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Address
2105 Coronado Street
Idaho Falls, Idaho 83404 (Bonneville Co.)
Average Client Review Rating
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Average Peer Review Rating
4.7
out of 5
(Main Office) Beard St. Clair has a firm history dating back to the 1960's. Over the past four decades, we have established our reputation by providing unmatched quality legal services in a timely manner. We successfully walk you through the legal process adding our experience and expertise along the way. Our firm serves as your strategic partner. It is through our experience of advising so many businesses and individuals that we have gained an exceptional understanding of your needs and expectations and are uniquely poised to provide the most responsive, efficient, and effective legal solutions available. For more information, visit www.beardstclair.com. Statement of PracticeAgribusiness, Agricultural Law, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Arbitration, Asset Protection, Banking and Finance, Business Law, Buying and Selling Businesses, Charitable Giving, Commercial Law, Commercial Litigation, Complex Business Litigation, Computers and Software, Condominiums, Construction Law, Copyrights, Corporate Law, Creditors Rights, Crop Damage and Chemical Applications, Distribution and Distributorships, Drug and Cosmetic Law, E-Commerce, Elder Law, Emerging Business, Employee Benefits, Estate and Gift Taxation, Estate Planning and Administration, Farm and Ranch Law, Franchises and Franchising, Government Relations, Guardianship and Conservatorships, Health Care, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Leases and Foreclosures, Liens, Life and Health Insurance, Limited Liability Company Law, Litigation, Mediation, Medical Malpractice, Medicare and Medicaid, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Mortgages, Multilevel Sales, Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations, PACA, Partnerships, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Real Estate, Social Security, Taxation, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Trial Practice, Trust and Estates, Unfair Competition, Valuations, Venture Capital, Warranties, White Collar Crime, Wills and Probate, Wrongful Death, Wrongful Termination, Zoning, Planning and Land Use. Year Established: 1963
Firm Size: 11
Representative Clients:Furnished Upon Request.
Winston V. Beard (Member) admitted to bar, 1967, Idaho; 2003, Washington. Education: Brigham Young University; University of Utah (J.D., 1967). General Counsel, Rogers Foods, Inc., 1975-1980. Chairman of the Board, Westmark Federal Credit Union, 1983-1989. Member: Business and Corporate Section of the Idaho State Bar (Governing Council and Chairman); American Health Lawyers Association; National Institute for Trial Advocacy. Practice Areas: Business Law; Taxation Law; Healthcare Law; Anti-Trust; Intellectual Property.Email: Winston V. Beard
John G. St. Clair (Member) born Rupert, Idaho, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Idaho; 1971, U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Chapman College (Seven Seas Division, 1965); University of Idaho (B.S., 1967; J.D., 1970). Member, Advisory Committee, Idaho State University Tax Institute, 1967-1994, 1999. Member, Advisory Board, National Network of Estate Planning Attorneys, 2002-2004. Board of Directors: Idaho Community Foundation, 1989-1997; Eastern Idaho Technical College Foundation, 1992-1994; Yo Murphy Foundation, 2002. Member, Board of Trustees, Idaho Falls Public Library, 1990-2000. United States Golfing Fellowship of Rotarians, Board of Directors 1990, President, 1992-1995, Executive Secretary, 1995-2007. Member: Wealth Counsel; Southeast Idaho Estate Planning Council. [With U.S.A.R., active duty, 1970-1974; Capt., JAGC, 1967]. Practice Areas: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Trust Administration; Estate Administration; Federal Estate and Gift Taxation; Fiduciary Income Tax.Email: John G. St. Clair
Michael D. Gaffney (Member) born Waterloo, Iowa, October 26, 1952; admitted to bar, 1986, Idaho and U.S. District Court, District of Idaho; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1989, Wyoming and U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1999, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 2004, Oregon and U.S. District Court, District of Oregon. Education: Regis College at Denver (B.S., 1974); University of South Dakota at Vermillion (M.A., 1978); University of Colorado at Boulder (Psych. Cert., 1980); University of Idaho (J.D., 1986). Member, Idaho Law Review, 1985-1986. Special Deputy Attorney General, Idaho Attorney General's Office, 1995. Federal Mediator Roster, U.S. District Court, District of Idaho. Member, Idaho Supreme Court Evidence Rules Advisory Committee. Member: Idaho State Bar (Member, Litigation Section); Idaho Law Foundation; American Association of Trial Lawyers; Idaho Trial Lawyers Association; Million Dollar Advocates Forum; Eagle Rock Inns of Court; Litigation Counsel of America; Mountain States Super Lawyers. Special Agencies: U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer, Africa, 1974-1976. Reported Cases: Lehmkuhl v. Bolland, 114 Idaho 503, 757 P.2d 1222 (Ct. App. 1988); Valentine v. Perry, 118 Idaho 653, 798 P. 2d 935 (1990); In re Helmut Co., 1992 Bankr. LEXIS 486 (1992); Dow v. Louisiana Land & Exploration Co., 77 F.3d 342 (10th Cir. 1996); Wheeler Elec. v. ABT serv. Corp, 116 F.3d 488 (9th Cir. 1997); Perkins v. U.S. Transformer, 132 Idaho 427, 974 P.2d 73 (1999); Doe v. Glanzer, 232 F.3d 1258 (9th Cir. 2000); Schwan's Sales v. Idaho Transportation Department, 142 Idaho 826, 136 P.3d 297 (2006); Rees v. State of Idaho, 137 P.3d 397 (2006); Weeks v. Eastern Idaho Health Services, 143 Idaho 834, 153, P. 3d 1180 (2007); Fox v. Wheeler Electric Inc, 169 P. 3d 875 (Wyo. 2007); Johannsen v. Utterbeck, 146 Idaho 423, 196 P. 3d 341 (2008). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Complex Business Litigation; Construction Litigation; Agribusiness; Crop Litigation; Trade Secrets; Unfair Competition; Medical Malpractice.Email: Michael D. Gaffney
Harlow J. McNamara (Member) born Idaho Falls, Idaho, 1942; admitted to bar, 1970, Virginia; 1973, Idaho. Education: Ricks College; Brigham Young University (B.S., 1967); George Washington University National Law Center (J.D., 1970). General Counsel, Rogers Brothers Seed Company, 1968-1973. Member: Seventh Judicial District Bar Association; Wealth Counsel; Southeast Idaho Estate Planning Council; National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. Practice Areas: Elder Law; Guardianship and Conservatorship; Medicare and Medicaid.Email: Harlow J. McNamara
Gregory C. Calder (Member) born San Francisco, California, 1966; admitted to bar, 1995, Idaho. Education: Brigham Young University (B.S., 1992); University of Idaho (J.D., 1995). Author: "Compliance With Idaho's Procedures for Submitting a Proposed Constitutional Amendment: Disingenuous and Underinclusive, or Deliberately Misleading and Intentionally Oblique?" Idaho Law Review 649 (1995). Member: Wealth Counsel; Southeast Idaho Estate Planning Council (President, 2000-2002). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Buying and Selling of Businesses; Business Succession Planning; Business Valuation; Tax Planning.Email: Gregory C. Calder
Jarin O. Hammer (Member) born Idaho Falls, Idaho, 1967; admitted to bar, 1997, Idaho. Education: Brigham Young University (B.S., Accounting, 1991); University of Idaho (J.D., 1996); University of Florida (LL.M., Taxation, 1997). Member: Idaho Grower Shippers Association. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Taxation; Zoning, Planning and Land Use.Email: Jarin O. Hammer
Lance J. Schuster (Member) born Fullerton, California, 1967; admitted to bar, 1996, Idaho and U.S. District Court, District of Idaho; 1997, U.S. Court of Federal Claims; 2006, Wyoming and U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming. Education: Brigham Young University (B.A., 1991; M.A., 1996); University of Idaho (J.D., 1996). Member, Idaho Law Review, 1995-1996. Special Deputy Attorney General, Idaho Attorney General's Office, 2007. Member: Idaho State Bar (Member, Fitness Committee); American Bar Association; Wyoming State Bar. Reported Cases: Mendenhall v. Aldous, 146 Idaho 434 (2008); State v. Jeppesen, 138 Idaho 71 (2002). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Real Estate Litigation; Health Care Litigation; Agricultural Litigation; Personal Injury.Email: Lance J. Schuster
Gordon S. Thatcher (Of Counsel) born Rexburg, Idaho, 1931; admitted to bar, 1958, Idaho; 1962, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Ricks College (B.S., salutatorian, 1955); George Washington University (J.D., with honors, 1958). Phi Delta Phi (Graduate of Year, Province II); Order of the Coif. Member: Seventh Judicial District Bar Association (President, 1969-1970); Idaho State Bar; American Bar Association; National Network of Estate Planning Attorneys; Idaho Trial Lawyers Association (President 1979-1980).
Jeffrey D. Brunson (Member) born Kennewick, Washington; admitted to bar, 2004, Idaho State and US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Brigham Young University (B.S., 2000); University of Idaho (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Member: American Association for Justice; Kiwanis. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Litigation.
Stephen H. Telford (Member) born Salt Lake City, Utah; admitted to bar, 1985, Idaho and U.S. District Court, District of Idaho; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Ricks College (A.S., magna cum laude, 1978); Brigham Young University (B.S., cum laude, 1981); University of Idaho (J.D., cum laude, 1985). Member, Idaho Law Review, 1984-1985. Member: Offshore Institute; Southeast Idaho Estate Planning Council; Shoshone Bannock Tribal Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business Planning; Wealth Preservation.
Blair J. Grover (Of Counsel) born Idaho Falls, Idaho, 1940; admitted to bar, 1968, Washington; 1973, Idaho. Education: Utah State University (B.S., 1964); George Washington University (J.D., 1967). Phi Delta Phi. Member of Monheimer, Scherman, Van Fredenburg & Smith, Seattle, Washington, 1968-1973. Member: Seventh Judicial District Bar Association (President, 1984-1985); Idaho State Bar; Idaho Trial Lawyers Association (Treasurer, 1974-1976; Vice President, 1977-1979). Practice Areas: Water Law.
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