The Hon. John Cafferty is a magistrate for the 1st Judicial District Magistrate Division of Idaho. He was appointed to the bench by the District Magistrate Commission of the 1st Judicial District in September 2020.
The 1st Judicial District includes Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Kootenai, and Shoshone Counties. Cafferty has held an assignment in Kootenai County.
Prior to his appointment, he was a deputy city attorney for the City of Post Falls since 2019. Before that, he was in private practice at Hawley Troxell in Coeur d’Alene.
Cafferty received a bachelor’s degree from Boise State University. He then completed a J.D. at the University of Idaho College of Law in 1997. Cafferty was admitted to practice in Idaho (1997) and Washington (2012).
He is a married father of two children.