Attorney: Merrily Munther

mmunther@mgslegal.com

BIO

Areas of Practice:

• Business Law
  Contracts, Transactions, Joint Ventures.


• Commercial Law
  Contracts, Collections, Repossessions, Disputes.


• Construction Law
  Land Use, Developments, Construction Contracts, Liens, Defects, Land Owners, Developers, Contractors and Suppliers, and Litigation.


• Corporate Law
  Formation of and Planning for Partnerships, Corporations, Limited Liability Companies (LLC), Joint Ventures, Business Successions, Dissolutions, Negotiations, Transactions, Disputes, Annual and Special Meetings.


• Employment Law
  Counseling Businesses on Policies & Handbooks, Hiring, Training, Investigations, Terminations, Harassment, Affirmative Action, Discrimination, Litigation, Wage and Hour, Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA), OSHA and MSHA.


• Labor Law
  Union Organizational Drives, Collective Bargaining, Unfair Labor Practices, Wage and Hour, Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification (WARN).


• Legislation/Lobbying
  Idaho Legislature.


• MSHA
  Training, Citations and Hearings.


• OSHA
  Training, Citations and Hearings.


• Real Estate/Project Development
  Land Use & Zoning, Contracts, Transactions, Conveyance, Commercial Leasing, Condemnations, Eminent Domain, Mortgages, Foreclosures, Title Insurance.

Education

• University of Washington , B.A., 1968 in Political Science and Swedish (University of Stockholm 1966-1967).
• University of Idaho, J.D., 1976; Editor-in-Chief of Idaho Law Review.

Employment

• 1969-1972: Industrial Indemnity ( San Francisco), legal department.
• 1973: Secretary to House Judiciary Committee, State of Idaho.
• 1974: Boise Cascade Corporation, Boise, Idaho, summer law intern.
• 1975: Ferguson & Burdell, Seattle, Washington, summer law intern.
• 1976-1983: Elam, Burke, Jeppesen, Evans & Boyd, Boise, Idaho, served as assisting and primary attorney in matters relating to employment law, real estate, banking, and mining law.
• 1983-1984: In practice as sole practitioner emphasizing employment, real estate law.
• 1992 through present Munther Goodrum Sperry, Chartered and its predecessors, with an emphasis in general business, employment law, real estate, construction and probate law.
• Ms. Munther acts as hearing officer in employment related matters for the Canyon County Commissioners.

Publications/Lecturer

• Defending Wrongful Discharge Claims Under Idaho Law , (NBI, 2002)
• Constructions Issues in Idaho (Lorman, 2002)
• Wage and Hour Law Update in Idaho , (Lorman, 2002)
• Disciplinary Action Following Strike (1998).
• Employee Handbooks in Idaho , (NBI 1998)
• Idaho Labor and Employment Law , (NBI, 1997-1998).
• Fair Housing Laws , Pioneer Real Estate School (1995).
• Occupational Safety and Health , (NBI, 1993-1994; Lorman, 1995).
• Lecturer to employer groups on topics of hiring, firing, drug testing, OSHA, employee manuals, sexual harassment, and employment discrimination; and to real estate groups regarding the Fair Housing Act, landlord-tenant, and real property law.

Reported Cases

• Rice v. Rice , 103 Idaho 85, 645 P.2d 319 (1982)
• Century 21 Quality Properties, Inc. v. Chandler , 103 Idaho 193, 646 P.2d 435 (1982)
• Hemingway v. Gruener , 106 Idaho 422, 679 P.2d 1140 (1984)

Memberships and Offices Held

Idaho State Bar; American Bar Association (sections on Labor Law, Real Property, Probate and Trusts, and Economics of Law Practice, Forum on the Construction Industry); Board of Directors of American Judicature Society (1982-1986); Board of Trustees (1982-1989), President (1990-1991), National Conference of Bar Foundations; Member, American Bar Association Commission on Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts; President (1986-1988), Idaho Law Foundation; President (1981-1982), Fourth District Bar Association; Member Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity; Past Chairman, Legal Advisory Committee, Associated General Contractors (Idaho Chapter); Member, Legislative Committee, Idaho Building Contractors Association; Past Secretary, Idaho Concrete and Aggregate Producers Association; Past President, Boise Chapter, National Association of Women in Construction; Past Lt. Governor, Division 6 and past President, Capital City Kiwanis Club; Canyon County, Idaho, hearing officer on intermittent basis.

Project Development Experience

• Condominium development in McCall, Idaho.
• Residential subdivisions at Elkhorn and Sun Valley, Boise County and Ada County.
• Commercial development with retail shopping areas at Challis and Boise.
• Member, Subcommittee on Boise City Comprehensive Plan (1992-1995).
• Idaho Legislative Taskforce on Development Impact Fees.

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