Howard Belodoff is the Associate Director of Idaho Legal Aid Services, Inc. and has a part-time private firm. In 1978, Mr. Belodoff received a Reginald Heber Smith Fellowship from Howard University after graduating from the University of Idaho College of Law. Mr. Belodoff’s trial and appellate work has focused on civil rights. He has established case precedents of national significance, including fourteen successful appeals in the Ninth Circuit. He is currently the Idaho Federal District Court Ninth Circuit Lawyer’s Representative.

Mr. Belodoff was honored to receive the 2021 Idaho State Bar Distinguished Lawyer Award, the 2019 Reginald Heber Smith Justice Award by the National Legal Aid and Defenders Association, and the 2018 Idaho Trial Lawyers Association “Trial Lawyer of the Year” Award. He has been named a “Super Lawyer” since 2010 and is a Martindale-Hubbell Most Honored Lawyer.