Robyn M. Brody at a glance
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- Chief Justice
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Robyn M. Brody
Chief Justice · Supreme Court of Idaho
Biography
Professional career
- The Chief Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court, elected in 2016, and has served since January 5, 2017, becoming the second woman to lead Idaho’s highest court
- Elected to the Idaho Supreme Court in November 2016, succeeding Justice Jim Jones, and became the first woman elected (rather than appointed) to the court
- Elected 44th chief justice effective Oct
- Adjunct professor, University of Idaho College of Law, small law firm management practicum
- She has also been an adjunct professor at the University of Idaho College of Law, teaching small law firm management
Education
- and master's in international business, University of Denver — J.D.
Additional information
- On October 1, 2026, Brody was elected by her fellow justices as the 44th Chief Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court, also serving ex officio as chair of the Idaho Judicial Council
- She was re‐elected in 2022 for a second term
- Elected to the Idaho Supreme Court, November 2016; second term
- Started her own firm in Rupert in 2010
- Practiced law for nearly 20 years in south central Idaho — first in Twin Falls for 13 years, then in Rupert, where she opened her own firm in 2010.
- Robyn Michelle Maddox Brody was born February 13, 1970, in Wayne, Michigan, and later moved to Denver, Colorado, where she obtained a B.A. in international and Russian studies and a J.D. from the University of Denver.
- Practiced in Twin Falls for 13 years after law school
- Vice chief justice before Oct.
- She is active in her community, including volunteering for legal education and giving tours of the Supreme Court to local students
- After law school, she spent a year in Saint Petersburg teaching English and studying Russian
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 August 22, 2026.
Biography sources checked August 22, 2026.
Idaho Judicial Branch official judicial roster
Identity source · HTML · Source checked August 22, 2026
View Idaho Judicial Branch 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
View current_membership ↗