Coral Sanchez

Judge Coral Sanchez was appointed to the Third District Court in December 2022 by Governor Spencer Cox and serves Salt Lake, Summit, and Tooele counties. Prior to her appointment, she served as Division Chief in the Davis County Attorney's Office overseeing the Special Victims Unit and Children's Justice Center, and previously worked in the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office as Unit Chief for the Special Victims Unit and Juvenile Unit, specializing in cases involving child abuse, sexual assault, domestic violence, and related matters. She earned a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Southern California and a J.D. from the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah, and was named State Prosecutor of the Year in 2019 by the Utah Crime Victims Council.