Eddy, Wilson elected as district judges

After an election in which they were both unopposed, Amy Eddy and Dan Wilson are set to be sworn in as Flathead District Court judges in January. 

Eddy was appointed Flathead District Court judge in 2015, after the retirement of Ted O. Lympus. Wilson ran for the vacancy left by Judge David Ortley, who did not seek re-election.

Wilson is currently Flathead County Justice of the Peace, in the middle of his second term. He has served six years in that position.

“It’s been a tremendous experience and a privilege to serve the community,” Wilson said.

Wilson is a native Montanan who has been practicing law since 1993. He has been in the Flathead Valley since 1995, when he took a job with the county attorney’s office. Several years of private practice followed his time in the county attorney’s office, until he became justice of the peace six years ago.

“I look forward to administering the district court in a way that is both respectful of the law and the Constitution and the parties interest as well,” Wilson said.

District judges serve six-year terms. Eddy and Wilson join Judges Robert Allison and Heidi Ulbricht on the bench.

Reporter Megan Strickland can be reached at 758-4459 or mstrickland@dailyinterlake.com.