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Eric Stephen Jewell

Official evaluation

From Utah's Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission, copied from the 2026 Voter Information Pamphlet, Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Utah, page 72. 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 count13 - 0
Performance standardsPassed 5 of 5
Type of evaluationJustice Court – Mid-Level Evaluation
Locations servedSpringville Municipal Justice Court
Counties servedUtah

Commission narrative

Appointed in 2021, Judge Jewell received positive reviews from the observer and all respondents. The judge presented as a professional, considerate judge who communicated well with participants. He also operated in a careful, neutral manner. 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 Eric S. Jewell was appointed to the Payson, Santaquin, Genola, and Goshen Justice Courts in August 2021. Judge Jewell graduated from Brigham Young University in 2006 with a B.S. in Economics. He then attended law school and earned a Juris Doctorate in 2009 from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Following graduation, Judge Jewell was admitted to the Virginia Bar where he worked as a prosecutor in the Gloucester County Commonwealth's Attorney's Office. In 2012, he was admitted to the Utah Bar and accepted the position of Assistant City Attorney/Prosecutor in Payson where he served until his appointment to the bench.

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