G. Richard Bevan

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. He previously served as an Idaho district court judge from 2003 until 2017,

Career Bevan served as the Twin Falls County prosecuting attorney from 1993 to 1997 as partner in the law firm Hillifield & Bevan

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. 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. Otter announced on August 29 that he had selected Bevan for the vacancy. Unopposed in the 2018 election, his current term expires the nonpartisan election is held within the statewide primary election nowrap|in May.