Brian Theadore Stewart (born August 19, 1948) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah.
Brian Theadore Stewart
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Utah
Born 1948 in Logan, UT
FJC ID: 2837
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 10/year
Utah District Court · 1999–2014
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Gov. Mike Leavitt, UtahChief of staff · 1998–1999
- Utah State UniversityVisiting professor · 1991, 1994–1998
- Utah Department of Natural ResourcesExecutive director · 1993–1998
- Weber State UniversityVisiting professor · 1997
- Utah Public Service CommissionCommissioner · 1985–1992
- Utah Department of CommerceExecutive director · 1992
- U.S. Rep. James V. Hansen of UtahAdministrative assistant · 1981–1985
- Private practice, Salt Lake City, Utah1975–1980
- U.S. Sen. Orrin G. Hatch of UtahAssistant · 1980
Appointments
U.S. District Court for the District of UtahChief Judge1999–2014 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
Education
- University of Utah College of Law (now S.J. Quinney College of Law)J.D. · 1975
- Utah State UniversityB.S. · 1972