--- title: "Roger S. Burdick | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/roger-r-burdick-4146" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Roger S. Burdick Supreme Court of Idaho · Judge ## Profile - Court: Supreme Court of Idaho - State: Idaho - Role: Judge - Service status: former - Last verified: 2026-08-22 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, Idaho Supreme Court, 2003-present - Roger Stephen Burdick is a retired American jurist who served on the Idaho Supreme Court from 2003 to 2021, including two terms as chief justice - He became Jerome County prosecutor in 1980, magistrate in 1981, district judge in 1993, and Idaho Supreme Court justice in 2003, serving until 2021 - Served two terms as chief justice — 2011–2015 and 2017–2020 - District Judge, Fifth Judicial District (1993–2003) - His career encompassed banking examination, private practice in Twin Falls, Ada County prosecution, and public defense in Jerome, Camas, Gooding, and Lincoln counties - Birth place: Boulder, Colorado but moving to Boise in his youth, Justice Roger S ### Education - He graduated from Boise High School in 1965, obtained a B.S. in finance (with minors in geology and marketing) from the University of Colorado in 1970, and later received his J.D. from the University of Idaho College of Law in 1974 ### Additional information - In February 2021, he announced his retirement, effective June 30, 2021 - Appointed by Governor Dirk Kempthorne in 2003 to replace Jesse Walters, Burdick was re‐elected in 2004, 2010, and 2016. - Date of birth: 1948-01-01 - Born June 23, 1947. - Burdick was born in Boulder, Colorado, and grew up in Boise, Idaho. - His leadership included the Magistrates Association, Judicial Council, district administration, and Snake River Basin Adjudication. ## 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://www.courtlistener.com/person/4146/roger-r-burdick/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/4146/roger-r-burdick/) - [Supreme Court of Idaho current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/4146/roger-r-burdick/) - [Idaho Rules for Electronic Filing and Service, Rule 6](https://isc.idaho.gov/rules-procedure/irefs) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/4146/roger-r-burdick/) - [Distinguished Jurist: Hon. Roger S. Burdick - Idaho State Bar](https://isb.idaho.gov/blog/distinguished-jurist-hon-roger-s-burdick) - [Roger Burdick - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Roger_Burdick) - [sitting_membership_end](https://isc.idaho.gov/about-the-courts/ica-judges) - [isb.idaho.gov](https://isb.idaho.gov/blog/distinguished-jurist-hon-roger-s-burdick/) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/4146/roger-r-burdick/) - [Distinguished Jurist: Hon. Roger S. Burdick - Idaho State Bar](https://isb.idaho.gov/blog/distinguished-jurist-hon-roger-s-burdick) - [Roger Burdick - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Roger_Burdick) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/roger-r-burdick-4146", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/roger-r-burdick-4146", "name": "Roger S. Burdick | KnowJudges", "description": "Roger S. Burdick, Supreme Court of Idaho. 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