Bryan A. Nickels was appointed chief administrative hearing officer for the newly created Office of Administrative Hearings in Boise, ID, established to centralize and standardize contested court hearings, mediations, and arbitrations by state agencies. Prior to his appointment, he was a partner and founding member of Scanlan, Griffiths, Aldridge & Nickels in Boise, where Nickels practiced in the areas of administrative, civil, and criminal law and mediation.