Thomas Rex Lee | |
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Justice of the Utah Supreme Court | |
In office July 19, 2010 – June 30, 2022 | |
Appointed by | Gary Herbert |
Preceded by | Michael J. Wilkins |
Succeeded by | Jill Pohlman |
Personal details | |
Born | December 28, 1964 |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Kimberly Lee |
Relations | Mike Lee (brother) |
Children | 6 |
Parent | Rex E. Lee |
Education | Brigham Young University (BA) University of Chicago (JD) |
Thomas Rex Lee (born December 28, 1964) is a former American jurist who was a justice of the Utah Supreme Court from 2010 to 2022. Lee is also a lecturer on law at Harvard Law School[1] and an adjunct professor/distinguished lecturer at Brigham Young University's (BYU) J. Reuben Clark Law School (JRCL) following his appointment to the bench.[2]
Lee is a pioneer in law and corpus linguistics—the application of corpus linguistics to determine ordinary meaning in statutes—being the first American judge to do so in an opinion.[3][4]