J. Frederic Voros, Jr.

J. Frederic Voros Jr. is an American jurist, hymnist, and author. He was a judge on the Utah Court of Appeals from 2009 to 2017.

Education Voros received a bachelor's degree in English from Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1975. He later obtained a Juris Doctor from BYU J. Reuben Clark Law School in 1978. Voros joined the Criminal Appeals Division of the Utah Attorney General's Office in 1991 and worked as Division Chief of the Criminal Appeals Division from 1999 until he was appointed to the bench in 2009. He chaired the Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Rules of Professional Responsibility and later served on the Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Rules of Appellate Procedure for 24 years. Of his appointment, Herbert stated, "Fred brings a great deal of knowledge and experience to the Utah Court of Appeals. He has significant experience in all areas of the law, especially at the appellate level, and will be a good complement to the six sitting judges." State v. Scott, 2017 UT App 74, 397 P.3d 837 (concurring opinion) State v. MacNeill, 2017 UT App 48, 397 P.3d 626 State v. McCullar, 2014 UT App 215, 335 P.3d 900 State v. Wolf, 2014 UT 18, 319 P.3d 757 State v. Ricks, 2013 UT App 238, 314 P.3d 1033 Stone v. M&M Welding and Construction, Inc., 2013 UT App 233, 312 P.3d 934 State v. Campos, 2013 UT App 213, 309 P.3d 1160 Jones v. Jones, 2013 UT App 174, 307 P.3d 598 Berrett v. Albertsons Inc., 2012 UT App 371, 293 P.3d 1108 CDC Restoration & Construction, LC v. Tradesmen Contractors, LLC, 2012 UT App 60, 274 P.3d 317 Fire Insurance Exchange v. Oltmanns, 2012 UT App 230, 285 P.3d 802 (concurring opinion) In re D.R.A., 2011 UT App 397, 266 P.3d 844 Peterson v. Jackson, 2011 UT App 113, 253 P.3d 1096

Post-judicial career After retiring from the bench, Voros joined Zimmerman Booher, an appellate boutique in Salt Lake City. Voros represented League of Women Voters of Utah in its litigation against the Utah State Legislature in a pair of cases involving the scope of the legislature's authority to repeal citizen initiatives. The first case challenged the legislature's removal of a prohibition on partisan gerrymandering that had been enacted by a citizen initiative. The Utah Supreme Court upheld the people's right to alter or reform their state government by citizen initiative, ruling that the legislature can impair or repeal such reforms only in limited circumstances. The Utah Supreme Court ruled that the constitutional amendment proposed by the legislature was not published to voters as required by the Utah Constitution and the ballot summary written by the legislature was not sufficiently clear to enable voters to express their will. Many of Voros's hymns focus on themes of social justice and inclusion.

Voros and Catherine A. Tibbitts won the best anthem award in the 2014 church music submission competition of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for the hymn, "This Day Is a Good Day, Lord." Voros wrote the text and music, and Tibbitts arranged the anthem. Voros and Tibbitts also won an award of merit in the anthem division of the 2017 church music submission competition for the hymn "What God Calls Us To." Voros wrote the text and Tibbitts wrote the music.

"This Day Is a Good Day, Lord" was included in the new hymnal "Hymns-For Home and Church" of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This hymn was performed by the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square in the Sunday morning session of General Conference on October 5, 2025.

Other writings Voros wrote a children's book about the Salt Lake Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints entitled, The Stones of the Temple, along with illustrator Kathleen B. Peterson. It was published in 1993 by Deseret Book Company.