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Clay W. Stucki

Official evaluation

From Utah's Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission, copied from the 2026 Voter Information Pamphlet, Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Utah, page 103. The determination, vote count, standards, narrative, response and biography are the pamphlet's words; the labels are ours.

Commission determinationMeets or Exceeds Performance Standards
Commission vote count12 - 0
Performance standardsPassed 5 of 5
Type of evaluationJustice Court – Mid-Level Evaluation
Locations servedOgden Municipal Justice Court
Counties servedWeber

Commission narrative

Judge Stucki received positive reviews from the observer and all respondents. The judge presented as friendly and constructive in his interactions. He valued people as individuals, showed sensitivity to their struggles, and communicated clearly to ensure their success. This judge meets discipline standards set by statute and has been certified by the Judicial Council as meeting all time standards, education requirements, and mental and physical competence standards.

More on how judges are evaluated: judges.utah.gov

Biography

As printed in the state's 2026 Voter Information Pamphlet.

Judge Clay W. Stucki was appointed to the Ogden City Justice Court in March of 2017. Judge Stucki received his Juris Doctor degree from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University in 1991, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude and Order of the Coif. After law school, Judge Stucki clerked for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit as a law clerk to Judge Charles E. Wiggins. Following his judicial clerkship, Judge Stucki has been a practicing attorney in Utah for the past 25 years and has been a partner at Parr Brown Gee & Loveless, Bennett Tueller Johnson & Deere, and Stucki & Rencher. Judge Stucki was one of the principal drafters of the Utah Environmental Self-Evaluation Privilege and Act set forth in section 19-7-101 of the Utah Code, and Rule 508 of the Utah Rules of Evidence, which privilege has now been adopted by numerous states.

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