Brian Theadore Stewart was born on August 19,1948 and is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah.
13 Facts About Ted Stewart
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From 1974 until 1980, Stewart worked in private legal practice in Salt Lake City.
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Ted Stewart then served as an assistant to Senator Orrin Hatch in 1980, and then worked as an administrative assistant to Congressman James V Hansen from 1981 until 1985.
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From 1985 until 1992, Ted Stewart was a commissioner on the Public Service Commission of Utah.
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From 1993 until 1998, Ted Stewart served as the executive director of Utah's Department of Natural Resources.
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From 1998 until becoming a federal judge in 1999, Ted Stewart served as a chief of staff to then-Utah Governor Mike Leavitt.
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Ted Stewart was a visiting professor at Utah State University in 1991 and from 1994 to 1998.
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Ted Stewart was a visiting professor at Weber State University in 1997.
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Clinton, a Democrat, nominated Stewart, a Republican, because Stewart was a friend of Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, and Hatch at that time was the chairman of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
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However, Hatch demanded that Ted Stewart be confirmed before senators could consider other judicial nominees.
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Ted Stewart served as chief judge from 2011 to 2014.
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Ted Stewart made the initial ruling in favor of the terms-of sale restrictions on the easement in the LDS plaza by the Salt Lake Temple.
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Ted Stewart is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.