Thomas Rex Lee

Thomas Rex Lee
Justice of the Utah Supreme Court
In office
July 19, 2010 – June 30, 2022
Appointed byGary Herbert
Preceded byMichael J. Wilkins
Succeeded byJill Pohlman
Personal details
Born (1964-12-28) December 28, 1964 (age 59)
Political partyRepublican
SpouseKimberly Lee
RelationsMike Lee (brother)
Children6
ParentRex E. Lee
EducationBrigham 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]

  1. ^ School, Harvard Law. "Thomas R. Lee - Harvard Law School". Archived from the original on April 3, 2019. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
  2. ^ "Thomas R. Lee – BYU J. Reuben Clark Law School".
  3. ^ Volokh, Eugene (August 17, 2015). "Judges and 'corpus linguistics'". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  4. ^ "Corpus Linguistics as Interpretive Tool". National Review Online. nationalreview.com. August 19, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2015.