Draft:Elmer E. Corfman

Elmer E. Corfman (March 2, 1863 – February 2, 1950) was a justice of the Utah Supreme Court from 1917 to 1923, and was chief justice from 1919 to 1923.

"After studying in Toledo public schools, he taught school for two years in Nebraska before enrolling in the University of Michigan Law School, from which he was graduated to 1890. He was admitted to the bar on June 11, 1891 practicing in Provo until 1917."

He was "one of the organizers of the Democratic party in Utah".

Corfman defeated incumbent Daniel N. Straup to win election to the court.

William M. McCarty was scheduled to assume the office of Chief Justice in 1919, but died unexpectedly at the end of 1918, placing Corfman next in line after a period of a few weeks when senior justice Joseph E. Frick held the office.

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