The greater part of David's practice has been devoted to major and complex civil litigation. Building on that experience, David now offers civil mediation services.
David's litigation practice has included the successful defense of claimed groundwater contamination in a case brought by the United States under the Safe Drinking Water Act, the recovery of RCRA remediation costs by the City of Boise, the successful prosecution of a claim that amendments to statewide telecommunications contracts violated Idaho competitive bidding statutes, the successful prosecution of a claim that the Payette National Forest Management Plan was issued in violation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), litigation concerning minority ownership interests in closely held businesses, litigation concerning the existence, scope and validity of decades old urban railway easements, recovery of greater than $3.0 Million for a national bank in an insurance coverage dispute; the defense of multiple professional liability and negligence cases involving physicians, hospitals, attorneys and others; successful appeals resulting in the reversal of arbitrary administrative actions; and a variety of other litigated cases involving real estate and commercial transactions, physicians' rights, personal injury, property damage and environmental compliance.