Civil Case Mediators
Mediators are governed by Idaho Statute I.C.A.R. 73
>Civil Case Mediator Application Form
A complete list of mediators is available below the search options. To filter this list, please select the counties, judicial districts, or type the name of the mediator you're searching for below, then click the "Search" button. Scroll down to see your returned results.
If your county is not listed, please select the county or counties closest to your desired location.
Contact Information
Erik P. Smith Attorney and Counselor at LawLAKE CITY LAW PLLC / RIVERS EDGE MEDIATION
435 W. Hanley Avenue Ste 102
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83815
Phone: (208) 765-6000
Fax: (208) 765-2370
Recert Due:
Thursday, December 31, 2026
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
Judicial Districts
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth
Seventh
Compensation & Expenses
Professional Affiliations* (*See legend below)
Idaho State Bar; IACOL; Idaho Supreme Court Child Custody Mediators
Education
Seattle Pacific Univ (BA 1988); University of Idaho (JD 1994)
Legal Training and Experience
20 years legal experience in trial advocacy, appellate practice, national resources, civil litigation, criminal defense and business law.
Mediation Training and Experience
Advanced Basic Mediation Course
Contact Information
Furey, Patrick D.301 E. Brookhollow Drive
Boise, Idaho 83706
Phone: (208) 368-0855
Fax: (208) 368-0855
Recert Due:
Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Counties
Ada
Adams
Bannock
Bear Lake
Benewah
Bingham
Blaine
Boise
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; all state courts in Idaho; U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho; Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; former memberships in both Idaho Trial Lawyers Assn and Idaho Assn of Defense Counsel
Education
University of Idaho (BA)
University of Idaho, College of Law (JD)
Legal Training and Experience
Law Clerk, Idaho Supreme Court; U.S. District Court Law Clerk; 40-year litigation career, 20 years as insurance defense counsel and 20 years devoted primarily to representation of claimants. Practice areas include air crashes, insurance coverage and bad faith, law firm splits, partnership dissolutions, contract disputes, personal injury, intra-governmental disputes.
Mediation Training and Experience
Northwest Institute for Dispute Resolution 40-hour mediation course; participant in numerous mediated settlements representing claimants and defendants,
Contact Information
Hardwicke, Adam C.Dockter & Hardwicke Law Office
Post Office Box 703
Rupert, Idaho 83350
Phone: (208) 878-6418
Fax: (208) 436-6419
Recert Due:
Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Counties
Ada
Adams
Bannock
Bear Lake
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; Colorado State Bar; Northern Mariana Islands State Bar
Education
Juris Doctorate 1997
Legal Training and Experience
General civil, criminal defense, family law and trial experience
Mediation Training and Experience
Twin Falls, Idaho, basic mediation training, Northern Mariana Islands mediation training
Contact Information
Howe, Jeanne M.J.M. Howe Law, PLLC
923 N. 3rd Street
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83814
Phone: (208) 215-4960
Recert Due:
Friday, December 31, 2027
Counties
Adams
Benewah
Bonner
Boundary
Clearwater
Idaho
Kootenai
Latah
Lewis
Nez Perce
Shoshone
Valley
Judicial Districts
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Compensation & Expenses
Professional Affiliations* (*See legend below)
ISB (Dispute Resolution, Family Law, Taxation & Probate, Employment Law Sections); First District Bar Association; IMA; ABA (Dispute Resolution & Criminal Justice Sections); IACDL; John P. Gray Bench Bar Forum.
Education
Creighton University School of Law (J.D.); University of Nebraska Omaha (B.S. Dietetics).
Legal Training and Experience
Criminal Defense, Child Protection, Mental Commitment Proceedings, Contempt. Kootenai County Public Defender's Office. Canyon County Public Defense. Ada County Prosecutor's Office.
Mediation Training and Experience
Basic Mediation (40 hours)
Contact Information
Knotts, David W.Hawley Troxell Ennis & Hawley, LLP
Post Office Box 1617
Boise, Idaho 83701
Phone: (208) 388-4805
Fax: (208) 954-5201
Recert Due:
Friday, December 31, 2027
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; United States District Court; United States Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit; Idaho Mediation Assn; Bar Register of Prominent Lawyers; The Best Lawyers in America; Mountain States Super Lawyer (construction); Claim & Litigation Management Alliance; Martindale-Hubbell AV "Top Rated Lawyer" and AV rated.
Education
Indiana University (B.A. 1977) (Phi Beta Kappa); Univesrity of North Caroline (M.A. 1982); University of Oregon (J.D. 1985) (Order of Coif)
Legal Training and Experience
Two year clerkship with Justice Stephen Bistline, Idaho Supreme Court. Over 30 years of practice in areas including personal injury, construction defect, insurance coverage, product liability, premises liability, professional liability, employment claims, discrimination claims, resort and amusement claims, and fire losses.
Mediation Training and Experience
40 Basic Mediation training through Idaho Mediation Assn. Participated in several hundred mediations, and commenced conducting mediations in March, 2015.
Contact Information
Kuck, RIchard K.Richard K. Kuck, PLLC
250 Northwest Blvd, # 104 - P O Box 1320
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83816
Phone: (208) 667-3600
Fax: (208) 667-3379
Recert Due:
Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Counties
Benewah
Bonner
Boundary
Clearwater
Idaho
Kootenai
Latah
Nez Perce
Shoshone
Judicial Districts
First
Second
Compensation & Expenses
Professional Affiliations* (*See legend below)
Idaho State Bar Assn; United States District Court, Idaho; Colorado State Bar Assn; Washington State Bar Assn.
Education
University of Idaho (B.A.); University of Idaho, College of Law (J.D.)
Legal Training and Experience
I have legal and litigation experience in the following areas since the date indicated: Personal injury, since 1991; Real property - lease, purchase and sale, since 1991; Real property - litigation since 1991; Contracts - drafting and litigation, since 1991; Business entities - formation and dissolution, since 1991; business entities - purchase and sale, since 1993; Business entities - litigation , since 1992; Condemnation and eminent domain, since 2012; Civil rights - law enforcement, since 1997; Trust and Estate Dispute Resolution Act litigation - State of Washington, since 2015; Associated Trial - Licensing of Avista Utilities Spokane River Hydro Electric Projects litigation - before Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , 2006 - 2007; Associated Motions Counsel - Federal Columbia River Power Supply System, 2010 Biological Opinion litigation.
Mediation Training and Experience
40-Hour Basic Family Mediation Training at Northwest Institute for Dispute Resolution; Annual Northwest Dispute Resolution Conference - University of Washington School of Law (2018); 25th Annual Northwest Dispute Resolution Conference - University of Washington, School of Law,.
Contact Information
Lyons, MarcLyons O'Dowd, PLLC
703 E. Lakeside Ave., Suite 101
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83814
Phone: (208) 714-0487 1
Recert Due:
Thursday, December 31, 2026
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, Kootenai County Bar Association
Education
University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho
Juris Doctor, 1983
B.S., Business
Legal Training and Experience
30+ years of civil litigation, mediation, education law, public agency/government law, insurance law
Mediation Training and Experience
40 hours of training in February 2021 with Idaho Mediation Association
56 hours of mediation in the last four years
Contact Information
Porter, KelleyNez Perce County
Post Office Box 428
Genesee, Idaho 83832
Phone: (208) 310-6602
Recert Due:
Friday, December 31, 2027
Counties
Ada
Clearwater
Idaho
Latah
Lewis
Nez Perce
Judicial Districts
Second
Compensation & Expenses
Professional Affiliations* (*See legend below)
Idaho State Bar
Education
University of Wyoming (BA); University of Idaho (JD).
Legal Training and Experience
More than 14 years as staff attorney for Nez Perce County.
Mediation Training and Experience
Northwest Institute for Dispute Resolution (Basic Civil Mediation Course);District 2 Family Court Services (Basic Mediation with Child Custody Focus).
Contact Information
Schilling, Ronald D.Alternative Dispute Resolution
Post Office Box 1251
Meridian, Idaho 83680
Phone: (208) 898-0338
Fax: (208) 898-9051
Recert Due:
Friday, December 31, 2027
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, ABA, Inns of Court, U.S. District Court.
Education
University of Idaho, College of Law (JD)
Legal Training and Experience
District judge for 20 years; State Magistrate Judge; U.S. Magistrate Judge
Mediation Training and Experience
20 years as district judge; Harvard Law School Mediation Workshop; Advanced Mediator's Forum; Northwest Institute for Dispute Resolution; Judicial Settlement, Nat'; Judicial College.
Contact Information
Shepherd, Ron R.R. Shepherd Law, PLLC
1990 N. Meridian Road
Meridian, Idaho 83646
Phone: (208) 887-3444
Fax: (208) 887-3443
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; United States District Court; ISB – ADR Section member/Former Chairperson
Education
University of Idaho, School of Law (J.D.)
Legal Training and Experience
Two years criminal prosecution, general civil litigation since 2005 including, but not limited to, construction law/litigation, personal injury, collections, real estate litigation and family law
Mediation Training and Experience
Former Chairperson Idaho State Bar Alternative Dispute Resolution Section; Northwest Institute for Dispute Resolution- 40 hours basic mediation training; Participated in numerous mediations
