The Hon. Diane M. Walker is a magistrate for the 4th Judicial District Magistrate Division of Idaho. She was appointed to the bench by the District Magistrate Commission of the 4th Judicial District in 2004.
The 4th Judicial District includes Ada, Boise, Elmore, and Valley Counties. Walker has held an assignment in Ada County, presiding over a docket primarily comprised of domestic relations cases.
Prior to her appointment, she spent nine years as a deputy state appellate public defender with the Idaho State Appellate Public Defender’s Office. Before that, she handled family law and criminal defense matters at the Walker & Walker Law Offices, P.S. and was a clerk to the Hon. Roger S. Burdick with the Idaho Supreme Court.
Walker received a bachelor’s degree from California Polytechnic State University. She then completed a J.D. at Gonzaga University School of Law.