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Erin Tognetti

Partner

Phone:
208.646.7221
Fax:
208.232.0150
Email:
etognetti@hawleytroxell.com

Biography

Erin Tognetti is a partner in Hawley Troxell’s Pocatello office and a member of the firm’s Litigation and Employment practice groups. Erin attended the McGeorge School of Law at the University of the Pacific, where she received her J.D. in 2011.

Erin has spent the majority of her career as a litigator and has substantial trial experience, both in civil practice and as a criminal prosecutor in both California and Idaho. Erin’s practice areas include insurance defense in personal injury, trucking accidents, employment disputes, and construction defect matters, as well as probate litigation, property law, and contract law.

Erin is admitted to practice law in Idaho and California in both state and federal courts.

BAR ADMISSIONS

Idaho

California

U.S. District Court, District of Idaho

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California

Idaho Supreme Court

California Superior Court

Professional/Community Associations

Bright Tomorrows Child Advocacy Center, President of the Board of Directors

Sixth District Portneuf Inn of Court, President

Idaho Supreme Court, Criminal Rules Committee Member

American Mensa, Member

The Golden Key Honor Society, Member

EDUCATION

Law School:

University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, J.D., 2011

Undergraduate:

California State University, Sacramento, B.A. English, 1998

INTERNSHIPS

California Attorney General – DOJ (Criminal Writs and Appeals), 2011

Public Defender’s Office (Sacramento County and Placer County), 2011

Placer County District Attorney’s Office, Intern and volunteer Deputy District Attorney, 2011-2012

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