Hon. Narda E. Beas-Nordell, JD

Juvenile Court Judge (Retired)

A Timeline of Professional Milestones

1984

Teaches Catholic Christian development and is director of religious education at Our Lady of Lourdes in Salt Lake City, UT until 2000.

1985

Earns a Bachelor of Science from the University of Utah; Is inducted into the Golden Key Honor Society and Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.

1985

Teaches within the Granite School District in Salt Lake City, UT until 1989.

1989

Serves as correspondence secretary, secretary and president of the Minority Law Caucus of the University of Utah through 1992.

1990

Is a judicial clerk for Judge Kenneth Rigtrup of the Utah Third District Court; Interns at the Utah Attorney General’s Office, Criminal Litigation Division.

1991

Is a homeless project coordinator for the Legal Outreach Program through Utah Legal Services until 1992.

1992

Obtains a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law.

1992

Is a law clerk and deputy county attorney for the Salt Lake County Attorney, Justice Division until 1994.

1992

Serves as treasurer, vice president, president-elect and president of the Utah Minority Bar Association until 1998.

1994

Is deputy district attorney for the Salt Lake County District Attorney, Justice, Juvenile and Misdemeanor Divisions until 2017.

1997

Serves on the Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice’s Disproportionate Minority Contact Committee until 2017.

2000

Is a eucharistic minister at Our Lady of Lourdes in Salt Lake City, UT through today.

2006

Is named to Utah Legal Elite for Criminal Law by Utah Business; Serves on the board of directors of Girl Scouts of Utah until 2013.

2007

Receives the Jimi Mitsunaga Excellence in Criminal Law Award.

2011

Serves on the board of directors of the Urban Indian Center of Salt Lake City until 2017.

2012

Is a tribal court judge for the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation in Ibapah, UT until 2019.

2014

Receives the Pete Suazo Community Service Award.

2019

Is a juvenile court judge for the Ute Indian Tribal Court of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation in Fort Duchesne, UT until 2022.

2022

Commences her retirement.

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