Idaho Court of Appeals

The Idaho Court of Appeals is the intermediate-level appellate court for the state of Idaho. The court was created by statute by the Idaho Legislature^[1] and began operations in 1982.^[2]

Jurisdiction[]

The Court of Appeals hears cases assigned to it by the Idaho Supreme Court. The only exceptions to this jurisdiction are capital murder convictions and appeals from the Idaho Public Utilities Commission and the Idaho Industrial Commission (which administers the state's workers' compensation laws^[3]), which must be heard by the Supreme Court.^[4]

The Court of Appeals includes four judges. Cases are heard by three-judge panels.

Position	Appt. by	Took office / Length of service	Term expires	Education, prior positions
Chief Judge	Butch Otter	January 5, 2009 12 years, 11 months	January 2025	BSU (1982); University of Idaho College of Law (1985); intern law clerk for Judge J. Blaine Anderson, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (1984); law clerk for Judge Harold Ryan (1985–87); private practice at Evans Keane (1987–2009).
Associate Judge	Butch Otter	January 2019 2 years, 11 months	January 2027	Idaho (1989); University of Idaho College of Law (1993); law clerk for Judge Thomas G. Nelson, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals; private practice at Holland & Hart (18 years) and Andersen, Schwartzman, Woodard and Brailsford (5 years).
Associate Judge	Butch Otter	July 2, 2015 6 years, 5 months	January 2023	Idaho (1989), University of Idaho College of Law (1993); deputy public defender and deputy prosecutor for Bonneville County; State Appellate Public Defender (2002–11); District Judge in Canyon County, Idaho 3rd Judicial District (2011–15).
Associate Judge	Butch Otter	October 3, 2017 4 years, 2 months	January 2025	UNC Greensboro; UNC (1996); University of North Carolina School of Law (2002); private practice at Givens Pursley (2002–04); Appellate Unit in the Criminal Division at the Idaho Attorney General's Office (2004–17).

**Seat 4**
Name	Appointer	Term
David Gratton	Butch Otter	2009–present

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