• Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

  ret-senior-jud

  2018 – present · 8 yrs

• Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

  Judge

  2007 – 2018 · 11 yrsAppointed by George W. Bush

Career

• Judge

  Idaho District Court, Sixth Judicial District

  1995 – 2007 · 12 yrs

• Chairman

  Idaho Republican Party

  1993 – 1994 · 1 yr

• adj-prof

  1984 – 2018 · 34 yrs

• Civil Litigator, Partner (since 1984)

  Merrill & Merrill

  1982 – 1995 · 13 yrs

• adj-prof

  Boise State University

  1979 – 1981 · 2 yrs

• prac

  J.R. Simplot Company

  1977 – 1981 · 4 yrs

Education