Judge Kent Holmberg Bio, Wiki, Age, Wife, Family, Salary, Net Worth, Gwyneth Paltrow Trial, Political Party

Kent Holmberg Biography – Kent Holmberg Wiki

Kent Holmberg is a judge for the Third Judicial District in Utah. Judge Kent Robert Holmberg was appointed to the Third District Court by Governor Gary R. Herbert in December 2016 and confirmed by the Utah Senate in February 2017. He serves Salt Lake, Summit, and Tooele counties.

Judge Holmberg earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee and a law degree from William Mitchell College of Law. He has spent his legal career as a civil law practitioner, according to his Utah State Courts bio.

Previous to his appointment by Governor Herbert, Judge Holmberg served as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Utah in the Litigation Division, where he was the Torts Section Director.

In addition to his law practice, Judge Holmberg taught criminal justice college courses and was a certified public accountant.

Judge Holmberg currently serves on the Utah Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure, the Model Utah Civil Jury Instructions Committee, the Board of District Court Judges, the Standing Committee on Children and Family Law and as a Tax Court Judge.

Gwyneth Paltrow Trial

Utah’s Third District Court Judge Kent R. Holmberg is presiding over the Gwyneth Paltrow ski crash trial. Retired optometrist Terry Sanderson accused the actress in a lawsuit of violently crashing into him in a skiing accident in Park City in 2016. He is seeking $300,000 in damages.

Kent Holmberg Salary

Utah’s Third District Court Judge Kent R. Holmberg received an annual salary of $185,200 as of the end of 2022, the Elected Official and Judicial Compensation Commission.