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Gjording Fouser |
Hawley Troxell |
Holland & Hart |
Stoel Rives |
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Elam & Burke |
Greener Burke + Shoemaker Oberrccht |
Perkins Coie |
Founded in 1928, Elam & Burke offers the Intermountain Region a full array of legal services. The firm is highly experienced in many areas of litigation and has 17 lawyers dedicated to the practice. James LaRue joined the firm in 1975. His primary concentration is first- and third-party defense along with work in professional malpractice and product liability defense. William Dryden came to Elam & Burke in 1980. His practice concerns environmental, commercial, construction, banking litigation, insurance defense work, and mediation.
Ten-attorney boutique Gjording Fouser is one of the top firms in Idaho, operating from its base in Boise. The team is equipped to handle a variety of litigation areas, including construction, employment, insurance defense, product liability, and most notably medical malpractice defense. A health care client praises the firmfor its prowess in handling medical malpractice suits, saying, “Their effectiveness and capability as a whole put them to the top of my list in their litigation/disputes strength and service provided. They have has extensive trial experience representing health care providers in complex medical negligence actions and have represented [us] for 30-plus years.” Name partners Jack Gjording and Trudy Hanson Fouser are marvelled for their strength in the space as well, with one client saying, “In my opinion, Jack and Trudy are the most highly acclaimed medical malpractice defense team in our region.” Fouser has been lead counsel in more than 50 civil jury trials in her career, and, in addition to medical malpractice defense, she focuses her work on employment law and personal injury cases. Gjording has tried a whopping 250-plus civil jury trials in his career, mainly focused on the defending medical professionals and lawyers.
The law firm of Greener Burke Shoemaker Oberrecht represents both individuals and corporate entities as plaintiffs and defendants. Its services include assistance with personal and business needs, representation in litigation, and alternative dispute resolution. Among the firm's many clients are the City of Boise, Idaho State Homebuilders Association, Mobil Oil Corporation, Holiday Inn, and 7-Eleven. Richard Greener is one of the firm's leading attorneys. His litigation practice includes securities, construction, environment, employment, patent infringement, professional legal and medical malpractice, drug and medical product liability, and general business. A peer says, "He's very experienced and very hard-working - a very good lawyer." Christopher Burke is also a standout litigator whose practices primarily emphasizes commercial, business, products liability, personal injury, and civil litigation.
With some 65 attorneys and a supporting staff of paralegals, Hawley Troxell is Idaho's largest full-service business law firm. It was founded in 1964 in Boise, where it maintains its office. The firm serves local, national, and international clients addressing all their legal needs from antitrust, banking, and bankruptcy to employment, health care, and intellectual property. "Hawley Troxell is one of the premier firms in Idaho," says a peer. With offices in Boise, Pocatello, Coeur d'Alene, and Reno, Hawley Troxell's presence stretches across the state and into Nevada.
Merlyn Clark offers the firm more than 50 years of experience managing complex litigation. He has argued more than 30 cases before the Idaho Supreme Court and specifically practices real property, contracts, business and commercial law, administrative law, and corporate and partnership disputes. Steven Berenter is the chairperson of the firm's employment group. He excels at counseling his clients on employment law and related statutes. He also practices health care law. His clients include Blue Cross of Idaho, College of Idaho, Boise State University, and Home Federal Bank. A significant amount of his practice has been dedicated to defending clients in employment discrimination cases. Peers recommend Craig Meadows because he is "very experienced and very capable." His practice covers aviation, product liability, legal and medical malpractice, insurance and bad faith litigation, subrogation cases, and commercial litigation.
A well-established Rocky Mountain-based firm with 15 offices across the western US and Washington, DC, Holland & Hart opened shop in Boise more than 70 years ago. More than 40 attorneys work out of the office and attend to Idaho residents legal needs. They are prepared to handle a number of issues including bankruptcy, labor and employment, environmental compliance, health care, intellectual property, securities, torts, and real estate, among others. "Holland & Hart is an excellent law firm," one peer attests.
Newal Squyres has extensive experience with complex civil litigation. He attends to matters of business and commercial litigation, labor and unemployment, appellate, product liability, and health care. Squyres recently completed a three-year term as an Idaho State Bar commissioner. With more than 40 years of trial experience, Walter Bithell is a "long-time litigator, and he's very good," says a peer. The Idaho Trial Lawyers Association created the Walter H. Bithell Professionalism Award, which honors an attorney each year for excellence in their practice. His own concerns business and commercial litigation, construction litigation, individual and class action tort litigation, product liability, professional liability, and general litigation. Formerly of Stoel Rives, Walter Sinclair has practiced law since the late 1970s. He focuses on business and commercial litigation and regularly is involved in complex contract disputes, product liability matters, antitrust issues, securities, and class actions. He has extensive trial experience, with 30 jury trials and 11 bench trials under his belt. Outside of Idaho, Sinclair has practiced in federal and state courts in Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Kansas, Michigan, and New York. A peer remarks that he is "very experienced and a very good lawyer."
Attorney | Ranking | Practice Areas | Firm |
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Andersen, Steven | Local Litigation Star | General Commercial , Securities | Andersen Schwartzman Woodard Brailsford |
Berenter, Steven | Local Litigation Star | Labor and Employment | Hawley Troxell |
Bithell, Walter | Local Litigation Star | General Commercial , Securities | Bithell Law |
Boardman, Richard | Local Litigation Star | Construction , General Commercial , International Arbitration | Perkins Coie |
Cameron, Kelly | Local Litigation Star | General Commercial , Intellectual Property , Labor and Employment , Product Liability | Perkins Coie |
Clark, Merlyn | Local Litigation Star | General Commercial , Product Liability , Securities | Hawley Troxell |
Dixon, Bradley | Future Star | General Commercial , Insurance | Stoel Rives |
Dryden, William | Local Litigation Star | Construction , Environmental , General Commercial , Insurance | Elam & Burke |
Duke, Keely | Local Litigation Star | General Commercial , Labor and Employment , Securities | Duke Scanlan and Hall |
Farley, Donald | Local Litigation Star | General Commercial , Insurance , Product Liability | Powers Tolman Farley |
Fouser, Trudy | Local Litigation Star | General Commercial , Labor and Employment | Gjording Fouser |
Gjording, Jack | Local Litigation Star | General Commercial | Gjording Fouser |
Greener, Richard | Local Litigation Star | General Commercial , Product Liability , Professional Liability | Greener Burke + Shoemaker Oberrccht |
Hancock, Nicole | Future Star | Antitrust , Automotive , Competition , General Commercial , International Arbitration , Professional Liability , Securities | Stoel Rives |
Meadows, Craig | Local Litigation Star | General Commercial , Insurance , Product Liability , Securities | Hawley Troxell |
Nye, Marcus | Local Litigation Star | General Commercial , Insurance , Product Liability | Racine Olson Nye Budge and Bailey |
Oberrecht, Phillip | Local Litigation Star | Construction , Labor and Employment | Farley Oberrecht Harwood & Burke |
Ramsden, Michael | Local Litigation Star | General Commercial , Insurance , Product Liability | Ramsden Marfice Ealy & Harris |
Sinclair, Walter | Local Litigation Star | Antitrust , General Commercial , Product Liability , Securities | Holland & Hart |
Squyres, Newal | Local Litigation Star | General Commercial , Labor and Employment , Securities | Holland & Hart |
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