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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 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 of the Un...

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 ...

Clint’s real estate practice includes real estate transactions with an emphasis on real estate finance, commercial acquisitions, dispositions and leasing. Clint's business practice consists of general business planning, along with issues of organization, operation, mergers and acquisitions, and liquidation of limited liability companies, corporations, partnerships, limited partnerships and joint ventures. Clint 's tax practice focuses on federal and state tax issues relating to business...

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...

Amber has focused her practice on commercial litigation and credit recovery. She also assists clients with financial and business transactions, including related litigation, and advises creditors in the context of debtor bankruptcy. While in law school, Amber was awarded a full-tuition, academic scholarship and was a member of the Regent University Law Review, where she held the positions of Managing Editor and Symposium Director. Upon graduation, Amber was recognized for outstanding academic...

Brad Dixon is co-chair of the Givens Pursley Litigation Group. In over 20 years of experience, Brad has amassed a significant portfolio of trial experiences in a variety of complex commercial disputes providing him with the creativity, knowledge and strategic know-how to do more than just litigate the steps of your case. As a trial attorney, Brad understands and excels within the entire spectrum of our dispute resolution system providing you with the best possible mechanism to resolve conflic...

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 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, or in ou...

With more than 30 years of experience, Murray represents project developers and state and local governments in high-profile Endangered Species Act, National Environmental Policy Act, and other environmental litigation, permitting, and counseling matters. Murray advises clients on the major laws affecting natural resources and environmental matters, including the ESA, NEPA, Federal Land Policy and Management Act, National Forest Management Act, National Park Service Organic Act, Clean Water Ac...

James A Ford (“Jim”) is an experienced and successful litigator at Elam & Burke, specializing in workers’ compensation, insurance defense, and civil litigation. Since joining the firm in 1987, his dedication and remarkable work have resulted in recognition in the Best Lawyers in America, including Lawyer of the Year in Workers’ Compensation in 2022, and membership in the International Association of Defense Counsel, acknowledgments of his expertise and influence. P...

Brian joined Givens Pursley in the summer of 2014 after spending nearly four years at the Boise law firm of Meulman Mollerup LLP. Brian’s practice primarily focuses on business and real estate transactions. Brian’s practice also includes commercial litigation. Brian is a member of the Idaho State Bar’s Real Property and Young Lawyers section, and is a past member of the ICON Credit Union Board of Directors.

Loren Ipsen is an attorney with a career spanning several decades. His focus at E&B encompasses estate planning and probate, transactional real estate, and business litigation. Starting his professional journey in 1975 with Moffatt Thomas, Loren spent 17 years there before deciding to establish his own law firm, an endeavor that lasted for 9 years. Subsequently, Loren joined E&B. Loren has since applied his experience to business formations, commercial litigation, taxation, pensions, ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Bill 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. Bill advocates for clients in all branches of the federal and state governments regarding public lands, natural resources, and environmental matters. His strength is his ability to strategize successful outcomes based on his extensive experience in the courts, Congres...

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...

For sixteen years, Kevin Scanlan’s career has centered on litigation and trial work in a broad range of cases, including professional liability, transportation law and other personal injury claims. He also regularly handles insurance coverage/bad faith actions, products liability lawsuits, toxic tort claims, and commercial litigation cases, such as actions for breach of fiduciary duty and fraud. Mr. Scanlan’s trial experience includes cases involving allegations of medical malprac...

Newal 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/whistleblower claim...

Kim guides facilities and professionals through the many regulatory, transactional, and practical challenges facing the rapidly evolving healthcare industry. He has particular expertise on unique laws facing healthcare providers, including HIPAA, Stark, the Anti-Kickback Statute, civil monetary penalties law, EMTALA, Medicare/Medicaid regulations, and licensing requirements. With 20 years of experience, he understands the needs of his healthcare clients and how to address those needs in a cos...

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...

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...

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.

Jaclyn Gans specializes in commercial litigation, employment law, and trust and fiduciary disputes, and has built a reputation for her dedication, expertise, and results-driven approach. Jaclyn became a shareholder in 2020, and joined the firm’s Executive Committee in 2021. Clients turn to Jaclyn for her thorough, strategic, and collaborative approach. She ensures they are well-informed and equipped to make the right decisions for themselves or for their business. Jaclyn’s litigat...

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...