--- title: "Stephen Stokes | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/stephen-stokes-id-trial" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Stephen Stokes Idaho Magistrate Division, Judicial District 4 · Magistrate Judge ## Profile - Court: Idaho Magistrate Division, Judicial District 4 - State: Idaho - Role: Magistrate Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-27 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Military Legal Service: Served as a Judge Advocate in the Idaho Army National Guard since 2009, deploying to Iraq with the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team in 2010–2011 - Lifelong Idahoan and Magistrate Judge in Ada County, appointed in 2025 to the Fourth Judicial District Magistrate Division - Leadership Roles: Held positions among them Army Staff Judge Advocate (2024–2025) and General Counsel to the Idaho Military Division (2019–2024) - He previously spent over a decade as a District Court Judge after being elected in 2014. - Stephen C. Stokes serves as a Superior Court Judge in Cumberland County, North Carolina - The Ada files: Judge Stokes holds court - Judge for Ada County of the Idaho 4th Judicial District Magistrate Division - Who are the candidates for a district judge race in Idaho? - Magistrate Judge in Ada County, assigned to domestic relations cases such as divorce, paternity, child custody, and child support, as well as civil protection orders, probate, and guardianship matters - Officer of the Fourth and Sixth District Bar Associations ### Education - University of Idaho College of Law — J.D. (2005) - in History, Idaho State University — B.A. (2001) ### Additional information - His term runs until January 11, 2027, and he is on the ballot for retention in the November 3, 2026 election. - 22 May 2025 · With me and Mark Esquibel watching, Magistrate Stokes was on the spot. - His Superior Court appointment took effect in March 2025 - He received an appointment from the Fourth Judicial District Magistrates Commission on April 11, 2025, following a competitive recruitment process. - 28 Oct 2019 · Major Stephen A. Stokes is the full-time Staff Judge Advocate, Idaho National Guard. - Recipient of the Idaho State Bar’s Service Award (2015). - High school diploma, Pocatello High School (1997). - earned the Ranger Tab and Senior Jump Wings - District Court Judge (Cumberland County): Served more than 10 years, presiding over criminal, civil, family, and specialty courts - handling domestic relations, civil protection orders, probate, and guardianship cases. - Legal Practice: Earlier in his career, he clerked for Hon. - Ronald E. Bush in Pocatello, practiced in family law, criminal defense, personal injury, and commercial litigation, and owned Stokes Mediation & Consulting, PLLC. - Idaho State Bar Pro Bono Commission. - District Appoints Attorneys - Ada County. - › judge › j-stephen-stokes-id-ada-magistrate. - Find the judge, magistrate or referee assigned to your case, by state or county. - Stephen Andrew Stokes is an attorney serving Boise, ID. - Stephen Stokes, based in Pocatello, ID, US, is currently a Magistrate Judge at Idaho Courts. - Who are Idaho's 4th Judicial District Judges?. - Who presides over a criminal case in East Idaho?. - Deep dive into Stephen Stokes judge biography Idaho. - In summary, Judge Stephen Stokes combines decades of legal experience, military legal service, and community leadership with his current role as a magistrate judge in Idaho’s Fourth Judicial District, with a focus on family law and related matters. - ALLSEARCHIMAGESVIDEOSMAPSNEWSSHOPPING. - Before his judicial appointment, Stokes had a distinguished legal and military career. - Stokes has been active in bar associations and legal organizations, among them. - Idaho State Bar Family Law Section Governing Council. - He also serves as an adjunct instructor at the University of Idaho College of Law and Boise State University’s College of Business and Economics. - Stokes is a volunteer with the Law Day Committee, the Idaho State Bar Professional Conduct Board, and the Veterans Task Force. - Location: Boise, Idaho, United States. - › judicial-court › wp-content › uploads › sites. - Advocates in Action - Idaho State Bar. - Stephen Stokes - Ada County Magistrate Court, ID | LegalReportCard. - Boise-area judicial race sparks qualifications question. ## 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) - [current_membership](https://isc.idaho.gov/about-the-courts/judicial-directory) - [adacounty.id.gov](https://adacounty.id.gov/judicial-court/judicial-directory/judge-stephen-stokes/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/stephen-stokes-id-trial", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/stephen-stokes-id-trial", "name": "Stephen Stokes | KnowJudges", "description": "Stephen Stokes, Idaho Magistrate Division, Judicial District 4. 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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.