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# David W. Gratton

Idaho Court of Appeals · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Idaho Court of Appeals
- State: Idaho
- Role: Judge
- Service status: senior
- Last verified: 2026-06-30

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Long‐serving judge of the Idaho Court of Appeals, appointed in 2009, re‐elected in 2024, and serving as Chief Judge since January 1, 2024
- Judge, Idaho Court of Appeals, 2009-present
- He interned for Ninth Circuit Judge J. Blaine Anderson in 1984 and clerked for US District Judge Harold L. Ryan — 1985–1987
- As Chief Judge, Gratton leads the four‐judge Court of Appeals, which hears appellate cases in panels of three

### Education


### Additional information

- Governor C. L. Butch Otter appointed him to the Idaho Court of Appeals in 2009
- B.A. in Political Science from Boise State University in 1982 and a J.D. from the University of Idaho College of Law in 1985 He held the role of an intern law clerk for Ninth Circuit Judge J. Blaine Anderson (1984) and as a law clerk to U.S. District Court Judge Harold L. Ryan (1985–1987) In 1987, he joined Evans Keane LLP in Boise, becoming a partner in 1993, before his 2009 appointment to the Idaho Court of Appeals by Governor C.L
- Practitioner, 2008-2008
- Joined Evans Keane in 1987 and became partner in 1993
- His appointment followed a two‐year cycle and succeeded Chief Judge Jessica Lorello
- David W. Gratton was born and raised in Emmett, Idaho
- His wife Robin and children John (deceased), Kevin and Breanne

## 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://www.courtlistener.com/person/7211/david-w-gratton/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/7211/david-w-gratton/)
- [Idaho Court of Appeals current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/7211/david-w-gratton/)
- [Idaho Rules for Electronic Filing and Service, Rule 6](https://isc.idaho.gov/rules-procedure/irefs)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/7211/david-w-gratton/)
- [sitting_membership_end](https://judicialcouncil.idaho.gov/pdf/council/candidates/Gratton-Husky-03-Vacancy-Notice.pdf)
- [annualreport2025-isc.idaho.gov](https://annualreport2025-isc.idaho.gov/divi_overlay/hon-judge-david-w-gratton/)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/7211/david-w-gratton/)

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