G. Richard Bevan


George Richard Bevan is an American lawyer and judge, who is an associate justice of the Idaho Supreme Court. He previously served as an Idaho district court judge from 2003 to 2017.

Education and early career

Born and raised in Twin Falls, Idaho, Bevan graduated from Twin Falls High School in 1977, and then attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He earned a bachelor's degree in business management and finance in 1984, and completed a J.D. degree at BYU J. Reuben Clark Law School
Bevan served from 1993 to 1997 as the Twin Falls County prosecuting attorney, a post to which he was elected as partner in the law firm Hillifield & Bevan

Idaho state court

District Court

In 2003, Governor Dirk Kempthorne appointed Bevan as a state judge on the Idaho District Court for the 5th judicial district, which covers the south central portion of the state. He was re-elected in 2006, 2010,
Bevan was considered by Idaho's Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch for a possible nomination as a federal judge, but David Nye was selected

Supreme Court

In April 2017, Idaho Supreme Court justice Dan Eismann announced that he would retire on August 31. The Idaho Judicial Council provided Governor Butch Otter with four replacement candidates to choose from: Bevan, state judges John Stegner and Greg Moeller, and attorney Rebecca Rainey. Otter announced on August 29 that he had selected Bevan for the vacancy; Stegner was appointed to the court the following May.
Bevan was sworn in as a justice of the Idaho Supreme Court on September 27, 2017. Unopposed in the 2018 election, his current term expires The nonpartisan election is held within the statewide primary election