David Nuffer
Judge David Nuffer was appointed as a
United States Magistrate Judge in 1995. For seven
and one-half years, he was a part time judge, part time lawyer and was appointed as a full time judge
January 17, 2003. He practiced law 25 years in St. George Utah
after graduating from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at
Brigham Young University. While in private
practice, he was a managing partner with a law firm that grew from 2 lawyers to 25. He now teaches
law practice management at Brigham Young University and is a frequent
lecturer on technology
and legal issues. He maintains archives for a listserv for U.S. Magistrate Judges, a
web page of court-related
technology resources and a blog regarding CM/ECF,
the federal court electronic filing system. He also serves on the Utah State Civil Procedure Rules
Advisory Committee and the United States Magistrate Judges Advisory Committee. During his years as
a lawyer, he was a member and Chair of the Utah Judicial Conduct
Commission and a commissioner and president of the Utah State Bar.
He regularly participates in continuing legal education presentations and has presented to judges, lawyers and law students in Brazil in 2002 and, with the Leavitt Institute, to law professors and law students in Ukraine in 2007.