District of Idaho

Judge Myers is an Idaho native.  He received his undergraduate degree from Idaho State University in 1976 and his J.D. from the University of Idaho College of Law in 1980.  After serving as a law clerk to the Honorable Joseph J. McFadden, Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court, and to the Honorable Merlin S. Young, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Idaho, Judge Myers entered private practice in Boise, Idaho, in 1984.  Judge Myers was appointed as a United States Bankruptcy Judge in 1998 and was the Chief Bankruptcy Judge from 2004 to 2019.  He began his second, 14-year term in 2012.  Judge Myers has served as an adjunct professor since 2010, co-teaching a bankruptcy course for the University of Idaho College of Law.  Judge Myers retired on August 1, 2020, after 22 years of service to the District of Idaho.