Background
O'Riordan, W. Hugh was born on June 3, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
O'Riordan, W. Hugh was born on June 3, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
University of Arizona (Bachelor of Arts, 1969. Juris Doctor, 1972); George Washington University (Master of Laws, Environmental Law, 1979).
Worked at Givens Pursley & Huntley LLP (Boise, Idaho) specializing in Administrative, Banking, Bankruptcy and Reorganization, Business, Commercial Land, Communications, Corporations, Employment, Energy, Environmental, Estate Planning, Federal and State Tax, Interstate Commerce, Health Care, Intellectual Property, Land Use, Legislative, Medical Malpractice, Mining, Natural Resources, Probate, Professional Liability, Public Utility, Real Estate, Securities, State and Local Government, Telecommunications, Water, General Civil Trial and Appellate Practice in State and Federal Courts and before various Federal and State Administrative Tribunals. Admitted to the bar, 1972, Arizona. 1974, District of Columbia 1978, Idaho.
Author: Article, "The Minimum Management Requirements of Forest Planning," 17 Envtl. L. 643, 1987. Co-author: Article, "Of Mice and Men: The Admissibility of Animal Studies to Prove Causation in Toxic Torts," 25 Idaho L.R. 521 (1989). Article, "The ESA: A Practitioner's Point of View," Natural Resources & Environment, Volume 4, No.
4, Spring 1990. Past Member and President, Board of Trustees, Boise Public Library. Member, National Academy of Sciences Committee on Remediation of Buried and Tank Wastes. Office of the Solicitor, United States.
Department of the Interior, 1973-1976. Senior Attorney, Pacific Legal Foundation, 1976-1978. Deputy Attorney General, Chief of Natural Resources Division, Office of the Idaho Attorney General, 1978-1980.
Givens Pursley & Huntley began as a four-lawyer litigation and commercial real estate firm in 1977 and rapidly established itself in both fields. The firm soon began to expand, attracting seasoned practitioners who brought new areas of expertise-including bankruptcy, corporate, employment, environmental, health care, legislative, medical, mining, natural resources, regulated utilities, securities, taxation and water law. Today, Givens Pursley is a full-service law firm and one of Idaho's largest.
Author: Article, "The Minimum Management Requirements of Forest Planning," 17 Envtl. L. 643, 1987
Co-author: Article, "Of Mice and Men: The Admissibility of Animal Studies to Prove Causation in Toxic Torts," 25 Idaho L.R. 521 (1989). Article, "The ESA: A Practitioner's Point of View," Natural Resources & Environment, Volume 4, No.
4, Spring 1990. Past Member and President, Board of Trustees, Boise Public Library.
Member, National Academy of Sciences Committee on Remediation of Buried and Tank Wastes. Office of the Solicitor, United States. Department of the Interior, 1973-1976.
Senior Attorney, Pacific Legal Foundation, 1976-1978. Deputy Attorney General, Chief of Natural Resources Division, Office of the Idaho Attorney General, 1978-1980.