Background
Utter, Robert French was born on June 19, 1930 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of John and Besse (French) Utter.
Utter, Robert French was born on June 19, 1930 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of John and Besse (French) Utter.
Bachelor of Science, University Washington, 1952. Bachelor of Laws, 1954.
Prosecuting attorney, King County, Washington, 1955-1957;
individual practice law, Seattle, 1957-1959;
court commissioner, King County Superior Court, 1959-1964;
judge, King County Superior Court, 1964-1969;
judge, Washington State Court Appeals, 1969-1971;
judge, Washington State Supreme Court, 1971-1995;
chief justice, Washington State Supreme Court, 1979-1981;
retired, 1995. Lecturer in field, leader comparative law tour People's Republic of China, 1986, 87, 88, 91, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1989, Republic of South Africa, 1997, Ukraine, Hungarian and Czech Republic, 1998. Adjunct Professor constitutional law U. Puget Sound, 1987, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94.
Consultant CEELI, 1991, 93-, United States Information Agency, 1992. Visitor to Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan Judiciary, 1993, 94, 95, 96, Outer Mangolia, 1997. Lecturer to Albanian Judiciary, 1994, 95.
President, founder Big Brother Association, Seattle, 1955-1967. President, founder Job Therapy Inc., 1963-1971. Member Executive Committee Conference of Chief Justices, 1979-1980, 81-86.
President Thurston County Big Brothers/Big Sisters, 1984. Lecturer Soviet Academy Moscow, 1991. United States Information Agency visitor to comment on judicial system, Latvia, 1992, Kazakstan, 1993-1994.
Trustee Linfield College. Fellow Chartered Institute Arbitrators. Member American Bar Association (commentator on proposedconstns. of Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, Lithuania, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Byelarus, Kazakhstan & Ukraine), American Judicature Society (Herbert Harley award 1983, Justice award 1998, secretary since 1987, Chairman, Board Of Directors, member Executive Committee), Order of Coif.
Married Elizabeth J. Stevenson, December 28, 1953. Children: Kimberly, Kirk, John.