IBR Staff//June 27, 2022
Davis & Hoskisson PLLC has announced that after a lengthy career on the Magistrate bench in Idaho, Russell Comstock has returned to the practice of law as of counsel with Davis & Hoskisson PLLC. He will specialize in domestic relations cases involving complex assets and jurisdiction issues, as well as offer consulting services on family law cases. Comstock was a Magistrate Judge for 21 years in Ada County assigned exclusively to a family law docket. After retiring in 2016, he continued to work as a senior judge, primarily in family law court. During his tenure on the bench, Comstock was active as a leader in the development of family court policy recommendations to the Idaho Supreme Court, including leading a collaborated effort to develop and implement the Idaho Rules of Family Law Procedure. He was a frequent lecturer at judicial conferences, and at continuing legal education programs for the Idaho State Bar. He also taught a course in family law as an adjunct professor for Concordia School of Law in Boise.
Comstock is a graduate of the University of Idaho College of Law and has been a member of the Idaho State Bar since 1984.