Randy Dryer

Randy Dryer​ started his career as a working journalist in both print and TV and then went to law school with the thought of becoming a network correspondent reporting on the Supreme Court. He began his second career as a practicing lawyer at Utah’s largest law firm, Parsons Behle & Latimer, where he was able to combine his love of law and journalism in a national media law litigation practice. Randy has represented virtually every major news organization in the State of Utah, including The Salt Lake Tribune, and many national news organizations. In 2012 he was named by Best Lawyers as “First Amendment Lawyer of the Year” in Salt Lake City, Utah. After 30 years as a practicing lawyer, Randy was named as the Presidential Honors Professor at the University of Utah with a joint appointment at the S.J. Quinney College of Law and the Honors College where he teaches courses in media law, pretrial practice, judicial process and digital privacy, and is actively involved in university governance at both colleges and the university as a whole. Randy has a long history of community engagement and volunteerism, including serving as a member of the board of trustees of the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games Organizing Committee, the Utah Athletic Foundation, president of the Utah State Bar, a member of the board of trustees of the University of Utah and numerous other nonprofit organizations focused on arts museums, access to justice and campaign finance reform.