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# Robyn M. Brody

Supreme Court of Idaho · Chief Justice

## Profile

- Court: Supreme Court of Idaho
- State: Idaho
- Role: Chief Justice
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-08-22

## Summary

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

## 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

## 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/sc-justices)
- [Official roster](https://isc.idaho.gov/about-the-courts/sc-justices)
- [Idaho Judicial Branch official judicial roster](https://isc.idaho.gov/about-the-courts/sc-justices)
- [Idaho Rules for Electronic Filing and Service, Rule 6](https://isc.idaho.gov/rules-procedure/irefs)
- [biography](https://isc.idaho.gov/about-the-courts/sc-justices/robyn-m-brody)
- [current_membership](https://isc.idaho.gov/about-the-courts/sc-justices)

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