Dale A. Kimball

Dale Albert Kimball
Portrait of Judge Kimball
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah
Incumbent
Assumed office November 30, 2009
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah
In office October 24, 1997 – November 30, 2009
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	David Keith Winder
Succeeded by	David Nuffer
Personal details
Born	Dale Albert Kimball (1939-11-28) November 28, 1939 (age 77) Provo, Utah
Education	Brigham Young University B.S. University of Utah College of Law J.D.

Dale Albert Kimball (born November 28, 1939) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah.

Kimball was born in Provo, Utah, grew up on a dairy farm in Draper, Utah and worked in the fields where his family grew alfalfa, sugar beets, and grain. He continued to work on the family farm throughout his schooling, including his time in law school. His family sold their farm to the Catholic Diocese in 1996 and it is now the site of the Skaggs Catholic Center, which houses Juan Diego High School.

Kimball first became interested in law while taking a commercial law class from E.L. Crawford at Jordan High School. Kimball graduated magna cum laude from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science. In 1967, he received his Juris Doctor from the University of Utah College of Law, graduating Order of the Coif and second in his class. While attending law school, Kimball was a member of the Phi Kappa Phi Fraternity and was the Case Note Editor of the Utah Law Review.

After graduating from law school, Kimball began his legal practice at Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy in Salt Lake City, Utah, where Kimball maintained a full-time general practice until 1974. In 1974, Kimball became a full-time law professor at BYU's J. Reuben Clark Law School. In his second year as a full-time professor, Kimball also co-founded the law firm formerly known as Kimball, Parr, Waddoups, Brown & Gee. The firm is now known as Parr, Brown, Gee & Loveless. Kimball continued to teach part-time at BYU from 1976 to 1980. From 1975 until his appointment as a United States District Judge in 1997, Kimball maintained a full-time legal practice, primarily in commercial litigation.