Hon. Brent R. Wilson

Chief United States District Judge David C. Nye and Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge Noah G. Hillen announced that the Ninth Circuit

Court of Appeals selected Boise attorney Brent R. Wilson to replace the late Joseph M. Meier as Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Idaho, effective October 6, 2025.

Before his appointment to the bench, Judge Wilson was an associate and then equity partner from 2015 to 2025 at Hawley Troxell Ennis & Hawley LLP in Boise, Idaho. His practice focused on bankruptcy and bankruptcy related matters representing secured and unsecured creditors, trustees, purchasers, and other parties in interest in bankruptcy cases throughout the nation but primarily in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Idaho. Previously, Judge Wilson worked as a judicial law clerk for Judge Jim D. Pappas of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Idaho from 2012 to 2015. Prior to moving to Idaho, Judge Wilson worked at a small bankruptcy firm in Chicago, Illinois where he primarily represented debtors in chapter 7 and chapter 11 cases.

From Princeton, Indiana, Judge Wilson graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University and earned his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.