Stephen Hale Anderson
| Stephen H. Anderson | |
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| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | |
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In office October 16, 1985 – January 1, 2000 |
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| Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | Michael McConnell |
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| Born |
January 12, 1932 Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
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Eastern Oregon University Brigham Young University, Utah University of Utah (LLB) |
Stephen Hale Anderson (born January 12, 1932) is a Federal Appeals Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. He assumed senior status on January 1, 2000.
Anderson was born in Salt Lake City on January 12, 1932. His parents were Byron and Nan Anderson. In 1949, Anderson attended Eastern Oregon College of Education in LaGrande, Oregon where he studied until 1951. After a short hiatus from university studies, Anderson resumed his college career at Brigham Young University in 1955. He continued to study there until 1956. In 1957, he enrolled at the University of Utah College of Law where he graduated with his Bachelor of Laws in 1960. While in law school, he was also a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, graduated Order of the Coif, and served as Editor-in-Chief of the Utah Law Review.
From 1953 to 1955, in between his enrollment at Eastern Oregon College of Education and Brigham Young University, Anderson served on active duty in the United States Army 44th Infantry Division.
In 1960, after graduating from college, Anderson began his legal career as a trial attorney in the Tax Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington D.C. Four years later, he joined the law firm of Ray, Quinney & Nebeker in Salt Lake City, Utah concentrating in business and tax law and related litigation. He remained a private practice attorney until 1985. Judge Anderson was President of the Utah State Bar (1983-1984), and President of the Salt Lake County Bar Association (1977-1978), and was on the governing boards of those organizations from 1972 to 1985. He was a founder of the Volunteer Lawyer Night Small Claims Court program, which won the American Bar Association's individual project Award of Merit. Judge Anderson was named Judge of the Year by the Federal Bar Association in 2005 and by the Utah State Bar in 2002; he was named Alumnus of the Year by the University of Utah College of Law in 1986. Anderson served as President of the Board of Trustees of the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah (1982-1983), member of the Board of Visitors of the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University, and member of the Board of Governors of the Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce (Executive Committee, 1984-1985). While in private practice, he also served on the Board of Directors of ZCMI, the Amalgamated Sugar Company, and many other corporations.
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