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Contact Information

Anderson, Eric A.
Kootenai River Dispute Resolution Center
P.O. Box 3009
Bonners Ferry, Idaho 83805
Phone: (208) 267-1777
Fax: (208) 550-3243

Recert Due: Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Counties
Ada
Adams
Bannock
Bear Lake
Benewah
Bingham
Blaine
Boise
Bonner
Bonneville
Boundary
Butte
Camas
Canyon
Caribou
Cassia
Clark
Clearwater
Custer
Elmore
Franklin
Fremont
Gem
Gooding
Idaho
Jefferson
Jerome
Kootenai
Latah
Lemhi
Lewis
Lincoln
Madison
Minidoka
Nez Perce
Oneida
Owyhee
Payette
Power
Shoshone
Teton
Twin Falls
Valley
Washington

Judicial Districts
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth
Seventh

Compensation & Expenses

Professional Affiliations* (*See legend below)
Idaho State Bar Association; Montana State Bar Association

Education
B.A. Psychology - University of Montana; M.S. Bioregional Planning and Community Design - University of Idaho; Juris Doctorate - University of Idaho

Legal Training and Experience

Mediation Training and Experience
NeuroMediation Centered Practice

Contact Information

Anderson, Rebecca B.W.
Jones Williams Fuhrman Gourley, P.A.
225 N. 9th Street, Post Office Box 1097
Boise, Idaho 83702
Phone: (208) 331-1170
Fax: (208) 331-1529

Recert Due: Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Counties
Ada
Adams
Bannock
Bear Lake
Benewah
Bingham
Blaine
Boise
Bonner
Bonneville
Boundary
Butte
Camas
Canyon
Caribou
Cassia
Clark
Clearwater
Custer
Elmore
Franklin
Fremont
Gem
Gooding
Idaho
Jefferson
Jerome
Kootenai
Latah
Lemhi
Lewis
Lincoln
Madison
Minidoka
Nez Perce
Oneida
Owyhee
Payette
Power
Shoshone
Teton
Twin Falls
Valley
Washington

Judicial Districts
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth
Seventh

Compensation & Expenses
$275 per hour, plus travel and $250 set up fee.

Professional Affiliations* (*See legend below)
Member of the Idaho State Bar; Oregon State Bar; and California State Bar; Board Member of Common Ground Reconciliation Services; Periodic Adjunct Professor at Boise State University teaching conflict resolution classes; Member, Idaho Mediation Association.

Education
University of Washington (B.A. – Magna Cum Laude); University of California, Davis, School of Law (J.D. – Order of the Coif).

Legal Training and Experience

Mediation Training and Experience
Northwest Institute for Dispute Resolution (Basic Civil Mediation); Northwest Institute for Dispute Resolution (Advancing Mediation practice). Considerable experience over the span of over 25 years in resolving complex disputes in the areas of real estate, business, trust and estates and high net worth divorce often involving multiple parties. High success rate in resolving disputes. Bring transactional skills as well as litigation experience to the mediation table to optimize environment for resolution.

Contact Information

Banducci, Thomas
1516 S. Loggers Pond Place, # 32
Boise, Idaho 83706
Phone: (208) 284-9193

Recert Due: Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Counties
Ada
Adams
Bannock
Bear Lake
Benewah
Bingham
Blaine
Boise
Bonner
Bonneville
Boundary
Butte
Camas
Canyon
Caribou
Cassia
Clark
Clearwater
Custer
Elmore
Franklin
Fremont
Gem
Gooding
Idaho
Jefferson
Jerome
Kootenai
Latah
Lemhi
Lewis
Lincoln
Madison
Minidoka
Nez Perce
Oneida
Owyhee
Payette
Power
Shoshone
Teton
Twin Falls
Valley
Washington

Judicial Districts
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth
Seventh

Compensation & Expenses
$300/hour. Travel expenses to be paid by parties.

Professional Affiliations* (*See legend below)
Member, Idaho State Bar; United States District Court and 9th Circuit Court of Appeals

Education
Stanford University (BA); Hastings College of Law (JD)

Legal Training and Experience

Mediation Training and Experience
Certified Course by Northwest Institute for Dispute Resolution

Contact Information

Bithell, Walter H.
Bithell Law, PLLC
199 N. Capitol Blvd
Boise, Idaho 83702
Phone: (208) 336-4440
Fax: (208) 343-8869

Recert Due: Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Counties
Ada
Adams
Bannock
Bear Lake
Benewah
Bingham
Blaine
Boise
Bonner
Bonneville
Boundary
Butte
Camas
Canyon
Caribou
Cassia
Clark
Clearwater
Custer
Elmore
Franklin
Fremont
Gem
Gooding
Idaho
Jefferson
Jerome
Kootenai
Latah
Lemhi
Lewis
Lincoln
Madison
Minidoka
Nez Perce
Oneida
Owyhee
Payette
Power
Shoshone
Teton
Twin Falls
Valley
Washington

Judicial Districts
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth
Seventh

Compensation & Expenses
$300 per hour. No expenses unless out of town travel - $0.35 per mile or cost of airfare and lodging.

Professional Affiliations* (*See legend below)
Idaho Trial Lawyers Association, Inns of Court, American Bar Association, U.S. District Court, U. S. Supreme Court, Federal Court Mediation Panel, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, U.S. Court of Appeals.

Education
University of Idaho (J.D. 1968); University of Idaho (B.S. 1965).

Legal Training and Experience

Mediation Training and Experience
42 hours of training through Pepperdine University School of Law.

Contact Information

Burgoyne, Grant T.
2203 Mountain View Drive
Boise, Idaho 83706
Phone: (208) 859-8828

Recert Due: Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Counties
Ada
Adams
Bannock
Bear Lake
Benewah
Bingham
Blaine
Boise
Bonner
Bonneville
Boundary
Butte
Camas
Canyon
Caribou
Cassia
Clark
Clearwater
Custer
Elmore
Franklin
Fremont
Gem
Gooding
Idaho
Jefferson
Jerome
Kootenai
Latah
Lemhi
Lewis
Lincoln
Madison
Minidoka
Nez Perce
Oneida
Owyhee
Payette
Power
Shoshone
Teton
Twin Falls
Valley
Washington

Judicial Districts
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth
Seventh

Compensation & Expenses
$250 per hour, plus a $250 set up fee. There is no fee for travel time and no mileage charge within 60 miles of Boise.

Professional Affiliations* (*See legend below)
Idaho State Bar (Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, Employment and Labor Law Section, past chair); U.S. District Court for Idaho; U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit; Idaho Trial Lawyers Assn.

Education
J.D. - University of Kansas, School of Law; B.A. - University of Idaho

Legal Training and Experience

Mediation Training and Experience
Certified Professional Mediator, Northwest Institute for Dispute Resolution, University of Idaho College of Law. Conducting mediations since February 2015.

Contact Information

Burr-Jones, A. Elizabeth
A. Elizabeth Burr-Jones Attorney at Law
1426 Oakley Avenue
Burley, Idaho 83350
Phone: (208) 878-3155
Fax: (208) 878-4084

Recert Due: Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Counties
Ada
Adams
Bannock
Bear Lake
Benewah
Bingham
Blaine
Boise
Bonner
Bonneville
Boundary
Butte
Camas
Canyon
Caribou
Cassia
Clark
Clearwater
Custer
Elmore
Franklin
Fremont
Gem
Gooding
Idaho
Jefferson
Jerome
Kootenai
Latah
Lemhi
Lewis
Lincoln
Madison
Minidoka
Nez Perce
Oneida
Owyhee
Payette
Power
Shoshone
Teton
Twin Falls
Valley
Washington

Judicial Districts
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth
Seventh

Compensation & Expenses
$250/hour plus travel expenses if outside the Fifth District.

Professional Affiliations* (*See legend below)
Idaho State Bar member.

Education
B.A. Humboldt State University; J.D. University of Idaho

Legal Training and Experience

Mediation Training and Experience
Attended Northwest Institute for Dispute Resolution, May 2023.

Contact Information

Castleton, Trevor L.
Castleton Law Office
75 East Judicial
Blackfoot, Idaho 83221
Phone: (208) 406-9641

Recert Due: Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Counties
Bannock
Bear Lake
Bingham
Bonneville
Butte
Caribou
Clark
Custer
Franklin
Fremont
Lemhi
Madison
Oneida
Teton

Judicial Districts
Sixth
Seventh

Compensation & Expenses
$250/hour

Professional Affiliations* (*See legend below)
IACD; IMA; Inns; ISB; U.S.D.C.

Education
B.S., cum laude, Boise State University, 1994; J.D., University of Idaho College of Law, 1998

Legal Training and Experience

Mediation Training and Experience
Completed Mediation Training (Civil and Family Law/Child Custody) March 2021. Mediated hundreds of Divorce, Complex Property Division, Child Custody, and Support Cases since 2020.

Contact Information

Clark, Merlyn W.
Hawley Troxell Ennis & Hawley LLP
Post Office Box 1617
Boise, Idaho 83701
Phone: (208) 388-4836
Fax: (208) 954-5210

Recert Due: Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Counties
Ada
Adams
Bannock
Bear Lake
Benewah
Bingham
Blaine
Boise
Bonner
Bonneville
Boundary
Butte
Camas
Canyon
Caribou
Cassia
Clark
Clearwater
Custer
Elmore
Franklin
Fremont
Gem
Gooding
Idaho
Jefferson
Jerome
Kootenai
Latah
Lemhi
Lewis
Lincoln
Madison
Minidoka
Nez Perce
Oneida
Owyhee
Payette
Power
Shoshone
Teton
Twin Falls
Valley
Washington

Judicial Districts
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth
Seventh

Compensation & Expenses
$300 per hour plus expenses, including time spent reviewing documents and preparation for session and travel.

Professional Affiliations* (*See legend below)
Idaho State Bar; U.S. District Court, 9th Cir; U.S. Cer of Federal Claims; U.S. Sup.Ct; CPM of IMA; USAMI Inns; ABA, ACTL; AAA; ABF; ILF; IDAC; DRBF; ACCTM and NADN.

Education
Univ of Idaho (JD)

Legal Training and Experience

Mediation Training and Experience
Since 1996 has conducted over 700 two-party and multi-party mediations and served as arbitrator in more than 50 cases involving insurance coverage, personal injury, wrongful death, property damage, product liability, premises liability, real estate, professional liability, securities fraud, commercial contracts, constitutional law, environmental natural resources, eminent domain, municipal law and public educational law. Special Attorney General on select matters for the Idaho Dept. of Corrections, Water Resources, Health & Welfare and Dept of Admin. Taught and attended more than 325 hours of ADR training. AAA Employment Arbitrator II Training, San Francisco (9/02); attended AAA Mediator Retreat, Denver (3/02); AAA Employment Arbitrator Training, New York (2/99); AAA Commercial Arbitrator Training, Salt Lake City (2/99); taught negotiation skills and mediation advocacy skills at Univ of Idaho; Straus Inst for Dispute Resolution; Pepperdine University School of Law. Also taught effective arbitration advocacy at NW Institute for Dispute Resolution at Univ of Idaho College of Law.

Contact Information

Costello, Patrick D.
Cda ADR
2744 N. White Pines Drive
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83815
Phone: (208) 874-2998

Recert Due: Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Counties
Ada
Adams
Bannock
Bear Lake
Benewah
Bingham
Blaine
Boise
Bonner
Bonneville
Boundary
Butte
Camas
Canyon
Caribou
Cassia
Clark
Clearwater
Custer
Elmore
Franklin
Fremont
Gem
Gooding
Idaho
Jefferson
Jerome
Kootenai
Latah
Lemhi
Lewis
Lincoln
Madison
Minidoka
Nez Perce
Oneida
Owyhee
Payette
Power
Shoshone
Teton
Twin Falls
Valley
Washington

Judicial Districts
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth
Seventh

Compensation & Expenses
$180 per hour, plus expenses

Professional Affiliations* (*See legend below)
Idaho State Bar; Inns of Court; Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers

Education
University of Kansas (BA); Boston University (JD)

Legal Training and Experience

Mediation Training and Experience
Acting Director of Clinical Programs at Univeristy of Idaho College of Law. More than 30 yrs experiencde as Idaho ADR provider, instructor, litigator and judge. Co-supervising attorney of the Univ of Idaho College of Law Mediation Clinic from 2009 to present. Served as mediator, arbitrator,evaluator,or factfinder in employment, personal injury, public-sector collective bargaining and family disputed. Have taught ADR courses for University School of Business and Economics, and Univ Studies Abroad Consortium (Costa Rica). Participated in many mediation, arbitration or megotiation traininig courses at Northwest Inst for Dispute Resolution and at Pepperdine Strauss Inst for Dispute Resolution. Served as magistrate judge of the Second Judicial District of Idaho.

Contact Information

Dockter, Jennifer
Dockter & Hardwicke Law Office
Post Office Box 743
Rupert, Idaho 83350
Phone: (208) 878-6418
Fax: (208) 436-6419

Recert Due: Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Counties
Ada
Adams
Bannock
Bear Lake
Benewah
Bingham
Blaine
Boise
Bonner
Bonneville
Boundary
Butte
Camas
Canyon
Caribou
Cassia
Clark
Clearwater
Custer
Elmore
Franklin
Fremont
Gem
Gooding
Idaho
Jefferson
Jerome
Kootenai
Latah
Lemhi
Lewis
Lincoln
Madison
Minidoka
Nez Perce
Oneida
Owyhee
Payette
Power
Shoshone
Teton
Twin Falls
Valley
Washington

Judicial Districts
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth
Seventh

Compensation & Expenses
$200 per hour. Negotiable for lower income

Professional Affiliations* (*See legend below)
Idaho State Bar; California State Bar; Northern Mariana Islands State Bar

Education
Juris Doctorate 2008

Legal Training and Experience

Mediation Training and Experience
Twin Falls, Idaho, September 2019 Northern Mariana Islands training

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