Keri Cheney

Keri Cheney has worked as a legal assistant in the Utah County Attorney’s Office for 12 years. In her current assignment with the Screening Division, Keri handles the intake of cases from law enforcement, the organization of case records, the filing of charges in District Court, and the assignment of cases for prosecution. In this role, Keri is responsible for obtaining, organizing, filing, and initiating several thousand cases each year. She coordinates not only with the attorneys in our office but with each of the more than 20 law enforcement agencies the county and the staff of all nine courts in the Fourth District and has developed an excellent working relationship with each one of them. As such, Keri is an invaluable asset to the County Attorney’s Office. Her work ethic, skill set, accuracy, professionalism, and collegiality are outstanding, and she is the only truly indispensable employee in the Screening Division. Keri has mastered the art of keeping the attorneys she works with focused and on task and is unfailingly pleasant while doing so. She works long hours, is undeterred by distractions, and is an amazing multi-tasker. Prior to her current assignment, Keri had assignments as a legal assistant with the Juvenile Court team, the Justice Court team, multiple trial court teams, and had responsibility for extraditions and Governor’s warrants. Keri has fulfilled each assignment with the same outstanding level of performance. With each change in assignment, the excitement of the attorneys in the new group to which she has been assigned has been matched only by the disappointment of the attorneys in the group she had to leave. Keri is well-liked and highly respected by all the attorneys in the office, as well as by her fellow legal assistants, paralegals and other members of the support staff. The Utah County Attorney’s Office is truly fortunate to have Keri Cheney as part of our team.