Admission for Experienced Attorneys

Listed below are the steps for Admission to the Idaho State Bar as an Experienced Attorney Applicant.  The application process could take from 60 to 90 days to complete.

1. When an application has been processed and approved, the Idaho State Bar notifies the Idaho Supreme Court that the applicant is eligible for admission.
2. When the Idaho State Bar receives the Order of Admission, the Admissions Department sends the applicant license forms to be completed and returned to the Idaho State Bar, along with a letter giving instructions for admission to the Idaho Supreme Court and the United States District Court.
3. After the Idaho State Bar has received and processed the license forms, the applicant is eligible for admission.  Applicant must first be admitted through the Idaho Supreme Court before being eligible to be admitted to the United States District Court.
4. Applicants must appear in person at the Idaho Supreme Court in Boise to be sworn-in.  Please note that applicants have six months from the date of the Order of Admission to be sworn-in.  Idaho Bar Commission Rule 220.
5. Pursuant to Idaho Bar Commission Rule 402, within 12 months of admission to the Idaho State Bar, each new Idaho lawyer is required to complete the New Admittee Education Requirement, which entails completion of 10 New Admittee Credit (NAC) approved CLE credits, including 4 courses fulfilling the Idaho Substantive Law Requirement.  NAC-Approved courses and courses satisfying the Idaho Substantive Law Requirement are available streaming online at isb.fastcle.com.

If you have questions about the application process or the admission requirements, please contact Abby Kostecka, Licensing Director. Associate Director, or Tasha Sorrells-Landeros.

If you have questions about the New Admittee Education Requirement, please contact Teresa Baker, Program & Legal Education Director.

Apply for admission in Idaho using the Idaho State Bar Admissions Application. Click HERE for the application, instructions on how to complete the application, and other required forms.

Questions about the application process? Contact Abby Kostecka, Licensing Director, or Tasha Sorrells-Landeros, Admissions Analyst, at (208) 334-4500.

The following experienced attorneys applied for admission to practice law in Idaho:

2/15/25 – 6/18/25 

Brandon Kenley Batchelor 

Southern Illinois University School of Law

Seattle, WA

Paul  Batta 

California Western School of Law

La Mesa, CA

Monika Leigh Bickert 

Harvard Law School

Atherton, CA

William Michael Black 

Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School

Salt Lake City, UT

Barry Dene Blount 

Indiana University – Indianapolis

Meridian, ID

Elick Toby Bowler 

University of LaVerne College of Law

Redlands, CA

MATTHIAS Robert CICOTTE 

Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School

Caldwell, ID

Travis Barton Colburn 

Seattle University School of Law

SEATTLE, WA

Anne-Marie Michelle Dega 

Anne-Marie Dega Byrne 

Loyola University Chicago School of Law

Boise, ID

Peter Edward Delmoe 

University of Montana School of Law

Missoula, MT

Nikki Elizabeth Dobay 

University of Oregon School of Law

Bend, OR

Micah Jensen Dunlap 

Micah Carrie Jensen 

University of San Francisco School of Law

Spokane, WA

Caleb Ronald Durrence 

Concordia University School of Law

San Antonio, TX

Lisa Marie Roybal Elliott 

Lisa  Olivarez 

Whittier Law School

Fox Island, WA

Justin Gregory Elsner 

Seattle University School of Law

Brier, WA

Robert Burke Firpo 

University of California, Hastings College of Law

Boise, ID

Jason Carter Foulger 

Creighton University School of Law

Herriman, UT

Lucas James Foust 

University of Montana School of Law

Bozeman, MT

Joanna Nell Galbraith 

Joanna Nell Gettis 

Columbia Falls, MT

marcus  gerlach 

Univ. of Northern California – Lorenzo Patino School of Law

Bainbridge Island, WA

Gregory Scott Gilbert 

University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law

Las Vegas, NV

Anni Michelle Glogovac 

Gonzaga University School of Law

Spokane, WA

Andrea Marie Gray 

Andrea Marie Pratt 

University of Buffalo Law School, SUNY

Victor, NY

Ryan Donald Griffee 

Pepperdine University Odell McConnell Law Center

Yakima, WA

Stacy Christine Hansen 

Stacy Christine Lambert 

Washington, DC

Austin Floyd Hatcher 

Seattle University School of Law

Mead, WA

Katharine Mary Holmes 

Katharine Mary Wnorowski 

Santa Ana, CA

Thomas Christopher Johns 

Christopher  Johns 

University of California, Hastings College of Law

Boise, ID

Taryn  Jones 

University of Washington School of Law

Auburn, WA

Sean Aaron Kledzik 

John F. Kennedy University School of Law

Roseville, CA

MARK RAYMOND MCDONALD 

University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law

BLUE JAY, CA

Joseph Patrick McKay 

University of Arkansas-Little Rock

Rupert, ID

Bryce Patrick McPartland 

Gonzaga University School of Law

Moses Lake, WA

Lindsey Davis Moors 

Lindsey Davis Joseph 

University of Oregon School of Law

Colbert, WA

Sommer Joy Templet Moser 

Sommer Joy Templet 

University of Oregon School of Law

Portland, OR

Samuel  Newton 

Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School

Moscow, ID

Ashraf Mansur Nomie 

Western Michigan University Cooley Law School

Tigard, OR

Dusty Donald Parson 

William & Mary Marshall-Wythe  Law School

Meridian, ID

Thomas Winfred Purcell 

Lewis & Clark Law School

Portland, OR

Amanda Marie Sampson 

Michigan State University College of Law

Boise, ID

Nanette Dean Serrano 

Nanette Dean Peterson 

University of Idaho College of Law

Lehi, UT

Nanette Dean Serrano 

Nanette Dean Carter 

University of Idaho College of Law

Lehi, UT
Margaret Victoria Stambaugh 

Margaret Victoria Kudryn 

Seattle University School of Law

Edmonds, WA

Dean Forrest Swanson 

Boston University

Seattle, WA

David Claude Tingstad 

Seattle University School of Law

Edmonds, WA

Heather J Van Meter 

Willamette University College of Law

Vancouver, WA

Preston D Van Winkle 

Gonzaga University School of Law

Kennewick, WA

Jeffery Scott Whalley 

Jeff  Whalley 

Seattle University School of Law

Tacoma, WA

It is important that you keep your mailing and email addresses up to date with the Idaho State Bar so we can make sure you receive important information. Please contact Tasha Sorrells-Landeros to update your address.