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# Regina McCrea

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

- The owner and principal attorney of McCrea Law, where she has practiced since 2007, and was previously a partner at Owens, McCrea and Linscott.
- District judge, First Judicial District, Kootenai County, appointed July 18, 2025, to a new legislative seat
- Seasoned civil litigator appointed in July 2025 by Idaho Governor Brad Little as a District Judge for Idaho’s First Judicial District, chambered in Kootenai County

### Education

- Undergraduate degree, Harding University
- J.D. — University of Arkansas at Little Rock

### Additional information

- Owner, McCrea Law, since 2007; more than 20 years in personal injury, wrongful death, malpractice, and general civil disputes
- She founded McCrea Law in 2007 and holds degrees from Harding University and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock law school.
- She has handled major litigation, including claims exceeding $1 million, and achieved multi‐million‐dollar settlements for clients
- Her experience includes more than 20 years of private practice involving personal injury, wrongful death, medical and legal malpractice, and civil litigation.

## 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-appoints-regina-mccrea-to-first-judicial-district/)
- [current_membership](https://isc.idaho.gov/about-the-courts/judicial-directory)
- [www.koze.com](https://www.koze.com/2025/07/22/gov-little-appoints-regina-mccrea-to-first-judicial-district/)

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## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Idaho Rules for Electronic Filing and Service, Rule 6](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-0c38e11cda2478da65cd7ff5) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim.  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.