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New judges for Alpine, Highland and Lehi January 18, 2017, 3:38 pmAlpine/Highland Kelly Nicole Schaeffer-Bullock was chosen by Alpine Mayor Sheldon Wimmer and Highland Mayor Mark Thompson to replace Judge Douglas Nielsen as judge of the Alpine and Highland justice courts. Nielsen resigned in September. Schaeffer-Bullock is a Brigham Young University Reuben Clark Law School graduate where she continues to lecture and conduct research. She previously graduated from Brigham Young University-Hawaii with a bachelor's degree. She has worked as a municipal prosecutor for the majority of her career, most recently with the city of Saratoga Springs. She also worked for Bugden & Isaacson LLC. Schaeffer-Bullock is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She lives in Lehi. The other nominees forwarded for consideration were Leslie Ann Gallacher, a law partner at Law Wood, Lindsay, Gallacher LLC, and Brook Jason Sessions, Wasatch County justice court judge. Lehi Lehi Mayor Bert Wilson has selected Morgan Laker Cummings to replace Lehi Justice Court Judge Douglas Nielsen who resigned in September. Cummings graduated from the University of Utah with a bachelor of arts degree before attending Creighton University School of Law, which he graduated from cum laude. He spent several years in civil litigation before serving most recently as the Lehi city prosecutor and assistant city attorney. He lives in American Fork. The other nominees under consideration were Steven Densley, a senior general attorney at Union Pacific Railroad; Susan White Griffith, executive director of the Timpanogos Legal Center; Alexander Ludlow, deputy Utah County attorney; and Stephen Schreiner, Provo City chief prosecutor. These appointments are all subject to these judges completing the court's new judge orientation. In Utah, justice court appointments are for a period of six years. Justice courts judges oversee cases involving class B and C misdemeanors, violations of ordinances, small claims and infractions within the municipality/area they serve in. The community news source for Eagle Mountain Utah, Saratoga Springs Utah, Lehi Utah, American Fork Utah, Highland Utah, Alpine Utah, and The Cedar Valley, including Cedar Fort Utah and Fairfield Utah. Copyright 2025 The Crossroads Journal LLC. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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