David Kent Winder (June 8, 1932 – May 19, 2009) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah.
David Keith Winder
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Utah
Born 1932 in Salt Lake City, UT
Died 2009
FJC ID: 2614
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 23/year
Utah District Court · 1979–2009
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
Judge · 1977–1979- Private practice, Salt Lake City, Utah1958–1977
- UtahChief deputy district attorney · 1965–1966
District of UtahAssistant U.S. attorney · 1963–1965- Salt Lake County, UtahDeputy county attorney · 1959–1963
- Utah Supreme CourtLaw clerk , Hon. Allan Crockett · 1958–1959
U.S. Air Force airman first class1951–1952
Appointments
- U.S. District Court for the District of UtahChief Judge1979–2009 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1958- University of UtahB.A. · 1955