Heather Chesnut
October 25, Wonder of Scripture Lecture
Heather is a civil rights attorney at the Utah Attorney General’s Office; she defends Utah state agencies and employees against civil lawsuits. Before that, she was a trial attorney with the Salt Lake Legal Defenders Association; she defended indigent people charged with criminal offenses. She has taken more than forty cases to trial, conducted an extensive defensive motion practice, and counseled hundreds of people facing difficult legal situations. She received Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Science degrees from the University of Utah. Heather is the author of Counsel, Please Rise: A Criminal Attorney’s Spiritual Journey, published this year by the Maxwell Institute and Deseret Book.