Gregory W. Moeller
Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court
Assumed office
January 3, 2019 (2019-01-03)
Appointed byButch Otter
Preceded byJoel D. Horton
Personal details
Born (1963-05-01) May 1, 1963
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
SpouseKathy Moeller
Children5
Alma materBrigham Young University (BA, JD)

Gregory W. Moeller (born March 1, 1963) is an American lawyer and judge, who is an associate justice of the Idaho Supreme Court.[1] He previously served as an Idaho district court judge from 2009 to 2018.[1]

Education and early career

Moeller graduated from South Fremont High School in 1981,[1] and then attended Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah. He earned a bachelor's degree, magna cum laude, in political science in 1987, and completed a J.D. degree at BYU's J. Reuben Clark Law School in 1990.

Moeller was in private practice at the law firm Rigby, Andrus & Moeller, Chtd. from 1990 to 2009.[1]

Judicial career

State district court

In 2009, Governor Butch Otter appointed Moeller as a state judge on the Idaho District Court for the 7th judicial district. He was re-elected in 2010 and 2014.

Supreme Court

In June 2018, Idaho Supreme Court justice Joel D. Horton announced his retirement, effective at the end of December.[2] The Idaho Judicial Council provided Governor Butch Otter with three replacement candidates to choose from: Moeller and attorneys Rebecca Rainey and Mary York.[2] Otter announced on November 30 that he had selected Moeller for the vacancy.

Moeller was sworn in on January 3, 2019,[3] and ran unopposed in the 2020 election, held during the state primary in the spring..

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Hon. Gregory Moeller". Idaho Supreme Court. Idaho Judicial Branch. 2019. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Idaho Supreme Court justice to retire after 24 years in judiciary". Idaho Press.
  3. ↑ "Justice Moeller Biography | Supreme Court". isc.idaho.gov.
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