- Mergers and AcquisitionsAdministrative and Regulatory Law, Business, Finance & Banking, Government Affairs, Mergers and Acquisitions, Natural Resources, Real Estate and Land Use, Road and Access Law, Water Rights
- Business TransactionsGary has also practiced environmental law throughout his career. His practice focuses on environmental compliance, permitting, transactions and complex problem resolution. His practice includes significant experience in institutional environmental compliance, water quality, air quality and hazardous waste permitting, environmental issues in property and business transactions, administrative law, rulemaking, administrative enforcement actions and Superfund, underground storage tank and other environmental litigation. Gary also has worked on Endangered Species Act listing issues. Prior to joining Givens Pursley, Gary worked for a major regional firm in Boise and for a large firm in southern California.
- Real Estate LitigationChris has been selected to the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and The Best Lawyers in America under Real Estate Law. He is a lecturer on commercial real estate and business transaction topics for the Idaho Law Foundation and industry groups and has been a participant in the Georgetown University Law Center Advanced Commercial Lease Institute.
- Construction LitigationLitigation, Real Estate and Land Use, Construction Law, Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy, Road and Access Law
- Eminent Domain
- Land Use and ZoningGary has addressed entitlement, access and other land use issues before local government entities throughout Idaho. His land use experience includes commercial, residential, industrial and infrastructure projects, including some of the largest projects in the state. Gary has also handled many land use litigation matters, is experienced in condemnation issues and inverse condemnation litigation and has authored significant Idaho property rights legislation. Gary is a lead author of the Idaho Land Use Handbook, which is a land use reference book widely used around the state.
- Personal InjuryGivens Pursley earned Metro Tier 1 rankings in the practice areas of employment law-management, energy, environmental, health care, land use & zoning, litigation-land use & zoning, litigation – real estate, natural resources, real estate and water law. Tier 2 rankings included banking and finance law, bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights/insolvency and reorganization law, commercial litigation, labor law-management, litigation – labor & employment, and medical malpractice law - defendants. The firm was named for mergers & acquisitions law and personal injury litigation-defendants in Tier 3.
- Medical Malpractice
- Estate PlanningBusiness, Finance & Banking, Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy, Employment Law, Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Real Estate and Land Use, Road and Access Law, Tax and Estate Planning
- Bankruptcy