Roger Burdick
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Legal Education and Experience
Burdick received his Bachelor’s of Science degree from the University of Colorado and graduated from the University of Idaho School of Law with a Juris Doctorate in 1974. From 1970 to 1971, he worked as a Bank Examiner, Department of Finance in Boise, Idaho. From 1974 to 1980, he worked with the law firm of Webb, Pike, Burton & Carlson in Twin Falls, Idaho, then as Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in Ada County, and finally as a partner with the law firm of Hart and Burdick, in Jerome, Idaho. While with Hart and Burdick from 1976 to 1980, he served as a Public Defender in Camas, Lincoln, Jerome and Gooding Counties, as well as a general law practice. In November 1980, he was elected as Prosecuting Attorney for Jerome County. From September 1981 to September 1993, he served as Magistrate Judge in Jerome County. During that time, he was appointed the first Magistrate Member of the Idaho Judicial Council, President of Idaho Magistrate Association and Chairman of Juvenile Rules Committee, as well as numerous other committees.
In September 1993, he was appointed District Judge in Twin Falls County and has served on various Idaho Supreme Court advisory committees, including Chairman of I.A.R. 32 Rules Committee. He served as the District Judge member of the Idaho Judicial Council from 1995 to 2001. He served as President of the District Judges Association from 2001 to 2003. In 2001, he was assigned to hear the nation’s largest water adjudication, the Snake River Basin Adjudication.
In January 2001, he was appointed the Administrative Judge for the Fifth Judicial District.
