D. Blair Clark

 

D. Blair Clark is the principal in the firm. His practice areas include corporate and business law and real estate lender litigation. His emphasis is on bankruptcy, including liquidations, and personal/business reorganizations. He has taught at several seminars on bankruptcy matters for both attorneys and non-lawyers alike.

Mr. Clark is admitted to practice before all Idaho and Oregon courts, including the U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts for Idaho and Oregon and the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. He has also practiced in U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for Arizona, Delaware, California, Colorado, Pennsylvania and Washington.

He has represented several entities in the agricultural area, including all of the Canyon County, Idaho, seed growers in Sunseeds Genetics in San Jose, CA which resulted in all of them receiving full payment of their claims. He has also successfully represented clients with unique legal situations, such as agricultural cooperatives needing bankruptcy reorganizations. His clients have included various types of businesses, (including physicians and medical providers, farmers and ranchers, agricultural landlords and tenants alike, and many businesses and individuals).

Mr. Clark has helped farmers and ranchers reorganize under Chapter 12, which is not only effective but often saves a substantial amount on income taxes. He has also successfully pursued fraudulent management for a bankruptcy trustee in Boise, real estate lenders under the provisions of the Federal Real Estate Settlement Practices Act, and both prosecuted and defended preferences and fraudulent conveyances.

He received his B.S. (1969) and J.D. (1971) degrees from the University of Idaho. Mr. Clark is a member of the Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section of the Idaho State Bar (former chairman) and the American Bankruptcy Institute. He holds an "AV" rating from Martindale-Hubbel, a nationwide attorney directory.

Mr. Clark is proud of his family, including his wife of almost 40 years Anne; his daughter Mary Beth Blair and her husband David; and his "Grandspud," Aaron. He is also active in the Masonic fraternities, a Past Master of Idaho #1 AF&AM, Secretary of the Idaho DeMolay Legion of Honor, and the Temple Attorney for El Korah Shrine, AAONMS. He is also active in retriever field trials and hunting tests, both as a handler and judge. He is past-president of the Master National Retriever Club and judged that event in 2003.