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He received shiho from his teacher Dennis Genpo Merzel in December 2006.
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Michael Zimmerman
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Zimmerman, the former Chief Justice of the Utah Supreme Court, is married to Diane Musho Hamilton (also a sensei at TAZ). The two were married by Merzel in 1998. From 1984 to 2000 he served as a Justice for the Utah Supreme Court, and from 1994 to 1998 he acted as Chief Justice.
Michael Zimmerman was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1943.
He attended university at the University of Utah, entering its law school and graduating first in his class. Following graduation, Zimmerman moved to Washington, District of Columbia and worked as a judicial clerk for Warren East. Burger, then the acting Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
He then moved to Los Angeles, working as a lawyer for O’Melveny & Myers there. Zimmerman moved back to Utah to practice law for a short period, also serving as a special counsel to Utah Governor Scott Milne Matheson part time.
At the time of Zimmerman"s joining in the Utah Supreme Court majority upholding prayers at government meetings as long as there was no religious restriction on who could give the prayer, Zimmerman was still an Episcopalian.
She died the next year, in January of 1994, after a year-long struggle with cancer.
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Distinguished Service Award; Ethics Award 1988: Utah State Bar Appellate Judge of the Year 1994: Excellence in Ethics Award (Utah Valley State College) 1998: Distinguished Service Award from the Utah State Bar 2001: Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of UtahDistinguished Service Award; Ethics Award 1988: Utah State Bar Appellate Judge of the Year 1994: Excellence in Ethics Award (Utah Valley State College) 1998: Distinguished Service Award from the Utah State Bar 2001: Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Utah