Experience

• Secured dismissal of a gender-based discrimination, harassment, and retaliation lawsuit in federal court.
• Secured dismissal of complaint brought against medical provider for alleged civil rights violations.
• Secured summary judgment for client facing breach of contract, promissory estoppel, and Idaho Consumer Protection Act claims.
• Helped client achieve favorable settlement on the eve of trial in breach of contract and fraud case.
• Helped client achieve favorable settlement, in the middle of trial, in a property sale dispute.
• Successfully opposed motions to dismiss on behalf of client bringing breach of contract and fraud claims.
• Represented defendants in eminent domain case through trial.
• Represented client in arbitration over electricity rates.
• Routinely defend clients against charges of discrimination before the Idaho Human Rights Commission and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Pro Bono

• Represented guardian ad litem in child protection case.
• Successfully represented multiple asylum-seekers before the San Francisco Immigration Court.
• Part of the team that overturned the murder conviction of man who spent 19 years wrongfully incarcerated for murder.

Honors & Activities

Civic Activities

• Included in Best Lawyers^®: Ones to Watch in America (Commercial Litigation), 2022–2023
• Member, Idaho Women Lawyers

Insights & Presentations

• “The Gender-Based Pay Gap in Idaho and Beyond,” The Advocate, Idaho State Bar, June/July 2022
• “Hiring Requirements: Idaho” (co-author), Practical Law State Q&A 6-519-9059, Thomsen Reuters, September 1, 2021

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