Corey Sherwin is an Assistant Attorney General in the Torts Section of the Litigation Division, where he defends premises liability, personal injury, wrongful death, and transportation-related tort cases for the State of Utah.
Prior to his current role, Corey prosecuted criminal cases for West Valley City, Box Elder County, and numerous municipalities throughout Northern Utah, while also instructing law enforcement cadets on criminal procedure and constitutional law at Utah’s Peace Officer Standards and Training academy. In addition to his legal career, Corey worked as a cloud security engineer and information security consultant for federal civilian agencies and Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies. Before entering the legal profession, he supported federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies as a continuity of government advisor and counterterrorism analyst.
Corey earned his J.D. with high honors from the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, where he participated on both the National Moot Court Team and the National Trial Advocacy Team. While earning his B.S. in Psychology from Brigham Young University, he completed an internship at the FBI Academy’s Behavioral Science Unit in Quantico, Virginia, researching criminological theory and trends in violence.
