Legal Career
In 1960, after graduating from college, Anderson began his legal career as a trial attorney in the Tax Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington D.C. Four years later, he joined the law firm of Ray, Quinney & Nebeker in Salt Lake City, Utah concentrating in business & tax law and related litigation. He remained a private practice attorney until 1985. Judge Anderson was President of the Utah State Bar (1983-1984), and President of the Salt Lake County Bar Association (1977-1978), and was on the governing boards of those organizations from 1972 to 1985. He was a founder of the Volunteer Lawyer Night Small Claims Court program, which won the American Bar Association's individual project Award of Merit. Judge Anderson was named Judge of the Year by the Federal Bar Association in 2005 and by the Utah State Bar in 2002; he was named Alumnus of the Year by the University of Utah College of Law in 1986. Anderson served as President of the Board of Trustees of the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah (1982-1983), member of the Board of Visitors of the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University, and member of the Board of Governors of the Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce (Executive Committee, 1984-1985). While in private practice, he also served on the Board of Directors of ZCMI, the Amalgamated Sugar Company, and many other corporations.
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