Gregory W. Moeller (born March 1, 1963) is an American lawyer and judge, who is an associate justice of the Idaho Supreme Court.^[1] He previously served as an Idaho district court judge from 2009 to 2018.^[1]

Education and early career[edit]

Moeller graduated from South Fremont High School in 1981,^[1] and then attended Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah. He earned a bachelor's degree, magna cum laude, in political science in 1987, and completed a J.D. degree at BYU's J. Reuben Clark Law School in 1990.

Moeller was in private practice at the law firm Rigby, Andrus & Moeller, Chtd. from 1990 to 2009.^[1]

Judicial career[edit]

State district court[edit]

In 2009, Governor Butch Otter appointed Moeller as a state judge on the Idaho District Court for the 7th judicial district. He was re-elected in 2010 and 2014.

Supreme Court[edit]

In June 2018, Idaho Supreme Court justice Joel D. Horton announced his retirement, effective at the end of December.^[2] The Idaho Judicial Council provided Governor Butch Otter with three replacement candidates to choose from: Moeller and attorneys Rebecca Rainey and Mary York.^[2] Otter announced on November 30 that he had selected Moeller for the vacancy.

Moeller was sworn in on January 3, 2019,^[3] and ran unopposed in the 2020 election, held during the state primary in the spring..

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