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Supreme Court
Chief Justice
Roger Burdick
Justice
Daniel Eismann
Justice
Jim Jones
Justice
Warren Jones
Justice
Joel Horton
Court of Appeals
Chief Judge
David Gratton
Judge
Karen Lansing
Judge
Sergio Gutierrez
Judge
John Melanson
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Hon.
Chief Justice Roger S. Burdick Justice Burdick
received his Bachelors of Science degree in Finance from the
University of Colorado in 1970 and graduated from the University
of Idaho School of Law with a Juris Doctorate in 1974. From 1970
to 1971, he worked as a bank examiner with the Idaho Department
of Finance. From 1974 to 1980, he worked with the law firm of
Webb, Pike, Burton & Carlson in Twin Falls, Idaho, then as
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in Ada County, and finally as a
partner with the law firm of Hart and Burdick, in Jerome, Idaho.
While with Hart and Burdick from 1976 to 1980,
he served as a Public Defender in Camas, Lincoln, Jerome and
Gooding Counties, as well as a general practice. In November
1980, he was elected as Prosecuting Attorney for Jerome County.
From September 1981 to September 1993, he served as Magistrate
Judge in Jerome County. During that time, he was appointed the
first Magistrate member of the Idaho Judicial Council, President
of Idaho Magistrate Association and Chairman of Juvenile Rules
Committee, as well as numerous other committees.
In September 1993, he was appointed District
Judge in Twin Falls County and has served on various Idaho
Supreme Court advisory committees, including Chairman of I.A.R.
32 Rules Committee. He again served on the Idaho Judicial
Council from 1995 to 2001 as the District Court member. He
served as President of the District Judges Association from 2001
to 2003. In 2001, he was assigned to preside over the Snake
River Basin Adjudication.
In January 2001, he was appointed the
Administrative Judge for the Fifth Judicial District. Finally in
August, 2003 he was appointed to be the fifty-third Justice of
the Idaho Supreme Court by Governor Dirk Kempthorne. He was
retained by popular election in 2004. He now serves as chair of
the Criminal Rules and Criminal Jury Instruction Committees.
He served as Vice Chief Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court from August 1, 2007 until July 31, 2011. On August 1, 2011, he began serving a four year term as Chief Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court. |