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Steven Hippler
Administrative District Judge · Idaho District Court, Judicial District 4
Biography
Professional career
- Selected as a District Judge in 2013 by Governor C.L
- Appointed district judge by Gov
- Deputy administrative judge, Fourth Judicial District, and presiding judge, Ada County Mental Health Court
- Administrative district judge per the official directory
- Prior to joining the bench, he was a partner at Givens Pursley LLP and earlier at Hall Farley Oberrecht and Blanton
Education
- University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law — J.D. (1991)
- University of Utah College of Law, graduating Order of the Coif in, and completed his undergraduate studies at Boise State University — J.D. (1991)
- Bachelor's degree, Boise State University
Additional information
- Butch Otter, 2013
- Partner, Givens Pursley, 2002-2013
- focusing on representing doctors, hospitals, and medical providers in medical malpractice, business disputes, and regulatory matters
- The Administrative District Judge for the 4th Judicial District and is a District Judge for Ada County, where he handles felony cases and civil cases exceeding $10,000.
- He also presides over the Ada County Mental Health Court program and manages administrative duties for the district
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 ↗
Published courtroom rules
Shared court rules
Idaho Rules for Electronic Filing and Service, Rule 6
Idaho District Court, Judicial District 4
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 ↗ · Collected 2026-07-27Sources
Identity source checked July 27, 2026.
Biography sources checked July 27, 2026.
Idaho Supreme Court official judicial roster
Identity source · HTML · Source checked July 27, 2026
View Idaho Supreme Court 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
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