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Practice Areas
 
Education
J.D., Harvard Law School, 2000
B.S.E., Duke University, 1992, Civil & Environmental Engineering
 
Bar Admissions
Idaho
New York
District of Columbia
 
Admitted To Practice Before
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
U.S. Tax Court
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
U.S. Court of International Trade
U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
 
Publications and Speeches
Barton, "Foreclosing on or Purchasing Potentially Environmentally Impaired Properties," taught seminar for National Business Institute, April 19, 2010
Barton, "Protecting the Bull Trout: Fish & Wildlife Proposes Large Expansion of the Bull Trout’s Critical Habitat," ISB Environment & Natural Resources Section Newsletter, Winter 2010
Barton, "Land Use Law: Current Issues in Subdivision, Annexation and Zoning," co-taught seminar for National Business Institute, December 7, 2009
Barton, "Foreclosing on or Purchasing Potentially Environmentally Impaired Properties," taught seminar for Sterling Educational Services, December 3, 2009
Barton, "Brownfield Technical Assistance Training," co-taught seminar for the National Brownfield Association, June 18, 2009
Andrus and Barton, "Speak Up or Bureaucrats Could Take Over Docks at Lake Cascade," The Idaho Statesman, August 18, 2008
 
Professional Organizational Affiliation
Member of Leadership Boise
Idaho Reporter for the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation “Mineral Law Newsletter”
Arbitration panelist for United States Fencing Association
Principal member of the Lake Cascade Preservation & Recreation Alliance
Past trustee for the Foothills School of Arts and Sciences
 
Professional Memberships
Environmental Law Institute
American Bar Association
Idaho State Bar, Environmental & Natural Resources Section
Idaho State Bar, Real Property Section
DC Bar, Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Section
DC Bar, Real Estate, Housing and Land use Section
Urban Land Institute
Notary Law Institute
 
Professional Profile
Peter's practice focuses primarily on environmental and natural resources law, on government regulations and administrative law, and on technology law. After graduating with an undergraduate degree in engineering from Duke University, Peter spent more than four years at a consulting engineering firm designing and managing complex projects. At the time he left, he was the youngest project manager in the firm’s history. After graduating from Harvard Law School, Peter clerked for the Honorable Peter C. Dorsey, U.S. District Judge for the District of Connecticut. While at the U.S. Department of Justice, Peter drafted successful appellate briefs to multiple U.S. Courts of Appeals. Peter’s international legal experience includes advising on large international securities transactions, such as Initial Public Offerings (“IPOs”) and debt offerings, for a “Magic Circle” British law firm. Peter joins Givens Pursley after practicing law for several years at a large, international law firm in Washington, D.C. He is licensed to practice law in Idaho, New York, and Washington D.C.

Peter has experience with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”), the CEQ regulations for implementing NEPA, the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, the Oil Pollution Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”), the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (“FDCA”), the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (“EPCRA”), the Federal Motor Carrier Safety regulations, the Federal Motor Carrier Commercial regulations, tribal law, the General Mining Act of 1872, Idaho’s Hazardous Waste Management Act (“HWMA”), Idaho water law, Idaho's Local Land Use Planning Act ("LLUPA"), the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”).

Peter has advised clients concerning matters before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (“BOR”), the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”), the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (“IDEQ”), the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), the Idaho State Tax Commission, the D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue, the D.C. Department of Employment Services, and the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”).

In technology law matters, Peter has conducted FOIA requests, FOIA appeals, Idaho public records requests, advised on privacy law issues, and consulted on e-mail and electronics records retention policies and electronic discovery. Peter has advised on the federal research and experimentation (“R&E”) tax credit, federal work-safety law, U.S. Securities & Exchange (“SEC”) disclosures, IPOs, contracts including technology issues, and business dealings involving technology-oriented companies.

In pro bono matters, Peter has represented domestic violence victims in obtaining civil protection orders, having helped victims in Washington, D.C. and Idaho. Peter has also formed non-profit entities and advised them regarding compliance problems and internal governance issues.
 
 
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