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Gary is a hard-wired problem solver who thrives in complex matters at the intersection of law, politics and public policy. His practice focuses on land use and environmental law. He has addressed entitlement, access and other land use issues before local government entities throughout Idaho. His land use experience includes commercial, residential, industrial and infrastructure projects, including some of the largest projects in the state. Gary has also handled many land use litigation matter...

Mr. Anderson’s insurance defense practice involves the representation of policyholders, insurance companies, and self-insured corporations. Mr. Anderson provides comprehensive legal services in all aspects of insurance-related litigation, arbitration, subrogation, risk management, and alternative dispute resolution. In addition, Mr. Anderson has extensive experience in providing coverage analyses and representing and advising insurance companies regarding declaratory judgment actions an...

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.

Dean Bennett represents clients to resolve complex contract and business disputes. Dean has handled matters throughout the state of Idaho and regionally, and has tried complex cases to juries in both state and federal courts. He is also experienced in resolving matters through various forms of alternative dispute resolution, including arbitration, mediation, and informal settlement negotiations between counsel. Dean previously served as a Law Clerk Extern for the Honorable Mikel H. Williams o...

Sara Berry assists clients in negotiating out of problem situations on appeal, during litigation, and before litigation starts. She represents clients in state and federal courts, including the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Idaho Supreme Court. She has shaped her practice to provide the appellate perspective during trial in order to preserve issues and present a fully developed trial record on appeal. Sara applies her unique perspective to benefit clients through motions practice at ...

Keely Duke is one of Idaho’s premier litigation and trial attorneys. For over two decades, she has dedicated her career to defending health systems, companies, employers, and individuals in complex business litigation and in medical malpractice, legal malpractice, dental malpractice, employment, skilled nursing defense, insurance bad faith, and product liability/medical device litigation. She has tried several cases to successful verdicts for her clients in both state and federal court,...

Tom's practice has allowed him to work on a wide variety of commercial and civil litigation and other matters, including collection, bankruptcy, employment, insurance defense, real estate development and leasing, personal injury, as well as securities, general business and corporate law. Tom is rated "AV" by his peers and by local judges through the Martindale Hubbell rating process. Tom is periodically asked to present on real estate related issues to interested groups such as other attorney...

Bob Faucher aggressively represents his clients to protect their claims and rights in bankruptcy cases and other commercial litigation. Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights. In his 31 years as a bankruptcy lawyer, Bob has played a significant role in hundreds of major bankruptcy cases in 18 different states, most often representing lenders. Bob also represents creditors seeking to recover indebtedness or collateral outside of bankruptcy, whether in lawsuits in the federal and state courts, ...

With more than 25 years of experience, Mr. Feldman provides trusted and effective representation in high-profile Endangered Species Act, National Environmental Policy Act, and related litigation and administrative proceedings. Mr. Feldman has worked on client projects and federal court cases throughout the Pacific Northwest, and in California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming, Michigan, and Alabama. His experience includes mining and oil and gas operations; highway construction pr...

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 ...

The greater part of David's practice has been devoted to major and complex civil litigation. Building on that experience, David now offers civil mediation services. David's litigation practice has included the successful defense of claimed groundwater contamination in a case brought by the United States under the Safe Drinking Water Act, the recovery of RCRA remediation costs by the City of Boise, the successful prosecution of a claim that amendments to statewide telecommunications contracts ...

Bob Maynard focuses his practice on environment, energy, and natural resources law. His practice includes project development, acquisitions, and other transactions, regulation, legislation and litigation. His experience includes forest products/timber, government contracts/leasing/permitting, historic preservation, Indian law, land use/real estate, minerals, oil & gas, power generation and transmission, public lands, recreation/resort, and water law matters. His experience extends to fede...

With more than thirty-five years in government affairs, Ken has extensive experience with a variety of complicated public policy issues, including public utility laws, healthcare issues, agriculture, environmental regulatory matters, municipal policy and tax issues. Ken acts as an advisor, lobbyist and general counsel to several companies and professional associations. He plays a key role in policy analysis, business development, public relations and the development and implementation of gove...

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION Best Lawyers: Lawyer of the Year 2013, Litigation - Construction Mountain States Super Lawyers 2009-2012 Best Lawyers in America 2008-2013 Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America Martindale-Hubbell "AV" Peer Review Rated AREAS OF EXPERTISE CONSTRUCTION LAW / LITIGATION Contract negotiations, litigation, arbitration and mediation Trial representation of owners, general contractors, subcontractors, and design professionals in lawsuits and other disputes on public and priv...

BUSINESS LAW · Formation, mergers, acquisition and sales of businesses · Business and succession planning · Financing transactions CONSTRUCTION LAW · Contracts · Surety bonds and insurance · Contract claims, liens and bond claims · Litigation, arbitration, and mediation of claims and disputes REAL ESTATE LAW · Acquisition and sales · Leasing · Development agreements · Financing and related transactions PROFESSIONAL E...

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...

Ed's practice focuses on the areas of real estate, business and healthcare. Ed has extensive experience in land use and real estate development matters. He is active in community and political activities. He has served on various community Boards and Commissions, including the Boise City Board of Park Commissioners, the Ada County United Way Board, the Humphreys Diabetes Center Board, the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Counsel, the Idaho State Bar Association Real Estate...

Tara counsels clients on a wide spectrum of business, real estate, and employment disputes and transactions. Commercial Litigation and Transactions: Tara is an experienced litigator and counselor, representing clients in state and federal court in business, corporate, real estate and complex disputes and transactions. Tara draws on more than 20 years of experience to identify opportunities and develop strategies that allow clients to obtain positive, quick and decisive resolution. Employment ...

Judd's practice focuses primarily on the areas of real estate, healthcare and business matters. He regularly advises clients concerning the organization of business entities and complex commercial transactions, including all aspects of property and asset acquisition, finance, service contracts, property development and disposition as appropriate to achieve each individual client's objectives. Judd is active in the Boise community serving as a soccer coach for local youth, as a volunteer attor...

Mr. Myers provides seasoned and effective representation to clients in energy, natural resources, and public land law. He draws from a depth of experience including his service as the Solicitor of the U.S. Department of the Interior. As Solicitor, Mr. Myers was the chief legal officer and third-ranking official in the Department. He supervised an office of more than 300 attorneys in 19 locations nationwide. He advised the Secretary and other officials on appellate and trial matters as well as...

Deborah is a partner and land use attorney at Givens Pursley. She helps clients navigate the land use process from start to finish, performing due diligence, preparing applications, negotiating with agency staff, presenting projects at hearings, and handling any challenges. She also helps companies obtain the legal entitlements required for the siting or expansion of a business or development. These entitlements include land use and zoning permits, transportation approvals, tax and workforce ...

Randall A. Peterman specializes in bankruptcy, loan workouts, commercial litigation, lender liability defense, and agricultural lending. Mr. Peterman has extensive experience in representing commercial lenders and leasing companies, banks, and other financial institutions in bankruptcy and complex credit transactions. In his commercial litigation practice, he has represented lenders in defense of numerous lender liability claims and in dealing with various Uniform Commercial Code and real est...

Mike Roe represents individuals and entities in a wide variety of business matters, transactions, and commercial litigation. His primary focus is in the areas of business-related litigation, entity formation, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, finance, and more recently, oil and gas matters. In addition, he represents business clients in criminal and administrative proceedings. Mr. Roe also has extensive experience with loan workouts and business restructuring. He has successfully tried a...

Michael Spink had a commercial law, business law, and real estate practice that includes business formation, transactions and litigation. His practice is now LIMITED TO MEDIATION. His typical clients included real estate agencies, title insurance companies, builders, developers, small business owners, and owners of real property. He has significant experience in business formation, sales and acquisitions, commercial lending, land use litigation, employment, creditor rights and administrative ...

Newal Squyres has over 40 years of experience as a trial lawyer in commercial, employment, and tort litigation. A Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, Newal has tried to verdict complex lawsuits in such matters as insurance bad faith; product liability; breach of fiduciary duty and professional negligence; breach of contract and shareholder/LLC agreements; lender liability; wrongful death; breach of government contracts; theft of trade secrets; and wrongful termination/whistleblow...

Clients in the healthcare industry trust Mr. Stanger to provide sophisticated and nuanced counsel on everything from simple healthcare transactions to more complicated regulatory matters. Mr. Stanger guides clients through simple and complex healthcare transactions, including practitioner and payor contracts; joint ventures; practice formations, acquisitions, and mergers; conversions; and physician integration. He helps clients comply with numerous laws and regulations governing healthcare, i...

Erik advocates on behalf of clients involved in complex litigation. Technology, manufacturing, natural resources, software, construction and real estate companies in more than 20 states have turned to Erik to achieve favorable results as lead trial counsel and appellate counsel in their cases. Erik has extensive experience litigating business, software, civil fraud, class action, product, natural resources, environmental, construction, real estate and shareholder disputes. In addition, Erik h...

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...

Bob is the lead attorney in the Employment Law Group at Givens Pursley LLP, and counsels and represents employers on a broad range of employment matters. His expertise includes counseling employers on how to avoid litigation of workplace issues. Bob advises employers on compliance with federal and state employment laws, including developing employment policies and practices, implementing and providing employer training programs, and providing guidance on specific issues including discriminati...

Charlie’s practice focuses on real estate, natural resources, water rights, environmental, and administrative and regulatory law. She also has experience with federal Indian law and tribal law, especially as they relate to access issues, rights-of-way, natural resources law, and jurisdictional issues. Prior to joining Givens Pursley she practiced at Holland & Hart LLP in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she litigated complex civil cases involving energy, environment, natural resources, a...

Jeff has represented clients in in real estate transactions, land use entitlement applications, and access issues throughout Idaho. Jeff has experience with a broad range of projects from siting and entitling large commercial and industrial complexes to representing individual homeowners seeking land use permits in front of local boards and commissions. Jeff frequently handles administrative litigation tied to Idaho’s Local Land Use Planning Act.

Ben counsels employers on a broad range of qualified retirement plans, health and welfare plans, and other employee benefits arrangements, as well as executive compensation matters. He provides advice on the design, implementation, and administration of qualified retirement plans, welfare benefit plans, and nonqualified deferred compensation plans, and advises on executive compensation matters with a focus on sections 409A, 457, 280G, 162(m), and 83 of the tax code. Ben also specializes in ad...

Alex Grande assists clients with disputes involving breach of contract, equity claims, employment discrimination, and a range of business torts. As a member of Boise’s commercial litigation group, and through her experience in a broad array of disputes, Alex helps clients navigate all stages of the dispute resolution process, representing clients in both state and federal litigation as well as mediation and arbitration. Alex also represents clients in various labor and employment relate...

Kersti Kennedy is an experienced attorney specializing in complex commercial litigation. She represents global, national, and local clients in diverse practice areas, including contract disputes, employment law, insurance coverage, credit recovery/foreclosure, corporate governance, defamation/First Amendment, successor liability, securities, business torts, construction, and arbitration/appraisal. She practices at the trial and appellate level and has argued before the Idaho Supreme Court. He...

Emily advises clients on commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financings, corporate investments, and other strategic business arrangements. She works primarily with companies in the consumer products, business services, and technology industries. Emily counsels boards and executive teams on corporate governance and ownership structures, succession plans, and compliance matters. Prior to joining Holland & Hart, Emily practiced in the Corporate groups at two la...

Chris McCurdy focuses his practice on litigation, assisting clients to find efficient, cost-effective, and practical solutions to a wide range of commercial disputes. Clients benefit from Chris’ extensive courtroom experience that includes dozens of bench trials, numerous jury trials, and multiple state court appeals he handled from briefing through oral argument. Prior to joining Holland & Hart, Chris served as deputy prosecutor at the Ada County Prosecutor’s office where he ...

Melodie focuses her practice on litigation, including commercial, employment, eminent domain, construction, real property, and procurement disputes. Experienced in all stages of litigation, Melodie handles motion drafting and hearings, depositions, discovery, mediations, trial work, and appeals. She has litigated cases throughout Idaho and has argued before the Idaho Supreme Court. Before joining Givens Pursley LLP in 2013, Melodie worked as an associate attorney at a litigation firm in Washi...