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Albert Sherman Christensen
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Utah · 1954
Albert Sherman Christensen , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Utah. Albert Sherman Christensen (June 9, 1905 – August 13, 1996) was a trial attorney, author, and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah. Christensen was the first member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to be appointed in Utah. He authored six books, volumes of poetry, and many legal articles.
Education
- National University School of Law (now George Washington University Law School)LL.B., 1931
- George Washington University Law SchoolJ.D., 1968
Career
Private practice, Provo, Utah, 1932-1942, 1945-1954; U.S. Navy, 1942-1945; Visiting professor, University of Utah College of Law, 1975; Visiting professor, Brigham Young University, J. Rueben Clark Law School, 1975
Biography
Albert Sherman Christensen (June 9, 1905 – August 13, 1996) was a trial attorney, author, and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah. Christensen was the first member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to be appointed in Utah. He authored six books, volumes of poetry, and many legal articles.
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