Teresa Manzanares is an import from Washington State. She was working for an attorney’s office in Price when Scott Johansen lured her to come to work for the Emery County Attorney’s Office. This was in May of 1987.
She has come a long way from typewriters and carbon paper to computers and internet programs.
As paralegal/office manager, Teresa is a huge asset to the county. She is a certified Utah Prosecutorial Assistant and has served on the UPAA board. She serves on the Risk Management board for the county. She is a TAC for the bureau of criminal identification to look up criminal histories. She accesses many programs to manage all types of information including the state case management system to produce documents for criminal prosecution.
She has attended and taken notes in district court criminal law and motion sessions so she can do judgments and orders. She does legal research online for criminal and civil case law and helps the county attorney with civil matters.
She has worked with the following attorneys for Emery County: Scott Johansen, Patricia Geary, Gene Strate, Mark Tanner, Allen Thorpe, David Blackwell, Mary Manley, Brent Langston and Mike Olsen. She is a great help to the Emery County Commission, personnel department, road department, and the sheriff’s office.
Teresa lives in Ferron with her husband Joe and dog Hobo. She is a step mother, grandmother and great-grandmother to many. She loves the outdoors. She enjoys camping, arrowhead hunting, moose watching and following the Seattle Seahawks.
Employee of the month: Teresa Manzanares
"Commissioners Ethan Migliori, Paul Cowley and Keith Brady present Teresa Manzanares with the employee of the month award for Emery County."