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Barry McHugh
Administrative District Judge · Idaho District Court, Judicial District 1
Biography
Professional career
- Since January 1, 2025, McHugh has held the role of the Administrative District Judge for the First Judicial District, succeeding Judge Lamont Berecz, who became deputy administrative district judge
- Administrative district judge effective January 1, 2025, succeeding Lamont Berecz; term through 2028
- Elected district judge, First Judicial District, 2022; sworn in January 2023; chambers in Kootenai County
- Prior to that, he was Prosecuting Attorney for Kootenai County from 2009 until 2022
- Partner, Elsaesser Jarzabek Anderson Marks Elliott & McHugh, 2002-2008
- Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Idaho, 1991-2002
- The Administrative District Judge for Idaho’s First Judicial District
Education
- University of Idaho College of Law — J.D. (1985)
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, Boise State University — 1980
Additional information
- Prosecutor, City of Coeur d'Alene
- overseeing Kootenai, Bonner, Boundary, Benewah, and Shoshone counties
- He is a native of Kootenai County and has served on multiple boards, including the Idaho Prosecuting Attorney’s Association and the Child Advocacy Center
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures
Exhibits
Statewide
Idaho's statewide electronic-filing rule generally requires text-searchable PDF or PDF/A submissions and a 50 MB per-document limit; scanned-image attachments and exhibits may use standard PDF and are not rejected for the usual text-searchability format requirement.
A document ... submitted electronically to the court must be in the form of a text-searchable Portable Document Format (PDF) or a text-searchable Portable Document Format/A (PDF/A) file ... and not exceed 50 megabytes. A document that is an attachment or exhibit ... may be in standard PDF format and need not be text searchable.Idaho Rules for Electronic Filing and Service, Rule 6 ↗
Published courtroom rules
Shared court rules
Idaho Rules for Electronic Filing and Service, Rule 6
Idaho District Court, Judicial District 1
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Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-07-27Sources
Identity source checked July 27, 2026.
Biography sources checked July 27, 2026.
Idaho Supreme Court official judicial roster
Identity source · HTML · Source checked July 27, 2026
View Idaho Supreme Court official judicial roster ↗Idaho Rules for Electronic Filing and Service, Rule 6
Statewide source · HTML · Source checked July 27, 2026
View Idaho Rules for Electronic Filing and Service, Rule 6 ↗current_membership
Current Membership source · HTML · Source checked October 4, 2026
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