James Martin

Practice Areas

Litigation Law

Construction Law

Employment and Labor Law

Environmental and Renewable Energy Law

Insurance Law

Professional Memberships

Volunteer attorney for the Idaho Volunteer Lawyers Program (IVLP)

Idaho State Bar Professional Conduct Board, Chairman

Idaho Association of Defense Counsel, Member, former Idaho State Rep.

Defense Research Institute (DRI), Member

U.S. District Court D. of Idaho Local Civil Rules Committee, Member

Idaho AGC (Associated General Contractors), Member

Boise Centennial Rotary Club, Charter Member, President 2015-2016

Idaho State Pro Bono Commission, Founding Member

Fourth District Bar Association, Past Chair & Local Pro Bono Committee, Former Member

Idaho State Bar, Idaho Academy for Leadership for Lawyers (IALL), Founding Member/Steering Committee, Professionalism & Ethics and Litigation Sections, Young Lawyer’s Section, Past Chair, Bar Exam Grader

Federal Bar Association – Federal Litigation, Judiciary Division

American Bar Association – Litigation Section

Publications

“A State-by-State Guide to Construction & Design Law: Idaho Construction & Design Law,” Second Edition, James L. Martin and Tyler J. Anderson, American Bar Association

CLE to Judge Winmill’s third year University of Idaho Law Students on “Discovery in Complex Litigation,” October, 2014, September, 2013, September, 2012, September, 2011

Multiple Presentations to Idaho Academy of Leadership for Lawyers Classes, 2011-2014

Personal

City Club of Boise, Member

Hillcrest Country Club, Board Member and Secretary, Member of Boise Open Committee. Member of various other committees (House, Golf, Invitational, Ad Hoc Patio)

Concordia Law School, Former Mentor

Rotary Paul Harris Fellow

Rotary "Ethics in Business" Nominee, 2011

Denise O'Donnell Day Pro Bono Award, 2008

CASA Lawyer of the Year, 2007

Family Advocates Volunteer of the Quarter, 2018