David Nuffer

Nomination Tracker
Nominee Information
	Name: David Nuffer
	Court: District of Utah
Progress
	Confirmed 267 days after nomination.
	Nominated: 6/29/2011
	ABA Rating: Unanimously Well Qualified
	Questionnaire: Questionnaire
	Hearing: 9/20/2011
	QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more)
	Reported:
	Confirmed: 3/22/2012

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David Nuffer is a federal judge on senior status on the United States District Court for the District of Utah. He joined the court in 2012 after a nomination from Barack Obama (D). Nuffer assumed senior status on April 2, 2022.^[1]

Before joining the court, Nuffer was a federal magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the District of Utah. He was appointed a part-time magistrate on May 1, 1995, and a full-time magistrate on January 17, 2003.^[2]^[3]

Early life and education

Judge Nuffer earned a bachelor's degree in Humanities from Brigham Young University in 1975. He earned a J.D. degree from the J. Reuben Clark Law School in 1978. During law school, he worked as a law clerk for the firm Howard, Lewis & Peterson.^[2]

Professional career

Judge Nuffer began his career in 1977 as a law clerk and attorney with the firm Allen, Thompson & Hughes. He then became a member of the firm Snow, Nuffer, Engstrom, Drake, Wade & Smart in 1979. He worked with this firm through 2002, while also teaching as an adjunct professor at the BYU J. Reuben Clark Law School (2001-Present) and serving as a part-time federal magistrate judge (1995-2002).^[2]

Judicial career

District of Utah

On June 29, 2011, Nuffer was nominated to the federal bench by President Barack Obama (D) to the seat vacated by Dale Kimball.^[4]^[5]

Nuffer was rated Unanimously Well Qualified by the American Bar Association. He had a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 20, 2011, and you can find his Committee Questionnaire available here and his Questions for the Record available here.^[6]

On March 22, 2012, David Nuffer was confirmed by the United States Senate to the United States District Court for the District of Utah with a vote of 96-2.^[7] Nuffer served as chief judge from 2014 to 2018. He assumed senior status on April 2, 2022.^[3]