.
Education	Weber State University (BA) Yale University (JD)

Jill Annette Niederhauser Parrish (born August 16, 1961) is an American lawyer who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah. She served as a justice of the Utah Supreme Court from 2003 to 2015.

Parrish grew up in Utah and received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Weber State University in 1982.^[1] In 1985 she received her Juris Doctor from Yale Law School. Parrish then served as a law clerk for Judge David Kent Winder of the United States District Court for the District of Utah. Parrish also served as an assistant United States attorney in the Civil Division of the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah from 1995 until her appointment to the Utah Supreme Court.