Stephen Frinsko
Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2025 About Stephen Frinsko
Stephen Frinsko is a lawyer based in Boise, ID and has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® since 2025. Stephen Frinsko is recognized in the following practice areas:
- Boise, Idaho
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Real Estate Law
Current Firm: Hawley Troxell
Education: University of Idaho, J.D., graduated 2010
Location: Boise, ID
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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.
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Frank regularly speaks on legal issues of importance for developers, architects, engineers, contractors and other development industry professionals. He is a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and the Real Property Section of the Idaho State Bar. Frank received his law degree from the University of Idaho in 1999 and architecture degree from the University of Nebraska in 1992. He practiced with a Boise architectural firm for several years prior to entering law school. Frank ...
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For over four decades, Chris has been a leader in the fields of water law, land use law, natural resources law, constitutional law, and road and public access law. He has extensive litigation experience at the administrative, district court and appellate levels (including 21 Idaho Supreme Court cases). Best Lawyers in America has named him “Lawyer of the Year” 11 times in the fields of water, land use, and natural resources. Three times, Super Lawyers placed Chris in the “To...
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