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# Tristan Poorman

Idaho Magistrate Division, Judicial District 1 · Magistrate Judge

## Profile

- Court: Idaho Magistrate Division, Judicial District 1
- 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

- Appointed pro tempore district judge for Kootenai County Veterans' Court effective June 17, 2025
- Deputy prosecuting attorney, Kootenai County, until appointment in 2024
- Magistrate Judge, Idaho First Judicial District (Kootenai County), selected June 2024 to fill the vacancy created when Judge Ross Pittman moved to the district bench

### Education

- Ave Maria School of Law — J.D. (2013)

### Additional information

- 2026 Retention Election: Poorman is on the ballot for retention as Magistrate Judge on November 3, 2026
- Bar admission: Idaho, 2019
- Bar admission: Tennessee, 2013 (inactive per Avvo)

## 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)
- [Poorman named magistrate judge](https://cdapress.com/news/2024/jun/11/poorman-magistrate-judge)
- [Ave Maria School of Law congratulates 2013 alum Tristan Poorman](https://x.com/AveMariaLaw/status/1801696483517051208)
- [Administrative Order B25-KOO.6 assigning Judge Tristan Poorman as pro tem judge of Kootenai County Veterans' Court](https://www.kcgov.us/DocumentCenter/View/26617/B25-KOO6)
- [biography](https://www.kcgov.us/DocumentCenter/View/26617/B25-KOO6)
- [current_membership](https://isc.idaho.gov/about-the-courts/judicial-directory)
- [Poorman named magistrate judge](https://cdapress.com/news/2024/jun/11/poorman-magistrate-judge)
- [Ave Maria School of Law congratulates 2013 alum Tristan Poorman](https://x.com/AveMariaLaw/status/1801696483517051208)
- [Administrative Order B25-KOO.6 assigning Judge Tristan Poorman as pro tem judge of Kootenai County Veterans' Court](https://www.kcgov.us/DocumentCenter/View/26617/B25-KOO6)

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## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Idaho Rules for Electronic Filing and Service, Rule 6](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-0c38e11cda2478da65cd7ff5) — 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](https://isc.idaho.gov/rules-procedure/irefs). Collected 2026-07-27.