David Grant Campbell (born December 6, 1952) is a

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of the

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Early life and education

Born in

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, Campbell received a

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degree from the

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in 1976 and a

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from the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah in 1979.

Career

Campbell served as a

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to Judge J. Clifford Wallace of the

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from 1979 to 1980, and to Associate Justice

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of the

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for the 1982 Term. He worked in private practice in the interim year, and returned to private practice in 1982, working most notably at Osborn Maledon in

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. Outside of formal legal practice, Campbell served as an adjunct professor of law at the Arizona State University College of Law, and as a visiting professor of law at

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, where he was named professor of the year in 1990.

Federal judicial service

Campbell was nominated to serve as judge of the

by President

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on March 13, 2003, to a new seat created by 116 Stat. 1758. The

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confirmed him on July 8, 2003 by 92–0 vote. He received his commission on July 15, 2003. Judge Campbell was a member of the Advisory Committee on Federal Rules of Civil Procedure from 2005 to 2011, and chaired the committee from 2011 to 2015, while the Advisory Committee approved important changes to discovery-related rules that ultimately became effective in December 2015. From 2016 to 2020, Judge Campbell chaired the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure for the federal courts, which oversees the Civil, Criminal, Appellate, Bankruptcy, and Evidence advisory committees. Judge Campbell currently serves as chair of the federal courts' Committee on International Judicial Relations. He assumed senior status on July 31, 2018. Judge Campbell has worked with the courts of Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and other countries on judicial case management. He is a member of the

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and a Fellow of the

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Personal

Campbell is a member of

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(LDS Church). He served as a

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in the England Birmingham

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and has been a

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in the LDS Church. Campbell and his wife Stacey are parents to three daughters and two sons.

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