Practice areas are bankruptcy and estate planning. At this point in my practice I choose to represent only debtors seeking protection from their creditors in bankruptcy. I have represented thousands of individuals, married couples and small business owners in assisting them to successfully navigate through the bankruptcy process, getting them the protection from creditors and debt relief that they need. In the estate planning area I draft wills, trusts, general durable powers of attorney and advanced health care directives for individuals and couples, and assist in handling the probate of estates.

Worked with former Idaho State Supreme Court Justice Robert C.Huntley in doing plaintiffs' civil litigation in areas of product liability, wrongful death, national class action, complex multi district litigation & employment discrimination. Working with Mr. Huntley, we obtained a $1.5 million verdict in Prince v. Gordon Trucking for wrongful death. We sued Baxter Healthcare in a federal MDL case on behalf of a group of plaintiffs who had become infected with Hepatits C through Intraveous Immune Globulin. We eventually took the cases to mediation with JAMS in San Francisco serving as mediator, and obtained confidential settlement amounts on behalf of our clients. Also working with Mr. Huntley, Judy Holcombe and Gary Allen, we sued Zilog under the Americans With Disabilities Act, and obtained a confidential settlement on behalf of a group of plaintiffs on the eve of trial. That case eventually received a three page write up in USA Today. Also assisted Mr. Huntley in serving as local counsel along with a Washington D.C. based firm hired by the F.B.I. to defend Special Agent Lon Horiuchi who was the sniper on the F.B.I. Hostage Rescue Team that shot and killed Vicki Weaver at the Ruby Ridge incident in Northern Idaho. I consider our strategy for defending S.A. Horiuchi a success. He was charged with murder by a county prosecutor, but was never convicted, never spent any time in jail, and the charges were thrown out by a federal judge. That decision was eventually overturned on appeal to the Ninth Circuit, but by then the prosecutor decided to not file the charges again. Also assisted Mr. Huntley in representing a group of plaintiffs, who had become infected with HIV through blood clotting factors sold to hemophiliacs by several large pharmaceutical companies. The case was a national class action involving attorneys from all across the nation. It eventually settled for $800 million, with waiver by Congress of Medicaid reimbursement rights.

Worked with Catherine S. Travis in representing First Interstate Bank, West One Bank and U.S. Bank in doing creditors' right work in Chapter 11 bankrupties. Also assisted in doing work for bankruptcy trustee Edward Hostmann, and in litigation for Hillman Propeties, Standard Insurance, Bowflex, Beaverton Foods, Inc., and Weiden & Kennedy Advertising Agency. Weiden & Kennedy is the advertising agency that represents Nike and helped build the Nike brand image into what it is today.

Worked with Jim D. Pappas in doing creditors' rights in federal bankruptcy court, assisting in representing Key Bank, West One Bank of Idaho, Farm Credit Services, Ireland State Bank and Chapter 7 and 13 bankruptcy trustee L.D. Fitzgerald. Mr. Pappas is now one of two U.S. Bankruptcy Judges in the Federal District of Idaho. Also assisted Ron Kerl in state court foreclosures and quiet title actions on behalf of Farm Credit Services. Mr. Kerl is a past President of the Idaho Stat Bar. Also assisted, Steven Richert, Fred Ring and Duane Bybee in representing Union Pacific Railroad under the Federal Employers Liability Act which governs claims between injured railroad workers and the railroads.