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Partner
- Phone:
- 208.388.4805
- Fax:
- 208.954.5201
- Email:
- dknotts@hawleytroxell.com
Biography
Dave Knotts is a partner in the firm’s Alternative Dispute Resolution practice group. ADR is his passion and focus. Mr. Knotts has mediated or arbitrated over 300 disputes involving a broad range of claims and issues. These have included injury claims, 1983 actions, insurance disputes, professional malpractice, attorney fee disputes, construction defect claims, commercial disputes, employment related claims, property damage claims, boundary and access road disputes, quiet title actions, estate disputes, loan disputes, landlord-tenant disputes, consumer claims, losses due to fire, explosions, and water damage, and claims involving nursing homes, governmental entities, and Native American tribes.
Mr. Knotts is a Certified Professional Mediator and is listed on the mediator panels for the Idaho Supreme Court and the United States District Court for Idaho. His practice, however, extends into all the neighboring jurisdictions (Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming and Montana), and beyond. He is an American Arbitration Association panelist for mediations in all areas, construction arbitrations, and consumer arbitrations. He also is a member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals.
BAR ADMISSIONS
Idaho
PROFESSIONAL/COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS
Lex Mundi, Litigation, Arbitration & Dispute Resolution practice group, Member
American Arbitration Association, Panelist
Idaho Mediation Association
Inns of Court, Bencher member
Idaho Association of Defense Counsel
Resolute Systems Panelist
Idaho Trial Lawyers Association, Associate Member
Idaho State Bar, Dispute Resolution Section
Federal Bar Association, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section
International Amusement & Leisure Defense Association
Idaho Chapter, National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, Member
Access to Justice Leadership Committee Member
Member, Rosters for Mediators and Arbitrators of the State of Idaho Department of Administrative Hearings
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
Best Lawyers in America – Construction Law, Insurance Law, Insurance Law Litigation, Construction Law Litigation, Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
2022 “Lawyer of the Year” in Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants in Boise
2023 “Lawyer of the Year” in Insurance Law in Boise
Mountain States Super Lawyer, Alternative Dispute Resolution
AV and “Top Rated Lawyer” by Martindale-Hubbell and American Lawyer Media
Eleven-time All American and Honorable Mention All American as designated by the USA Triathlon Association
EDUCATION
Law School:
University of Oregon School of Law, J.D., 1985
Order of the Coif
Graduate:
University of North Carolina, M.A., 1982
Undergraduate:
Indiana University, B.A. summa cum laude, 1977
Phi Beta Kappa
Clerkship
Law Clerk to the Honorable Stephen Bistline of the Idaho Supreme Court
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