Thomas Rex Lee | |
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| Justice of the Utah Supreme Court | |
| In office July 19, 2010 – June 30, 2022 | |
| Appointed by | Gary Herbert |
| Preceded by | Michael J. Wilkins |
| Succeeded by | Jill Pohlman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 1964 (age 59) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Kimberly Lee |
| Relations | Mike Lee (brother) |
| Children | 6 |
| Parent | Rex E. Lee |
| Education | Brigham Young University (BA) University of Chicago (JD) |
Thomas Rex Lee (born December 1964) is a former American jurist who was a justice of the Utah Supreme Court from 2010 to 2022. Lee is also a lecturer on law at Harvard Law School[1] and an adjunct professor/distinguished lecturer at Brigham Young University's (BYU) J. Reuben Clark Law School (JRCL) following his appointment to the bench.[2]
Lee is a pioneer in law and corpus linguistics—the application of corpus linguistics to determine ordinary meaning in statutes—being the first American judge to do so in an opinion.[3][4]
- ^ School, Harvard Law. "Thomas R. Lee - Harvard Law School". Archived from the original on April 3, 2019. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
- ^ "Thomas R. Lee – BYU J. Reuben Clark Law School".
- ^ Volokh, Eugene (August 17, 2015). "Judges and 'corpus linguistics'". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
- ^ "Corpus Linguistics as Interpretive Tool". National Review Online. nationalreview.com. August 19, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
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