Justice Jay T. Jorgensen was appointed to the Utah Supreme Court in June, 2026 by Governor Spencer J. Cox.
At the time, he served as senior counsel in the Office of General Counsel for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He previously served as general counsel, chief compliance officer and corporate secretary for Coupang, and as executive vice president and global chief ethics and compliance officer for Walmart. Earlier in his career, he was a partner at Sidley Austin LLP and clerked for Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist on the United States Supreme Court and then-Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He graduated summa cum laude from Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School. Justice Jorgensen is from Ioka, Utah. 6/26
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