James R. Laski
Jim focuses his practice on real estate development, business organizations, construction and water law, including representing clients before administrative and regulatory agencies in state and federal courts.
Jim regularly represents developers, landlords and tenants in negotiations and documentation of real estate and construction matters and represents developers before local land use agencies through the entitlement process and on judicial review. In addition, he also represents water users in perfecting their rights through the Snake River Basin Adjudication and before the Department of Water Resources and State Water Resource Board with respect to water issues including transfers and delivery conflicts.
Jim's practice also includes business development, including organization and advice to business entities, assistance with private offerings, acting as counsel to lending institutions and representing borrowers in loan workouts, and associated litigation.
Representaive Real Estate Development Projects:
* Strahorn Canyon Annexation, Bellevue, ID
* Colorado Gulch Subdivision, Blaine County, ID
* Sweetwater Planned Unit Development, Hailey, ID
* Meriwether Building Condominiums, Hailey, Idaho
* Waterford Park, Planned Unit Development, Carey, ID
* Waterford Park Water and Sewer District Annexation, Carey, ID
* Waterford Village Subdivision, Carey, ID
* Maple Ridge Subdivision, Bellevue, ID
* Deer Valley Farm Subdivision, Blaine County, ID
* Weyyakin Phase IV, Sun Valley, ID
* Chilali Lodge Condominiums, Ketchum, ID
* Rolling Hills Ranch Subdivision, Blaine County, ID
* TGR Subdivision, Blaine County, Idaho
Published Cases:
Bakker v. Thunder Spring, 141 Idaho 185, 108 P.3d 332 (2005) (condition in employment contract requiring employment on the escrow closing date for commission payment did not violate Idaho public policy under the Wage Claim Act)
Employment
2002 to Present, Lawson Laski Clark & Pogue, PLLC, Ketchum, Idaho
1996 to 2002, Hawley, Troxell, Ennis & Hawley, Boise/Ketchum, Idaho, Associate Attorney
1995 to 1996, The Hon. William F. Moran, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Law Clerk
1994 to 1995, The Hon. Dolores K. Sloviter, Chief Judge of the U.S. Ct. Appeals, 3rd. Cir. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Judicial Extern
Education
Widener University School of Law Wilmington, DE Juris Doctor, Cum Laude, 1995, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Delta Phi, Harrington Inn Honor Chapter, Widener Law Symposium Journal
College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, Bachelor of Arts, Economics, 1989
Bar Associations, Civic Activities, Family and Interests
Member: Idaho State Bar Association
Pennsylvania State Bar, Inactive
American Bar Association
Sun Valley Adaptive Sports Trustee
Hailey Ice Barod of Directors
Ketchum - Sun Valley Rotary Member
Jim is married with two children. His hobbies include ice hockey, skiing, mountain biking, and fly fishing.