Colleen Zahn | |
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Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court | |
Assumed office July 1, 2021 | |
Appointed by | Brad Little |
Preceded by | Roger Burdick |
Personal details | |
Born | October 7,1973 |
Education | University of Idaho (BA,JD) |
Colleen D. Zahn (born October 7,1973) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as an associate justice of the Idaho Supreme Court. She assumed office in 2021.
Zahn earned a Bachelor of Science degree in communications and public relations from the University of Idaho in 1995 and a Juris Doctor from its College of Law in 2000. [1] [2] [3]
Zahn spent ten years in the private sector with trial and litigation firms. She served as a deputy attorney general in the department of correction and the civil litigation division,and was the chief of the criminal law division for the state attorney general until her judicial appointment. [1] [4]
On June 1,2021,Governor Brad Little appointed Zahn to serve as an associate justice of the Idaho Supreme Court. [5] Little nominated Zahn for the seat being vacated by Chief Justice Roger Burdick,who had announced his intent to retire on June 30. [1] Zahn was sworn in on July 1, [6] and publicly sworn in on July 14,2021. [7] She is the fourth female justice to serve on the court, [6] and ran unopposed in 2022,conducted in the state's May primary.
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