David Sam (born August 12, 1933) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah.
David Sam
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Utah
Born 1933 in Hobart, IN
FJC ID: 2090
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 5/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 31/year
Utah District Court · 1985–1999
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 · 1976–1985- Brigham Young UniversityPart-time faculty · 1977–1985
- Private practice, Duchesne, Utah1973–1976
- Duchesne County, UtahCounty commissioner · 1972–1974
- Private practice, Duchesne-Roosevelt, Utah1963–1973
- Duchesne County, UtahCounty attorney · 1966–1972
U.S. Air Force captain and judge advocate1961–1963
Appointments
- U.S. District Court for the District of UtahChief Judge1985–1999 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Education
- University of Utah College of Law (now S.J. Quinney College of Law)J.D. · 1960
- Brigham Young UniversityB.S. · 1957