(Bannock County Press Release, May 31, 2023)
The Sixth Judicial District Magistrates Commission will be selecting a magistrate judge to replace the Hon. Thomas W. Clark, who will be retiring effective August 31, 2023. The Magistrates Commission asks you for your help in the appointment by providing us with your comments on the following applicants:
Eighteen (18) applicants have applied for the position:
- Nathan Duane Adams (Deputy Prosecutor: Kootenai County, Hayden, ID)
- Jason Michael Brown (Private Attorney: May, Rammell & Wells, Pocatello, ID)
- Jeremy Dean Brown (Deputy Public Defender: Bannock County, Blackfoot, ID)
- John Joseph Bulger (Private Attorney: Hearn Law PLC, Pocatello, ID)
- Jason Ronald Chandler (Deputy Attorney General: Pocatello Office, Blackfoot, ID)
- Robert Thomas Curl (Deputy Public Defender: Blaine County, Ketchum, ID)
- Richard Allen Diehl (Pocatello Deputy City Attorney: Chubbuck, ID)
- Rilie Michael Fry (Senior Deputy Public Defender: Bannock County, Pocatello, ID)
- Monte Christopher Gray (Asst. General Counsel: Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Pocatello, ID)
- lan Christopher Johnson (Pocatello Deputy City Attorney: Pocatello, ID)
- Michael Joshua Morrissey (Public Defender: Power/Oneida Joint Office, Pocatello, ID)
- David Kay Penrod (Private Attorney: Penrod Swenson PLLC, Pocatello, ID)
- JaNiece Price (Deputy Prosecutor: Bannock County, Pocatello, ID)
- Brad Leonard Rigby (Deputy Public Defender: Bonneville County, Ammon, ID)
- Randy W. Smith (Canyon County Deputy Public Defender IV, Middleton, ID)
- Thomas Daniel Smith (Private Attorney at Spinner, Wood & Smith, Inkom, ID)
- Erin Jennifer Tognetti (Deputy Prosecutor: Bannock County, Lava Hot Springs, ID)
- Joshua Wickard (Deputy Public Defender: Ada County, Boise, ID)
Evaluation questionnaires on the applicants will be sent to attorneys statewide. Evaluation forms for public comment may be obtained from the Sixth District Trial Court Administrator’s Office, 624 E. Center, Room 307, Pocatello, Idaho 83201 or your local county courthouse. You can call 208-236-7379 or request a form by email at: kerryh@bannockcounty.gov.
Any individuals with personal knowledge regarding the qualification of the applicants are urged to complete the evaluation form. Evaluations on the magistrate judge applicants should be returned to the Trial Court Administrator’s Office at 624 E. Center, Room 307, Pocatello, ID 83201, or by email no later than June 23, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.
