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PETER G. BARTON is an attorney with the law firm Givens Pursley LLP, where his practice focuses primarily on environmental and natural resources law and on real estate transactions. His environmental career began as an undergraduate in civil and environmental engineering at Duke University. After graduating, Mr. Barton spent more than four years at a consulting civil and environmental engineering firm designing and managing complex land projects. After law school, he clerked for the Hon. Peter C. Dorsey, U.S. District Judge for the District of Connecticut. While at the U.S. Department of Justice, Mr. Barton drafted successful appellate briefs to multiple U.S. Courts of Appeals. He joined Givens Pursley LLP, after practicing law for several years at a large, international law firm in Washington, D.C. Mr. Barton has experience with CERCLA, NEPA, the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, the Oil Pollution Act, RCRA, Indian Law, mining law and Idaho water law. He is admitted to practice in Idaho, New York and the District of Columbia, and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, the U.S. Tax Court, the U.S. Court of International Trade, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut and the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. Mr. Barton earned his B.S.E degree from Duke University and his J.D. degree from Harvard Law School. AMBER N. DINA is an attorney with the law firm Givens Pursley LLP, where she is a member of the Business & Finance, Litigation, and Creditor's Rights, Bankruptcy & Workouts groups. She primarily assists clients with financial and business transactions and credit recovery, including related litigation. Ms. Dina also has experience advising creditors in the context of debtor bankruptcy. She earned her J.D. degree, summa cum laude, from Regent University School of Law. WYATT B. JOHNSON is a member of the law firm of Angstman Johnson, where his practice focuses on civil litigation involving real property, land development, construction, contract and commercial law matters. Additionally, Mr. Johnson has a transactional practice involving real estate and related business ventures, and regularly practices before city and county planning and zoning authorities, as well as various state administrative agencies. He is a published author and frequent lecturer at seminars and workshops for attorneys and other legal professionals. Mr. Johnson is a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Idaho Trial Lawyers Association, and the Real Property and Litigation sections of the Idaho State Bar. He earned his B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from Washington State University and his J.D. degree from Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College. RYAN T. MCFARLAND is an associate in the Civil Litigation Practice Group at the law firm of Hawley Troxell Ennis & Hawley LLP, where he assists clients in real estate disputes. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. McFarland had a career as a title examiner, gaining experience with title insurance operations. Much of his practice today involves working with title insurers in resolving title insurance claims and issues arising in title insurance operations. In addition, Mr. McFarland advocates for creditors' rights in general commercial litigation and collection actions. He also regularly represents clients in state and federal court in copyright and trademark related litigation. Mr. McFarland has represented clients in district courts throughout Idaho, as well as in the Idaho Court of Appeals, the Idaho Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Idaho. He has also represented clients in, and argued before, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Mr. McFarland is a frequent presenter on issues relating to title insurance operations and real property. He earned his B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Brigham Young University and his J.D. degree from the University of Michigan. His bar admissions and memberships include Idaho State Bar and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. MICHAEL D. POGUE is a partner with Lawson Laski Clark & Pogue, PLLC, in Ketchum, Idaho. Mr. Pogue's practice emphasizes commercial law and litigation, including real estate, land planning, and construction issues. Prior to relocating to Idaho, he was a litigator at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto, California. Mr. Pogue is a vice-chair of the City of Hailey Planning and Zoning Commission and a former board member of the City of Hailey Parks & Lands Board. He is a member of the Idaho State Bar and the State Bar of California. Mr. Pogue earned his B.A. degree in English from U.C.L.A. and his J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of San Francisco School of Law.
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