John Stegner

Stegner received his bachelor's degree from Whitman College in 1977 and his J.D. from the University of Idaho College of Law in 1982. He was managing editor of the Idaho Law Review.[5]

Stegner's professional experience includes clerking for Judge Harold Ryan on the United States District Court for the District of Idaho for two years and working in private practice for 12 years. He also managed Gov. Butch Otter's (R) first gubernatorial campaign in 1978.[1] Stegner served as a judge on the Idaho 2nd Judicial District Court from 1997 to 2018. Gov. Phil Batt (R) appointed him to that court. Stegner established and presided over Latah County’s Drug Court and Mental Health Court during his tenure as a district judge. In 2018, Otter appointed him to the state supreme court.[5]

Stegner received the Idaho Judiciary's George G. Granata Jr. Award and the Idaho State Bar Association's Distinguished Jurist Award. According to his official biography, he was the first judge to be awarded both.[5]

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