Roger Burdick | |
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Chief Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court | |
In office January 3, 2017 –December 31, 2020 | |
Preceded by | Jim Jones |
Succeeded by | G. Richard Bevan |
In office August 1,2011 –August 1,2015 | |
Preceded by | Dan Eismann |
Succeeded by | Jim Jones |
Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court | |
In office August 1,2003 –June 30,2021 | |
Appointed by | Dirk Kempthorne |
Preceded by | Jesse Walters |
Succeeded by | Colleen Zahn |
Personal details | |
Born | Roger Stephen Burdick June 23,1947 Boulder,Colorado,U.S. |
Education | University of Colorado (BS) University of Idaho (JD) |
Roger Stephen Burdick (born June 23,1947) is an American attorney and jurist who served as a justice of the Idaho Supreme Court from 2003 to 2021. He was chief justice twice for a total of eight years;from 2011 to 2015,and 2017 through 2020. [1]
Born in Boulder,Colorado,Burdick moved around the United States in his youth,eventually settling in Boise,Idaho. [2] He graduated from Boise High School in 1965 and the University of Colorado in Boulder in 1970,earning a bachelor's degree in finance. [3] [4] After a year as a bank examiner for the state of Idaho,Burdick entered the University of Idaho College of Law in Moscow and earned a Juris Doctor in 1974.
Burdick was appointed to the Idaho Supreme Court by Governor Dirk Kempthorne in 2003 to fill the vacancy of the retiring Jesse Walters. [5] He retained his seat in statewide elections in 2004 (unopposed), [6] 2010 (58.4%), [7] and 2016 (unopposed). [8]
Elected chief justice by his fellow justices in 2011,Burdick did not seek a second term in 2015 and was succeeded by Jim Jones in August. [9] Following Jones' retirement in early 2017,he became chief justice again and served through 2020. In February 2021,Burdick announced his upcoming retirement from the court at the end of June. [10]