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June 29, 2009
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Third Judicial District
Administrative District Judge Juneal C. Kerrick announced today the selection of Dayo O. Onanubosi of Nampa, Idaho as a
Magistrate Judge for Canyon County and Brian D. Lee as a Magistrate Judge for Payette County.
Mr. Lee and Mr. Onanubosi were selected from a
field of 26 applicants at a meeting of the Third District Magistrates
Commission in Caldwell, Idaho on June 26, 2009.
Mr. Lee will be filling a position to be left vacant by
the retirement of the Honorable William B. Dillon III on September 30, 2009,
and Mr. Onanubosi will fill a position left vacant in
April 2009 when the Honorable Bradly S. Ford was
appointed as a District Judge for the Third Judicial District.
Mr. Lee attended Brigham
Young University
and received his undergraduate degree from Boise State
University. He received his law degree from the University of Idaho.
Mr. Lee served as deputy prosecuting attorney in Payette County
from October 1999 to January 2000. After
leaving the prosecuting attorney’s office in 2000, Mr. Lee maintained a private
law practice in Fruitland, Idaho,
until he was elected as Prosecuting Attorney for Payette County,
a position he has held since January 2005.
Mr Lee will assume his new duties on October
1, 2009.
Mr. Onanubosi received both his
undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Idaho. He practiced criminal defense and family law
with the Van Bishop Law Office from January 1995 to January 1996. Mr. Onanubosi was a
deputy prosecuting attorney in Canyon
County from January 1996
until May 1997. Since leaving his
position as a deputy prosecuting attorney, he has been employed with the Wiebe and Fouser law office in Caldwell, Idaho,
as a deputy public defender. In
addition, Mr. Onanubosi has maintained a civil and
family law practice in addition to his public defender work. Mr. Onanubosi is a Canyon County
resident and will assume his duties in August 2009.
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