Andrew H. Stone

Andrew Harold Stone is an American judge and lawyer. He is a judge in the Third Judicial District Court of the State of Utah. He was appointed in October 2010 by Governor Gary Herbert.

Early life

Stone was born in Pennsylvania. He spent his childhood in California until the age of fourteen before moving to Utah. The act was determined by the Supreme Court of the United States to be unconstitutional on June 25, 1998. He assisted in several significant cases involving ERISA and continued his work in antitrust litigation. Stone also represented the United Potato Growers of America, among others, in a multi-district class action lawsuit involving antitrust matters. While with Jones Waldo, Stone served on the law firm's Board of Directors as well as the executive committee before his appointment to the bench.

Stone began his judicial career in January 2011 as a judge in the Third Judicial District Court of the State of Utah, which serves Salt Lake, Tooele, and Summit Counties. In 2017, Stone granted a preliminary injunction in Richards v. Cox, which involved a challenge under the Utah Constitution to a state statute making the state school board a partisan office. He would later be unanimously reversed by the Utah Supreme Court.

Awards

Stone was named to Best Lawyers in America for several years for his work with antitrust law. He also received the honor of Legal Elite by Utah Business magazine for his work in business litigation.

Personal life Stone is married and has two daughters.