David O. Leavitt

David Okerlund Leavitt (born October 30, 1963) is a criminal justice attorney and businessman from Utah.

David Leavitt was born to Dixie and Anne Leavitt, the fifth of six brothers. He was raised in Cedar City, Utah and also spent time in Loa on the family farm. He was involved in public life from a young age. His father, Dixie Leavitt, was a State Senator in Utah and also ran for governor in 1976. Leavitt's older brother, Michael O. Leavitt was elected Governor of Utah for three terms starting in 1992 and was the Secretary of Health and Human Services under President George W. Bush.

After graduating from high school, Leavitt served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New York City. He learned Spanish and worked among the Hispanic population.

Leavitt was admitted to the Utah Bar in 1991, and moved to Fillmore, Utah where he served as the city attorney and maintained a private law practice. He worked there until 1995, when he was appointed Juab County Attorney. After serving eight years as county attorney, in 2003, he again resumed his private practice and entered the field of business.

In 1995, the Juab County Commission appointed Leavitt to serve as the Juab County Attorney, replacing Donald Eyre who was appointed to a district court judgeship. The following year he ran unopposed in a special election for county attorney. He won re-election in 1998 and served until January 2003 after having lost the 2002 election by 22 votes.

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