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CHRISTOPHER H. MEYER is a partner in the Boise firm of Givens Pursley LLP. Mr. Meyer has been a leader in the fields of road law, water law, land use and zoning law, environmental and natural resources law and constitutional law for three decades. He is described in the Idaho Yearbook Directory as "centrally located in the world of Idaho public affairs" and "a key figure in Idaho water law." Mr. Meyer serves as president of the Idaho Environmental Forum. He has broad experience in land and water transactions, as well as litigation at the administrative, district court, and appellate levels. Mr. Meyer is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Mountain States Super Lawyers, Chambers US and Who's Who in America. Prior to entering private practice in 1991, he taught water law and negotiation at the University of Colorado Law School. In the 1980s Mr. Meyer practiced natural resources law with the National Wildlife Federation in Washington, D.C. He earned both his A.B. degree, with high honors, and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from the University of Michigan. DR. JENNIFER STEVENS has worked in the environmental, urban planning and historical consulting fields since 1993. Dr. Stevens began full-time historical consulting work in 1995 for attorneys involved in environmental legal disputes requiring research in archives around the country. Cases on which she has served as an expert or consultant have involved land use, water, and mineral rights in the West. In 2008, Dr. Stevens completed her PhD, and began to engage in historical consulting work while serving on Boise's Planning and Zoning Commission and teaching part-time at Boise State University. She is an adjunct professor for Boise State University, teaching North American Environmental History. Dr. Stevens is a member of the Boise City Planning and Zoning Commission. She earned her B.A degrees, with honors, her M.A. degree and her PhD. degree from the University of California. PAUL A. TURCKE is a shareholder in the Boise law firm of Moore Smith Buxton & Turcke, Chartered. His practice focuses on public lands law and local government law. In addition to representing Idaho political subdivisions, Mr. Turcke represents varied recreation and sporting conservation interests. His litigation activities have spanned 13 different U.S. district courts, four circuit courts of appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Turcke clerked for Idaho 4th Judicial District Judge Gerald F. Schroeder, Ada County, Idaho. Prior to joining Moore Smith Buxton & Turcke, Chartered, he served as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in Bonner County, Idaho and as a Deputy Public Defender in Kootenai County, Idaho. He earned his B.A. degree, with honors, from Whitman College and J.D. degree, cum laude, from the University of Idaho. He is a member of the Idaho State Bar and the State Bar of South Dakota.
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