Erin Bangs

Erin Bangs was born and raised in Oregon and moved to Moscow, Idaho for law school at the University of Idaho. She graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in Philosophy from Portland State University's University Honors College. While at the University of Idaho she served as Secretary of the Agricultural Law Society, Social Media Ambassador for the Native American Law Students Association and the College of Law, and Vice President of the Student Bar Association. During her first law school summer she studied international human rights and participated in a mediation competition in Florence, Italy through Gonzaga Law's study abroad program. In her final year she worked as a Rule 226 legal intern handling family law matters and tried her first case. She clerked at the Idaho Municipal Attorneys' Garden City Attorney's Office and at the University of Idaho Community Law Clinic before joining Driggs and Kidd, PLLC (The Advocates) in 2025.