| Richard Bevan | |
| Office: | Chief Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court |
| Term Start: | January 1, 2021 |
| Predecessor: | Roger S. Burdick |
| Office1: | Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court |
| Appointer1: | Butch Otter |
| Term Start1: | September 27, 2017 |
| Predecessor1: | Daniel T. Eismann |
| Birth Name: | George Richard Bevan |
| Birth Date: | 5 May 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Twin Falls, Idaho, U.S. |
| Education: | Brigham Young University (BS, JD) |
George Richard Bevan (born May 5, 1959) is an American attorney and jurist who has served as the chief justice of the Idaho Supreme Court since 2021.[1] He previously served as an Idaho district court judge from 2003 until 2017,[1] when he was appointed to the supreme court.
Bevan served as the Twin Falls County prosecuting attorney from 1993 to 1997 as partner in the law firm Hillifield & Bevan
In 2003, Governor Dirk Kempthorne appointed Bevan as a state judge on the Idaho District Court for the 5th judicial district, which covers the south central portion of the state. He was re-elected in 2006, 2010,
Bevan was considered by Idaho's Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch for a possible nomination as a federal judge, but David Nye was selected
In April 2017, Idaho Supreme Court justice Dan Eismann announced that he would retire on August 31.[2] The Idaho Judicial Council provided Governor Butch Otter with four replacement candidates to choose from: Bevan, then-state district judges John Stegner and Greg Moeller, and attorney Rebecca Rainey.[3] Otter announced on August 29 that he had selected Bevan for the vacancy.[3] Later, both Stegner and Moeller joined Bevan on the Court.
Bevan was sworn in as a justice of the supreme court on September 27, 2017.[4] Unopposed in the 2018 election,[5] his current term expires the nonpartisan election is held within the statewide primary election Through a vote of his peers on the supreme court, he was elected chief justice in November 2020 and began serving in that capacity on January 1, 2021.[6]
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