Brooke has been recognized by her peers for her excellence in practice by both Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers. Brooke is married to her high school sweetheart Josh. Together, they are raising two daughters who are spirited, compassionate and eager for a dog.
She studied abroad in Mexico and England, climbed Machu Picchu in Peru, climbed the Franz Josef glacier in New Zealand (and experienced zorbing for the first time – look it up!), scuba dived the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, and visited her sister who was teaching in South Korea. Brooke knows the value of hard work.
Brooke knows the value of hard work. She largely attributes this to her father, who built tractors for John Deere in Waterloo for 40 years until his retirement. While there, he was an active Union member and served as Union Committeeman for twelve years.
Brooke was born and raised in Aplington, Iowa, and graduated from Aplington-Parkersburg High School. The third of four children (and also a twin), Brooke quickly learned how to speak up. A born leader, Brooke was President of her high school, the Student Bar Association President at Drake Law School, and Governor of the 8th Circuit ...
Henderson wrote in an op-ed for The Salt Lake Tribune in February that some current and former polygamists had shared with her that they had been abused, but had faced pressure from their families to keep it a secret for fear of the potential consequences they could face in reporting to law enforcement.
Updated 5:03 PM ET, Tue May 12, 2020. A group of pro-polygamy protesters rally at the Utah state Capitol on February 10, 2017. (CNN) A law effectively decriminalizing bigamy, when two people marry while at least one of them is already legally married, is now in effect in Utah. For decades, bigamy was a third-degree felony, ...
The bill was signed into law by Gov. Gary Herbert in March and took effect on Tuesday. Polygamy has been practiced in Utah by certain religious groups since before it became a state and continues to persist to this day. Though the practice has long been illegal under state and federal law, the Utah attorney general's office has declined ...