Judge John Pearce ’96 has been appointed to serve as a justice on the Utah Supreme Court. Utah Gov. Gary Herbert, who made the appointment, said in a statement that Pearce “has proven himself to be an exceptional legal talent in every aspect of his career.” A Utah Court of Appeals judge since 2013, Pearce also chairs the state judiciary’s Standing Committee on Technology and is an adjunct professor at the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law. He was general counsel for Utah’s Office of the Governor from 2009 to 2013, and a shareholder at Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough from 1999 to 2009.