The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Idaho and Canyon County Prosecutor’s Office, in collaboration with Treasure Valley Partners, are seeking a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney to handle a heavy criminal caseload involving a wide variety of criminal prosecutions, including violent crime, firearms and drug offenses related to gang activity. This position will be for a term of three years but may extend beyond that, at the discretion of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Treasure Valley Partners and the Canyon County Prosecutor’s Office.

Click here to see the complete vacancy announcement for qualifications and salary information.

http://www.justice.gov/usao/id/employment/attorneyemploy.html

The ABA Journal published an article titled “Family Ties: The private and public lives of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg” by Stephanie Francis Ward in its October 2010 issue. The article chronicles the life of Ginsburg who became the second female justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

View the full article here.

DirectWomen is a program supported by the American Bar Association and Catalyst, Inc. The centerpiece of the DirectWomen initiative is the DirectWomen Board Institute, a two-day program with discussions about key issues facing current and future directors. The sessions are led by experts from the boardroom, academia and legal practice and provide networking opportunities with alumnae, search firm consultants and award winning women directors. The result is an elite group of exceptional senior women lawyers positioned to serve as directors of U.S. corporations.

We plan to select approximately 20 women to attend the fourth annual DirectWomen Board Institute, to be held February 9-11, 2011 at the Waldorf—Astoria in New York City. Past Institute members include general counsel of major companies with significant board experience, as well as corporate lawyers, litigators, and academics with significant board and corporate governance experience. For a list of Institute alumnae, please visit www.directwomen.org. Please share this information with members of the Fourth District Bar Association, and we encourage you and your members to refer candidates for the Class of 2011 by submitting their names and contact information to directwomen2011@gmail.com. A representative of DirectWomen will contact them with more information about the application process. We also would appreciate it if you and your members would call the women identified to tell them about the recommendation, encourage them to apply, and tell them they will be receiving information about the application process from DirectWomen.

More information about DirectWomen, as well as the online application for the 2011 Board Institute, can be found at www.directwomen.org. If you have any questions or need further information, please contact Kaitland Kennelly (212-735-7385 or KKDirectWomen@gmaiLcom) or Hannah Wells (212-735-7384 or HWDirectWomen@gmaiLcom).

All: 

For the past few years, I’ve been involved in representing the U.S. District Courts for the District of Idaho in the Ninth Circuit, first as a Lawyer Representative (3 year term) and more recently being elected to serve as an officer of the group that oversees all 170+ lawyer representatives in the Ninth Circuit.  It has been an amazing opportunity that has allowed me great access to our federal bench in Idaho and throughout the Circuit.  Our court is currently soliciting applications from the 4th District for a lawyer representative — this person will take over for out-going lawyer rep Steve Anderson.  A lawyer rep serves for 3 years and is expected to: (1) attend quarterly meetings with the Board of Judges of the federal court; (2) help plan and execute the annual federal court road show; and (3) attend the Ninth Circuit’s annual judicial conference (and, as a senior lawyer rep, help plan some of the programs).  All of your expenses are reimbursed by the court.  This year the Ninth Circuit’s conference is in Maui and next year its in San Diego — it’s a good gig!

If you have any interest in applying, feel free to talk to me about it and/or check out this website:

http://www.id.uscourts.gov/announcements/LawRepNotice2010.pdf

Thanks!

Deb Kristensen

Givens Pursley, LLP

208.388-1200

Click here to view the transcript from IWL’s luncheon with Governor Otter that was held on July 13, 2010.

Assistant United States Attorney Vacancy Announcement – Financial Fraud

Assistant United States Attorney Vacancy Announcement – Immigration

Click on image to view letter.

IWL is excited to announce that our very own Wendy Olson, one of the board of directors for IWL, was nominated today by President Obama to serve as United States Attorney for Idaho.  This was one of two nominations made by the President today for such a position.  To see more about this nomination and Wendy’s   Please click this link for more information: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-nominates-justice-thomas-delahanty-ii-and-wendy-olson-be-united-sta. 

Congratulations Wendy!

Be sure to read Idaho Legal History Society’s recent newsletter with a great article about Helen Young, the first woman admitted to practice law in Idaho.

View Article Here.

Click here to view the letter: iwl-to-otter-re-wiebe-appointment