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MICHAEL J. KANE
Professional Status:
Principal Member of Michael Kane & Associates, PLLC. General practice focused on tort litigation; insurance related issues; administrative and governmental actions; and lobbying.
Prior Professional Background:
Office of the Attorney General, Chief of the Criminal Division, supervision of 21 attorneys, investigators, secretaries and paralegals – specialized in capital litigation, appellate brief writing and argument, and legislative liaison for criminal law matters.
Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Kootenai County, criminal and civil work including capital litigation – emphasis on narcotics and violent crimes.
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Kootenai County.
Educational Background:
Graduated from Idaho State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree; obtained his Juris Doctorate from the University of Idaho.
Professional Affiliations and Bar Memberships:
Admitted to practice before the United States District Court of Idaho and all courts of the State of Idaho. Mountain States "Super-Lawyer": Employment Section. Martindale-Hubbell rating: AV Preeminent *
KRISTEN A. ATWOOD
Professional Status:
Associate Attorney for Michael Kane & Associates, PLLC.
Principal areas of practice include governmental defense and social security.
Prior Professional Background:
Associate, Givens Pursley LLP
Summer Associate, Givens Pursley LLP
Externship, St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center
Educational Background:
J.D. University of Idaho College of Law.
B.S. in Business Management, Arizona State University.
B.S. in Business Management, Arizona State University.
Professional Affiliations & Bar Memberships:
Admitted to practice before the United States District Court of Idaho and all courts of the State of Idaho.
Member of the Idaho State Bar and its Government and Public Sector Attorney Section.
BARBARA BEEHNER-KANE
Professional Status:
Associate Attorney for Michael Kane & Associates, PLLC.
Principal areas of practice include governmental defense, wills, estates, probates and social security.
Prior Professional Background:
Office of Attorney General, Civil Litigation Division
Associate, HuntleyPark
Senior Staff Attorney for Ada County Highway District
Law Clerk for Honorable Robert G. Newhouse, Ada County
Sole practitioner in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Associate, Sims, Liesche and Newell
Educational Background:
J.D. University of Idaho College of Law
B.A. History, University of Idaho
Professional Affiliations & Bar Memberships:
Admitted to practice before the United States District Court of Idaho and all courts of the State of Idaho.
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