Jeffrey Hunt is an Assistant Attorney General in the Child and Family Support section of the Attorney Generals office, where he represents the Office of Recovery Services in establishing, modifying, and enforcing child support orders. He was formerly Section Chief of the Salt Lake section of that division. Jeff has also served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Commercial Enforcement Division, representing the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing and the Division of Real Estate. At one point in his career, Jeff maintained a caseload of civil cases, criminal prosecutions, and administrative actions simultaneously. Jeff has had the honor of serving under six different Utah Attorneys General.
Prior to joining the Attorney General’s Office in 1990, Jeff was an attorney at Legal Aid Society where he represented clients with all types of family law matters. Additionally, Jeff was director of Legal Aid’s domestic violence victim’s assistance program, then called SAVA (“Spouse Abuse Victim’s Assistance”) program, representing people in obtaining domestic violence protective orders.
Jeff graduated from the University of Utah College of Law, before it became the S. J. Quinney College of Law. As a second and third year law student, Jeff clerked at Salt Lake Legal Defenders Association. Jeff holds Bachelor of Science degrees in sociology and economics from the University of Utah.
