Lamont Berecz at a glance
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Lamont Berecz
District Judge · Idaho District Court, Judicial District 1
Biography
Professional career
- 2020–present: Judge, 1st Judicial District Court, Bonner County
- Administrative district judge until January 1, 2025; deputy administrative district judge thereafter
- Judge of the Idaho First Judicial District Court, appointed by Governor Brad Little on October 28, 2020, and assigned to Bonner County
- 2008–2020: Magistrate judge, 4th Judicial District (Ada & Valley counties)
- Prosecutor, Ada County Prosecutor's Office, 2001-2008
- He has also been recognized for his contributions to Idaho’s justice system and public service
Education
- University of Virginia School of Law — J.D. (2000)
- Bachelor's degree, Andrews University
Additional information
- Berecz has been retained in his magistrate role in Valley County since 2014, winning 83.7% of the vote in that retention election.
- Governor Brad Little appointed Berecz to the First Judicial District in 2020, citing his “strong understanding of and respect for the Constitution”.
- Magistrate, Fourth Judicial District, 2008-2020
- He was also appointed as an adjunct member of the Idaho Judicial Council in 2018
- Attorney, Stoel Rives, 2000-2001
- Before this, he served 12 years as a magistrate judge in Idaho’s 4th Judicial District, with assignments in Ada and Valley counties.
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
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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
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