--- title: "Casey Simmons | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/casey-simmons-id-trial" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Casey Simmons Idaho District Court, Judicial District 1 · District Judge ## Profile - Court: Idaho District Court, Judicial District 1 - State: Idaho - Role: District Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-27 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Appointed district judge, First Judicial District, September 30, 2024; sworn in November 2024 - Winston & Cashatt, 2019-2024; partner from 2022, not from 2019 - Simmons held the role of the designated prosecutor for the Kootenai County Mental Health Court and later transitioned into private practice with Winston & Cashatt, becoming a partner in 2022 - Deputy prosecutor, Kootenai County Prosecutor's Office, 2013-2019 - Began her legal career clerking for the Honorable John T. Mitchell for one year before joining the Kootenai County Prosecutor’s Office in 2013. - Law clerk to Judge John T. Mitchell, First Judicial District, 2012-2013 - Casey Simmons received an appointment as a District Judge for the First Judicial District by Governor Brad Little following the retirement of Judge Richard Christensen - As a District Judge, Simmons has presided over both criminal and civil cases ### Education - University of Idaho College of Law — J.D. (2012) - Bachelor's degree in accounting, University of Idaho — 2009 - Bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Idaho and a law degree from the University of Idaho College of Law. ### Additional information - Highly experienced legal professional with a background in prosecution, private practice, and judicial service. - Simmons is active in the legal community, serving on multiple boards and committees. - She is also a graduate of the Idaho Academy of Leadership for Lawyers program - She has graded bar exams, served on the First District Bar Association and the John P. Gray Bench Bar Forum, and is a member and regional chair of Idaho Women Lawyers. ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### electronic exhibit format Scope: 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. Evidence excerpt: 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](https://isc.idaho.gov/rules-procedure/irefs) Source checked: 2026-07-27 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://isc.idaho.gov/about-the-courts/judicial-directory) - [Official roster](https://isc.idaho.gov/about-the-courts/judicial-directory) - [Idaho Supreme Court official judicial roster](https://isc.idaho.gov/about-the-courts/judicial-directory) - [Idaho Rules for Electronic Filing and Service, Rule 6](https://isc.idaho.gov/rules-procedure/irefs) - [biography](https://gov.idaho.gov/pressrelease/gov-little-announces-new-appointments-to-first-judicial-district-bench-fish-and-game-commission-parks-and-recreation-board-persi/) - [current_membership](https://isc.idaho.gov/about-the-courts/judicial-directory) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/casey-simmons-id-trial", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/casey-simmons-id-trial", "name": "Casey Simmons | KnowJudges", "description": "Casey Simmons, Idaho District Court, Judicial District 1. 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Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://isc.idaho.gov/rules-procedure/irefs). Collected 2026-07-27.