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# Michael Keim

Idaho Magistrate Division, Judicial District 4 · Magistrate Judge

## Profile

- Court: Idaho Magistrate Division, Judicial District 4
- State: Idaho
- Role: Magistrate Judge
- Service status: former
- Last verified: 2026-07-27

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- Canyon public defender, Brady Lerma/Lerma Law civil litigation 1999–2006 and Idaho Attorney General attorney from 2006 before Boise County magistrate appointment 2025.
- Deputy attorney general from August 2006
- 1999–2006: Civil litigation & personal injury attorney at Brady Lerma, Chartered & Lerma Law Offices
- Deputy public defender, Canyon County, until November 1998
- Michael “Scott” Keim is the Boise County Magistrate Judge for Idaho’s Fourth Judicial District

### Education

- University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law — J.D. (1998)
- University of Utah JD 1998
- University of Wyoming BS psychology 1994

### Additional information

- Appointed magistrate, Boise County, September 22, 2025, succeeding Adam Strong
- handling juvenile, criminal, civil, family law, and small claims cases
- Joined the Boise County bench after a competitive recruitment process, filling a vacancy created by Judge Adam Strong’s transfer to the Power County bench

## 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://adacounty.id.gov/judicial-court/wp-content/uploads/sites/60/Press-Release-Boise-County-Magistrate-9.22.25.pdf)
- [current_membership](https://isc.idaho.gov/about-the-courts/judicial-directory)
- [adacounty.id.gov](https://adacounty.id.gov/judicial-court/judicial-directory/judge-m-scott-keim/)
- [idahoworld.com](https://idahoworld.com/deputy-attorney-general-michael-scott-keim-appointed-to-boise-county-bench/)
- [civic-mirror.com](https://civic-mirror.com/official/584316/)
- [idahoworld.com](https://idahoworld.com/scott-keim-sworn-in-as-magistrate-judge-horseshoe-bend-volleyball-wins-state-unofficial-election-results/)
- [www.avvo.com](https://www.avvo.com/attorneys/83631-id-michael-keim-4432741.html)
- [www.legacy.com](https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/idahopress/name/michael-keim-obituary?id=32251589)
- [www.boisecounty.us](https://www.boisecounty.us/services/courts/)
- [www.martindale.com](https://www.martindale.com/attorney/michael-scott-keim-46270671/)
- [isc.idaho.gov](https://isc.idaho.gov/files/judicial_directory-030626.pdf)

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