Roger S. Burdick

Roger Burdick
Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court
Incumbent
Assumed office 2003
Appointed by	Dirk Kempthorne
Preceded by	Jesse Walters
Chief Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court
In office 2011 – 2015
Appointed by	election (peers)
Preceded by	Daniel Eismann
Succeeded by	Jim Jones
Personal details
Born	June 23, 1947 Boulder, Colorado[1]
Alma mater	University of Colorado (B.S. finance, 1970) University of Idaho (J.D. 1974)

Roger S. Burdick (born June 23, 1947) is a justice of the Idaho Supreme Court. A member of the court since 2003, he was the chief justice from 2011 to 2015.^[2]

Born in Boulder, Colorado, Burdick lived in various locations in the U.S. as a youth.^[1] He graduated from Boise High School in Idaho in 1965^[3] and the University of Colorado in Boulder in 1970, earning a bachelor's degree in finance.^[4] After a year as a bank examiner for the state of Idaho, Burdick attended the University of Idaho in Moscow and received his J.D. from its College of Law in 1974.

Appointed to the Idaho Supreme Court by the Governor Dirk Kempthorne in 2003, he retained his seat in statewide elections in 2004 (unopposed), 2010, and 2016 (unopposed). Elected chief justice by his fellow justices in 2011, he did not seek a second term in 2015 and was succeeded by Jim Jones in August.^[5]

References

1. "In Memory of Floyd "Ray" Burdick". Boise, Idaho: Summer Funeral Home. April 2013. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
2. "Supreme Court Justices". State of Idaho. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
3. "Roger Burdick". Boise High Class of 1965. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
4. "Justice Roger S. Burdick". Boise High Class of 1965. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
5. Russell, Betsy Z. (July 15, 2015). "Justice Jim Jones to be Idaho Supreme Court's next chief justice, as of Aug. 1". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Retrieved August 16, 2015.

External links

• http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/58866/roger-burdick#.VBEb8xZvDWA