Joel Horton
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Joel Horton is one of five justices on the Idaho Supreme Court. He has served on the state's highest court since the September of 2007[1], when he was appointed by Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter, a Republican, to succeed Justice Linda Copple Trout. Horton was chosen from a list of judges put forward by the Idaho Judicial Council. The other names on the list were Judge Darla Williamson, 3rd District Judge Juneal Kerrick and Coeur d'Alene attorney Kenneth Howard.[2]
On May 27, 2008, Horton was re-elected to the court for a six year term. His competitor was John Bradbury. The election was extraordinarily close, with Horton winning 74,849 votes to 74,573 for Bradbury, a margin of difference of 276 votes.[3]
His current term ends in January of 2016.[4]
See also: Idaho Supreme Court elections.
Legal education and experience
Justice Horton received his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Washington in 1982 and his J.D. degree from the University of Idaho College of Law in 1985.
Justice Horton began his career practicing law in Lewiston. From 1986 to 1988, he was the Twin Falls deputy prosecuting attorney. He then worked as a criminal deputy with the Ada County Prosecutor for a few years and in 1991, he became the Deputy Attorney General. The following year, he returned to the Ada County Prosecutor’s Office as a deputy criminal prosecutor. In 1994, he was appointed an Ada County Magistrate Judge. He worked in this position as a family law judge until 1996, when he was appointed to the Ada County District Court. He held this position until his appointment to the Supreme Court in 2007.[1]
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