G. Richard Bevan
{{Short description|American judge (born 1959)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Richard Bevan
|office = Chief Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court
|term_start = January 1, 2021
|term_end =
|predecessor = Roger S. Burdick
|successor =
|office1 = Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court
|appointer1 = Butch Otter
|term_start1 = September 27, 2017
|term_end1 =
|predecessor1 = Daniel T. Eismann
|successor1 =
|birth_name = George Richard Bevan
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|5|5}}
|birth_place = Twin Falls, Idaho, U.S.
|death_date =
|death_place =
|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.{{cite web |url=https://isc.idaho.gov/main/Bevan |title=Hon. G. Richard Bevan |author= |date=2017 |website=Idaho Supreme Court |publisher=Idaho Judicial Branch |access-date=October 13, 2017 }} He previously served as an Idaho district court judge from 2003 until 2017, when he was appointed to the supreme court.
Early life and education
Born and raised in Twin Falls, Idaho, Bevan graduated from Twin Falls High School in 1977, and then attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He earned a Bachelor of Science in business management and finance in 1984, and completed a Juris Doctor at the J. Reuben Clark Law School {{nowrap|in 1987.{{cite news |last=Russell |first=Betsy Z. |date=August 29, 2017 |title=Otter names 5th District Judge Richard Bevan to Idaho Supreme Court |url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/aug/29/otter-names-5th-district-judge-richard-bevan-to-id/ |work=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, WA |access-date=October 13, 2017 }}}}
Career
Bevan served as the Twin Falls County prosecuting attorney from 1993 to 1997 as {{nowrap|a Republican.{{cite news |last=Brown |first=Nathan |date=August 29, 2017 |title=Twin Falls Judge Bevan named to Idaho Supreme Court |url=http://magicvalley.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/twin-falls-judge-bevan-named-to-idaho-supreme-court/article_8d003626-159d-5843-a667-ba2354560d6f.html |work=Times-News |location=Twin Falls, ID |access-date=October 13, 2017 }}}} {{nowrap|He was a}} partner in the law firm Hillifield & Bevan {{nowrap|from 1997 to 2003.}}
=Idaho District Court=
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, {{nowrap|and 2014.{{cite web |url=https://sos.idaho.gov/elect/candidat/2014Filing/2014_Candidate_List.pdf |title=List of All Candidate Declarations for 2014 |last=Ysursa |first=Ben |date=2014 |website=Office of the Idaho Secretary of State |publisher=State of Idaho |access-date=October 13, 2017 }}}}
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 {{nowrap|in 2016.}}
=Idaho Supreme Court=
In April 2017, Idaho Supreme Court justice Dan Eismann announced that he would retire on August 31.{{cite web |url=https://isc.idaho.gov/press_releases/4-10-17_Press_Release_Eismann.pdf |title=Idaho Supreme Court Justice Eismann Announces Retirement |author= |date=April 10, 2017 |website=Idaho Supreme Court |publisher=State of Idaho |access-date=October 13, 2017 }} 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.{{cite web |url=https://isc.idaho.gov/press_isc/Bevan_Press_Release.pdf |title=Judge Bevan Named to Idaho Supreme Court |author= |date=August 29, 2017 |website=Idaho Supreme Court |publisher=State of Idaho |access-date=October 13, 2017 }} Otter announced on August 29 that he had selected Bevan for the vacancy. 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.{{cite web |url=http://idahoptv.org/insession/archive.cfm?group=supcourt |title=Idaho In Session Archive: Justice G. Richard Bevan Investiture, September 27, 2017 |author= |date=2017 |website=Idaho Public Television |publisher=State of Idaho |access-date=October 13, 2017 }} Unopposed in the 2018 election,{{cite web |url=https://sos.idaho.gov/elect/results/2018/Primary/statewide_totals.html |publisher=State of Idaho |title=Primary election results |date=May 15, 2018 |access-date=June 7, 2018}} his current term expires {{nowrap|in January 2025;}} the nonpartisan election is held within the statewide primary election {{nowrap|in May.}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://isc.idaho.gov/sites/default/files/press-release-documents/Press-Release-Bevan.pdf|title=Bevan Named New Chief Justice, Burdick Moves to Vice Chief in January|publisher=State of Idaho Judicial Branch|date=November 4, 2020|access-date=January 6, 2021}}
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Category:21st-century American judges
Category:Brigham Young University alumni
Category:Chief justices of the Idaho Supreme Court
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