Elder D. Todd Christofferson was called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 5, 2008. At the time of his call to the Quorum of the Twelve, he was serving in the Presidency of the Seventy.
Elder Christofferson earned his bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University (where he was an Edwin S. Hinckley Scholar) and his law degree from Duke University. Prior to his call to serve as a full-time General Authority of the Church, Elder Christofferson was associate general counsel of NationsBank Corporation (now Bank of America) in Charlotte, North Carolina. He also practiced law in Washington, D.C., after serving as a law clerk to U.S. District Judge John J. Sirica during the trials and other proceedings known as Watergate (1972–74).
His remarks will be broadcast live on BYUtv, BYUtv.org. Video, text, and audio are archived on speeches.byu.edu