Michael D. DiReda
Second District Court Judge
Judicial background
Second District Court Judge
Background
Michael D. DiReda joined the Second District Court in 2008. His earlier work included a judicial clerkship, prosecution at the Davis County Attorney's Office and service as a special assistant U.S. attorney. He earned psychology and law degrees at Pepperdine University. Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. appointed DiReda to the Second District Court in December 2008. The court's biography says he led all criminal litigation at the Davis County Attorney's Office, prosecuted Project Safe Neighborhoods cases as a special assistant U.S. attorney from 2001 to 2007, teaches trial advocacy at the University of Utah and advises judiciaries in Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda through the Sudreau Global Justice Institute.
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