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JAMES D. HOVREN
EVANS KEANE LLP
1405 W. Main Street
P.O. Box 959
Boise, Idaho 83701
(208) 384-1800
Email: JHovren@evanskeane.com



Professional Status:
Partner practicing in Evans Keane LLP's Boise office; practice concentrated in corporate law, securities, commercial transactions and real property law.

Educational Background:
Graduated summa cum laude in 1980 from Albertson College of Idaho with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Obtained Juris Doctor and Masters of Business Administration degrees from the University of Washington in 1985.

Professional Affiliations and Bar Memberships:
Member of the Boise Bar Association; Idaho State Bar (Member, Business and Corporate Law section; Member, Committee to Revise the Idaho Corporate Code); and the American Bar Association (Member, section on Business Law). Admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the District of Idaho; the United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; and all courts of the State of Idaho.

Professional Instruction:
Lectured and instructed on various aspects of corporate law, and is a regular instructor of the Idaho Small Business Development Center on matters regarding business law.

Publications:
Co-author: "Handbook for Idaho Nonprofit Corporations, first edition," (Idaho State Bar, Corporate and Securities Section, 1990); "Basic Corporate Law in Idaho" (National Business Institute, Inc., 1995); "Business Law Developments in Idaho," 1995 - The Legal Year in Review, (CCM, The American Lawyer's Corporate Counsel Magazine, 1995); "Business Law Developments in Idaho, USA," 1996 - The Legal Year in Review, (CCM, The American Lawyer's Corporate Counsel Magazine, 1996); and "Dissenters Rights Under Part 13 of the New Idaho Business Corporation Act," (The Advocate, April 1997); Idaho Submission—Global Legal Update for Businesses, 1998 (American Corporate Counsel Association 1998); Author: "Business Entities - What's Frequently Used Today," The Messenger, (Idaho Small Business Development Center, Winter 2001).

Representative Cases:
Served as lead counsel in numerous business and real property transactions, mergers and acquisitions. Corporate and securities practice has included the organization of corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and limited liability partnerships; the recapitalization of State chartered bank and bank holding companies; the registration of securities under the Securities Act of 1933 (S-1, S-3, S-4 and S-8) and Securities Exchange Act of 1934; the listing of securities on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq National Market and the preparation of annual reports and proxy materials. Frequently serves as local counsel for out-of-state attorneys and clients engaged in transactions in Idaho.

Representative Clients (Personal):
Albertsons, Inc.; Allied Envelope; Anesthesiology Consultants of Treasure Valley, P.L.L.C.; Control Dynamics, Inc.; IDACORP, Inc. (Idaho Power Company); Idaho Timber Corporation; Northwest Boise Sewer District; Office Value, Inc.; Treasure Valley Transit, Inc.; West Boise Sewer District.

   

Evans Keane LLP
1405 W. Main Street
P.O. Box 959
Boise, Idaho 83701-0959
Telephone: (208) 384-1800
Facsimile: (208) 345-3514
Email: firm@evanskeane.com
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