Bruce Sterling Jenkins

Judge Bruce Sterling Jenkins

Personal

Birthday:

1927

Birthplace:

Salt Lake City, UT

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

U.S. Navy, 1945-1946
Private practice, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1952-1965
Assistant attorney general, State of Utah, 1952
Deputy county attorney, Salt Lake County, Utah, 1954-1958
Referee in bankruptcy, District of Utah, 1965-1973
State senator, Utah, 1959-1965
Adjunct professor, University of Utah, 1987-1988

Education

Name of School:

University of Utah

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1949

Name of School - Second:

University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law

We are a small school; the student-to-faculty ratio is 11 to 1. The median G.P.A. of our entering class is in the top 20 of all law schools. We offer an outstanding legal education---a dynamic combination of the cutting-edge and the traditional that is rooted in the excellence of our faculty---at a cost well below our peers, which include the country's top public and private law schools.

Degree - Second:

LL.B.

Degree Year - Second:

1952

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, District of Utah

Court Name:

Utah District Court

President Nominating:

Jimmy Carter

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

9/22/1978

Retirement from Active Service:

9/30/1994

Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, District of Utah, 1973-1978