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Of Counsel
- Phone:
- 208.344.6000
- Fax:
- 208.954.5238
- Email:
- cmeadows@hawleytroxell.com
Biography
Craig Meadows is a member of the firm’s Alternative Dispute Resolution, Insurance and the Civil and Commercial Litigation groups. He practices in the areas of aviation/aircraft products liability, legal malpractice, medical malpractice, insurance litigation, bad faith litigation, subrogation cases, and commercial litigation in the State and Federal courts of Idaho and surrounding states. He has been admitted pro hac vice in Washington, California, Oregon, and Nevada.
Mr. Meadows served on the Civil Justice Reform Act Committee for the Federal Courts in Idaho. He was a lawyer representative to the 9th Circuit Judicial Conference from Idaho.
SIGNIFICANT REPRESENTATION & experience
Mr. Meadows represents various insurance carriers in the aviation, professional malpractice, medical malpractice, and insurance litigation areas. In addition, Mr. Meadows represents clients in the commercial litigation arena on behalf of clients either as a plaintiff or a defendant.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Idaho State Bar Distinguished Lawyer, 2009
Idaho State Bar Professionalism Award, 2004
Liberty Bell Award – Fourth District Bar Association, 2003
Mountain States Super Lawyer – Civil Litigation Defense, 2022
Lawyers of the Year – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Litigation in Banking & Finance, Litigation in Insurance, Litigation in Labor & Employment, Litigation in Real Estate and Litigation in Securities, since 2014
Best Lawyers in America – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – Labor and Employment, and Litigation – Real Estate, Litigation – Securities, since 1999
Chambers & Partners – Litigation: General Commercial, since 2003
Included in The Top 75 Mountain States Super Lawyers, 2010 & 2011
PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS
Numerous presentations on Judicial Independence and Judicial Elections
EDUCATION
Law School:
University of Idaho College of Law, J.D., 1966
Undergraduate:
Colorado State University, B.S., 1963
BAR ADMISSIONS
Idaho
Idaho Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
PROFESSIONAL/COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS
Friends of Idaho Public Television, Board of Directors, since 2014
Friends of Idaho Public Television, President 2021
Idaho Law Foundation, Board of Directors 2010-2020
Idaho Law Foundation, President 2016-2017
Hillcrest Country Club, President 2007
Hillcrest Country Club, Board of Directors 2005-2007
American Bar Association, since 1968
Defense Research Institute, since 1968
Idaho Association of Defense Counsel, since 1968
Idaho State Bar, President, 2001
Idaho State Bar Commissioner, 1998-2001
Idaho State Bar, Committee on Judicial Fairness, Chair
Idaho Pro Bono Commission, since 2010
Federal Bar Association, since 2009
American Inns of Court, since 2007
American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL), Fellow
American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL), Idaho State Chair 1998
Lawyer Delegate, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1990-1993
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