Stanley W. Welsh

Melodie focuses her practice on litigation, including commercial, employment, business tort, eminent domain, construction, real property, and procurement matters. Experienced in all stages of dispute resolution, Melodie handles cases from the pre-litigation phase through trial and appeal. Before joining Givens Pursley in 2013, Melodie worked as an associate attorney at a litigation firm in Washington, D.C., and as a trial-level judicial law clerk in Virginia.

Phillip J. Collaer is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants. Phillip J., who practices law in Boise, Idaho, has been recognized since 2013. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Phillip J. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Matt is an effective, strategic, and solution-oriented attorney who has been an integral part of the Elam & Burke team for nearly two decades. He joined the firm in 2003, and in 2009 he became a shareholder and has served on the firm’s Executive Committee for 15 years. Matt is currently serving, for a second time, as the firm’s Managing Director. Born and raised in Montana, Matt learned the value of hard work at a young age where he spent much of his childhood working on a far...

Jed Manwaring is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation and Litigation - Construction. Jed, who practices law in Boise, Idaho, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jed is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Michael P. Stefanic is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Insurance, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants. Michael P., who practices law in Boise, Idaho, has been recognized since 2011. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Michael P. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Jeremy began his career in 1992 working as a staffer for U.S. Senator Steve Symms and a Legislative Correspondent for U.S. Senator Dirk Kempthorne in Washington, D.C. In 1999, he opened the first Washington D.C. Office of the Governor for the State of Idaho. In 2003, he returned to Idaho to work in the Office of the Attorney General, Civil Litigation Division. Jeremy has advised the Idaho State Legislature on constitutional issues including abortion, gambling, tribal compact/relations, and re...

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION Best Lawyers in America: Employment Law 2013 2005 Award Recipient, Idaho Business Review's "Forty Accomplished Under Forty" AREAS OF EXPERTISE EMPLOYMENT LAW: Negotiate, draft and enforce employment contracts, employee manuals, non-competition agreements, and non-disclosure agreements LITIGATION: BUSINESS, EMPLOYMENT, CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE LITIGATION Representation of businesses in contract litigation, secured transaction litigation, insurance litigation, trade...

Kevin Griffiths is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Insurance, Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants. Kevin, who practices law in Boise, Idaho, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Kevin is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Matthew Pappas is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Insurance Law, Litigation - Insurance and Workers' Compensation Law - Employers. Matthew, who practices law in Boise, Idaho, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Matthew is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Chris's practice is concentrated in the area of commercial transactions, principally shopping center, office and hotel developments, acquisitions and dispositions of investment properties, commercial financing, entity formations and capital structures , limited liability companies, joint ventures and corporate organizations. recently has done extensive work in the real estate aspects of energy projects. Chris is a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers.