D. Blair Clark

 

D. Blair Clark is the principal in the firm. His practice areas include corporate, agricultural and government law and 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. 9 th Circuit Court of Appeals. He has also practiced in the 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 and county hospitals needing Chapter 9 protection in order to reorganize their debts. His clients have included various types of businesses, physicians and medical providers, farmers and ranchers, agricultural landlords and tenants, governmental agencies and many everyday businesses and individuals.

A native of Mountain Home, Mr. Clark received his B.S. (1969) and J.D. (1971) degrees from the University of Idaho. He 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 very proud of his family, including his wife of 42 years Anne, his daughter Mary Beth Blair and her husband David; and his Grandson Aaron. He is also active in the Masonic fraternities, a Past Master of Idaho Lodge #1 AF&AM, Secretary of the Idaho DeMolay Legion of Honor and the Temple Attorney for El Korah Shrine, AAONMS. He was also active in retriever field trials and hunt tests for many years as both a handler and judge. He is the past president of the Master National Retriever Club and judged that event in 2003.