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Judge Constandinos "Deno" Himonas was appointed to the Third Judicial District Court of Utah in May 2004 by Gov. Olene Walker He serves Salt Lake, Summit, and Tooele counties. .

Education
Born in Price, Utah Judge Himonas graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Utah in 1986 and received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1989.

Legal Career
After graduating with his law degree in 1989 Himonas came back to Utah to work for the Salt Lake Law Firm of Jones, Waldo, Holbrook, and McDonough. His practice focused on complex civil legation. He represented backers of an effort in 2002 to get an initiative on the ballot restricting radioactive waste storage. He also represented Salt Lake Tribune managers in 2001 in their efforts to prevent the paper's new owner, MediaNews Group, from making changes to the joint-operating agreement the paper shares with the Deseret Morning News. During his fifteen years as an Attorney Himonas was active in many bar activities including the following: • Chairman of the litigation section of the Utah State Bar. • Membership on the Federal Bar Association Executive Committee, the Utah State Bar Character and Fitness Committee, the Law and Economics Society of Utah and the Aldon J. Anderson Inns of Court. • Service as treasurer of the Hellenic Bar Association.

Judicial career
Judge Himonas was certified by the Utah Judicial Council to stand for retention in 2008 after having satisfactory passed his judicial performance evaluation by attorneys, jurors, and staff. His evaluation results may be accessed at http://elections.utah.gov/vip.2008.pdf. Judge Himonas was successfully retained in office by the Utah voters, the Salt Lake Bar Association published a profile of Judge Himonas shortly after being appointed to the bench where he set forth his rules for advocacy before his court. The litigation of the Utah state bar has published a “bench book” outlining the courtroom practices and preferences of Judge Himonas. Judge Himonas has served on the Code of Judicial Conduct Committee and Criminal Jury Instructions Committee.

Selected Cases/Rulings
Judge Himonas has presided over several high profile criminal cases since being on the bench. As an example, Judge Himonas presided over the prosecutions of three defendants charged with the death of a seven year old girl who was killed during a gang related drive-by shooting. After the trio entered plea agreements with prosecutors, Judge Himonas sentenced the 17 year old who was in the vehicle where the shooting occurred, to 1-15 years in prison. The two other defendants, the driver of the vehicle and the person who actually shot the gun, were sentenced to 16 years to life. The defendants testified they did not intend to shoot the seven year old, but her older cousin as part of a dispute between rival gangs.

Personal Background
Judge Himonas is married with two children calling himself “the worst avid golfer” he knows. Judge Himonas also enjoys squash, running and fishing.