This page is about the Utah Supreme Court justice. If you are looking for information on the former federal judge for the District of South Carolina, please see Thomas Lee. Thomas Rex Lee was a judge of the Utah Supreme Court. He assumed office on July 19, 2010. He left office on June 30, 2022. Lee resigned on June 30, 2022 to return to private practice. Lee first became a member of the Utah Supreme Court when he was appointed by Republican Governor Gary Herbert in May 2010 to fill the seat vacated by Michael Wilkins. On June 15, 2010, Utah's Senate Judicial Committee voted 5-0 to approve Lee for confirmation to the court. On June 23, 2010, the Utah Senate unanimously confirmed Lee. He was sworn in on July 19, 2010. Lee was included on President Donald Trump’s June 2018 list of 25 potential Supreme Court nominees to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the court. Trump first released such a list during his 2016 presidential campaign and stated, “This list is definitive and I will choose only from it in picking future Justices of the United States Supreme Court.”
