Robert F. Orton
Robert F. Orton has been practicing law for more than forty years. He worked with the law offices of Fabian & Clendenin as a litigation attorney, and in addition to private practice, Mr. Orton has served in various capacities as a full-time leader with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mr. Orton currently serves as Honorary Consul for the Government of Romania to the State of Utah, and he is associated with the J. Reuben Clark Law School’s International Center for Law & Religious Studies at Brigham Young University.
- University of Utah, S. J. Quinney College of Law - J.D. (1964)
- Brigham Young University - B.A. (1961)
- Salt Lake County and American (Member, ABA Discovery Committee, Litigation Section, 1982-1996) Bar Associations
- Utah State Bar (Chairman, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1974-1976; Bar Examiner, 1976-1983
- Member, Litigation and Eminent Domain Sections; Chairman, Legal-Medical Committee, 1983-1985
- Member, Bar Examination Review, Committee, (1984-1989); Utah Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1989-1990; President-Elect, 1988-1989
- Member, Board of Governors, 1986-1996
- The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (State Delegate 1991-1996); American Board of Trial Advocates, 1996-present
- Assistant to Senator Wallace F. Bennett, 1962. Summit County Attorney, 1967-1970
- Judge Pro-Temp, Circuit Court, 1989-1996
- Honorary Consul for the Government of Romania to the State of Utah, 1999-present
