Idaho Governor Brad Little has appointed Brendon Taylor as District Judge to the Seventh Judicial District.
Taylor is a Magistrate Judge in Bonneville County, serving since 2022, where he was the presiding judge for the Domestic Violence Treatment Court program. He previously practiced civil and criminal litigation for 22 years at Merrill & Merrill in Pocatello. Taylor earned his undergraduate degree from Idaho State University, and juris doctorate from Washburn University School of Law in Topeka, Kansas.
The position Taylor will fill is chambered in Bonneville County. He will fill a vacancy created by the retirement of the Honorable Bruce Pickett. The Seventh Judicial District encompasses Bingham, Bonneville, Butte, Clark, Custer, Fremont, Jefferson, Lemhi, Madison, and Teton counties in eastern Idaho.
