Jessica M. Lorello at a glance
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Jessica M. Lorello
Judge · Idaho Court of Appeals
Biography
Professional career
- Chief Judge of the Idaho Court of Appeals (2022–present)
- Judge, Idaho Court of Appeals, appointed 2017 by Gov
- Practiced health-care transactional law and litigation at Givens Pursley until 2004, then joined the Idaho Attorney General criminal division appellate and capital-litigation units
- After law school, she worked in private practice at Givens Pursley LLP on healthcare transactional matters and general litigation until 2004.
- Deputy attorney general
- Judge of the Idaho Court of Appeals, appointed by Governor C.L
- As a Court of Appeals judge, Lorello hears cases assigned by the Idaho Supreme Court
- She then joined the Criminal Law Division of the Idaho Attorney General’s Office, serving in the Appellate Unit and Capital Litigation Unit, and occasionally litigating at the trial level
- She is also active in law and civics education for Idaho’s youth and serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Idaho College of Law, teaching courses such as legal writing, legal research, evidence, advanced advocacy, and professional responsibility
Education
- University of North Carolina School of Law, graduating in — J.D. (2002)
Additional information
- “Butch” Otter in 2017 and re‐elected in 2018.
- Governor Otter appointed her to the Court of Appeals in 2017; she was reelected in 2018.
- C.L. Otter
- Lorello is a fifth‐generation Idahoan, graduating from Boise High School.
- Jessica M. Lorello, a fifth-generation Idahoan and Boise High graduate, obtained a masters in health care administration
- Her work included handling hundreds of appeals, federal habeas cases, and representing Idaho in U.S. Supreme Court petitions and amicus briefs
- She teaches at University of Idaho College of Law and participates in youth civics education.
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 ↗
Sources
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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