Idaho Court of Appeals

The Idaho Court of Appeals is the intermediate-level appellate court for the state of Idaho; created by statute by the state legislature, operations began in 1982.^[1][2] The court is housed in the Idaho Supreme Court building in Boise.

Jurisdiction

The Court of Appeals hears cases assigned to it by the Idaho Supreme Court. The only exceptions to this jurisdiction are capital murder convictions and appeals from the state's public utilities commission and industrial commission (which administers the state's workers' compensation laws),^[3] which must be heard by the state supreme court.^[4]

Judges

Position	Name	Appt. by	Took office / Length of service	Term expires	Prior position	Law school
Chief Judge	David Gratton	Butch Otter	January 5, 2009 15 years, 11 months	January 2025	Private practice at Evans Keane (1987–2009)	University of Idaho
Associate Judge	Molly Huskey	Butch Otter	July 2, 2015 9 years, 5 months	January 2029	District Judge in Canyon County, Idaho 3rd Judicial District (2011–15)	University of Idaho
Associate Judge	Jessica Lorello	Butch Otter	October 3, 2017 7 years, 2 months	January 2025	Appellate Unit in the Criminal Division at the Idaho Attorney General's Office (2004–17)	University of North Carolina
Associate Judge	Michael Tribe	Brad Little	January 23, 2024 10 months	January 2027	District Judge in Cassia County, Idaho 5th Judicial District (2017–24)	University of Idaho

Succession of seats

Seat 1

Established in 1980

Name	Term
Jesse Walters	1982–1997
Alan Schwartzman	1997–2002
Sergio Gutierrez	2002–2018
Amanda Brailsford	2019–2023
Michael Tribe	2024-present

Seat 2

Established in 1980

Name	Term
Donald Burnett	1982–1990
Cathy Silak	1990–1993
Karen Lansing	1993–2015
Molly Huskey	2015–present

Seat 3

Established in 1980

Name	Term
Roger Swanstrom	1982–1993
Darrel Perry	1993–2009
John Melanson	2009–2017
Jessica Lorello	2017–present

Seat 4

Established in 2008

Name	Term
David Gratton	2009–present

References

1. "Idaho Code, Title 1, Chapter 24". Archived from the original on 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
2. "Idaho Code § 1-2404". Archived from the original on 2009-10-01. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
3. Homepage of the Idaho Industrial Commission
4. Idaho Code § 1-2406

External links

• Guide to Idaho's judicial structure from the Idaho State Judiciary website