The State of State Supreme Court Vacancies in Idaho - March 10th, 2021
Idaho recently released its 9 candidates for the upcoming vacancy on its State Supreme Court by Roger Burdick. Below I should be going through each candidate, their political leanings and who is more likely to be picked from the 9.
Idaho Supreme Court Applicants
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Kimmer W. Callahan is a lawyer in private practice at the firm Callahan & Associates, Chtd. which primarily works in estate planning and trusts in the state of Idaho. He also practices in VA Benefits and elder law as well. He originally is from Colorado and got his degree from the state of Idaho and is one of five certified to practice EPLS.
He lives in Kootenai County, which is a predominately Republican as it voted 70.2 percent R to 27.2 percent D in the 2020 election. Below is the social media that has been able to be tangentially related to him. To note, his Twitter is not confirmed and could be a different person in Ohio.
(Any media without a link means I could not find it.)
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Bart M. Davis of Boise was a former US Attorney for the District of Idaho from 2017 to 2021. He was a Republican member of the Idaho Senate who represented it for 15 years in District 33. He also represented District 29 for 4 years. In that time he served as Idaho Senate Majority Leader for those 15 years. His last challenge by a Democrat was in 2010 and an independent in 2016.
He was born in South Dakota and went to the University of Idaho College of Law. From there notable law work was co-counsel to Davis v. United States (1990), representing the claims by two missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and whether the missionary expenses represented a "charitable contribution". The Court ruled an unanimous opinion against his parents (who were the petitioners) and he lost that case.
He has represented Idaho on the Uniform Law Commission and the past Chairman of the Council of State Governments.
In 2017 he was appointed to be the U.S. District Attorney of Idaho and was confirmed on a voice vote both in the Senate Judiciary Committee and the entire Senate.
He has spent 3, 265 dollars in donations to Republican candidates in publicly available federal records. He is not an event producer nor is he not employed. His middle name starts with M.
(Any media without a link means I could not find it.)
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Leslie M. Hayes of Boise is the Deputy Attorney Federal in civil ligation. She has been in professional litigant and has been with the Idaho AG's office since 2012. She deals with personal matters within the AG's office and is on the Board for Idaho Women Lawyers.
The Board of Idaho Women Lawyers is a quasi-union that does not take any political or judicial stance. They support purely women lawyers and they have a "diverse" membership. Some of their most prominent advocates are "Advancing Equity in Practice", "Challenges in Idaho and What Can We Do to Address Them", and "Combating Bias & Protecting Constitutional Rights".
The Judaical Committee Chair (who she works with) has donated thousands of dollars to the ActBlue and the Biden campaign. There are no other publicly available connections who have federally donated. Anyone else is too obscured to make a connection.
(Any media without a link means I could not find it.)
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Nathan R. Long of Pocatello works mainly with businesses at Echo Hawk. He was a staff attorney to
Chief US Magistrate Judge Larry M. Boyle for the District of Idaho who predominantly wrote originalist opinions. He has handled multi-corporation claims mainly and other non-criminal ideals. He serves part time at Idaho State University.
(Any media without a link means I could not find it.)
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Jessica M. Lorello of Meridian is an Idaho native who graduated from Boise High School in 1989. She received a Master’s Degree in Health Care Administration and her Juris Doctor degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After law school, she worked in private practice at Givens Pursley LLP until 2004 when she joined the Criminal Law Division of the Idaho Attorney General’s Office where she worked in the Appellate Unit and the Capital Litigation Unit.
She serves as an Adjunct Professor for the Legal Research
and Writing program at Concordia University School of Law. Judge Lorello
graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
receiving a Master’s Degree in Health Care Administration in 1996 and
her Juris Doctor in 2002.
Governor Otter (R) appointed Judge Lorello to the Idaho Court of Appeals in 2017.
(Any media without a link means I could not find it.)
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Diane M. Walker of Meridian of Idaho was appointed Fourth Judicial District Magistrate Judge in Ada County. For the past nine years, Walker has served as Deputy State Appellate Public Defender, where she represented indigent clients in felony criminal appeals. Walker served as a law clerk to Idaho Supreme Court Justice Roger Burdick from 2003 through 2005. Prior to that, she worked as a private practice attorney.
Judge Walker earned her bachelor’s degree from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, California, and her juris doctorate from Gonzaga University School of Law.
She is likely not to have any FEC filings as there are multiple Diane Walker's in Idaho however it is possible that she donated to ActBlue in the past.
(Any media without a link means I could not find it.)
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Timothy C. Walton of Boise is a personal injury lawyer at Chasan & Walton, LLC. He received legal training from University of Idaho College of Law. He graduated from law school in 1977. Timothy Walton became licensed to practice law in 1977.
Timothy Walton was selected to Super Lawyers. The designation means that he is a top-rated attorney as recognized by peers. He was selected to Super Lawyers for 2008 - 2013, 2016 - 2021.
Timonthy Walton contributed 250 dollars in 1998 to former Democratic Idaho party chairman Bill Mauk who ran against Mike Crapo at the time. Bill Mauk was political allies with Bill Clinton.
He has donated a lot of money to AAJC which has donated 2.2 million dollars to Democrats and only 53 thousand dollars to Republicans in the 2020 cycle. He donated as recently as the 2014 cycle which they donated 2.1 million dollars to Democrats and only 98 thousand dollars to Republicans.
(Any media without a link means I could not find it.)
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Moscow attorney Tom W. Whitney was appointed to the Caldwell-based 3rd Judicial District judge by Governor Butch Otter (R).
Whitney, from Washington, D.C., has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland and is a graduate of the University of Idaho’s College of Law. He taught math at Bonners Ferry High School before being accepted to law school. He and his wife, Diane, own and operate the Moscow law firm Whitney & Whitney, LLP.
(Any media without a link means I could not find it.)
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