Kevin Griffiths
With over a decade as a civil litigator, Kevin Griffiths has extensive experience in complex commercial litigation and electronic discovery management, trade secret and unfair competition litigation, insurance coverage, insurance bad faith and extracontractual liability, medical malpractice, legal malpractice, construction defect, premises liability, insurance defense litigation, and appellate practice. He has also served as a visiting lecturer in insurance law and pre-trial practice at the University of Idaho College of Law and regularly serves as materials author and presenter at continuing legal education events. Prior to entering the private sector, Kevin spent one year as a law clerk for the Honorable Jim Jones, Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court.
Kevin holds the certification of Claims Litigation Management Professional from the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance. This is the first certification specifically designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of the business of litigation management. The rigorous program is geared toward attorneys and those in the litigation management field with 10 or more years of experience, and is designed to bridge the gap between legal theory and litigation strategy, and the business aspects of litigation management.
Kevin is a life-long Idahoan, born and raised in Caldwell, Idaho. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from the College of Idaho in 2005 and a juris doctorate from the University of Idaho College of Law in 2009, graduating magna cum laude. While in law school, Kevin served as Managing Editor of the Idaho Law Review, competed on the National Moot Court Team, and served as an officer on the Board of Student Advocates.
Education
B.A., History, College of Idaho, 2005
J.D., magna cum laude, University of Idaho College of Law, 2009
Court and Bar Admissions
Idaho state courts
Idaho federal courts
Oregon state courts
Oregon federal courts
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Idaho State Bar Association
Federal Bar Association
Professional Affiliations and Activities
Idaho Association of Defense Counsel
Defense Research Institute
Claims Litigation Management Alliance
ALFA International
Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS)
Vice-Chair, Litigation Section, Idaho State Bar
Treasurer, LGBTQ+ Law Section, Federal Bar Association
Awards and Honors
Mountain States Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2014-2022
Mountain States Super Lawyer, 2023-2024
Martindale-Hubbell “AV” Preeminent Rating
Best Lawyers in America®, Litigation – Insurance, 2023-2024
Publications and Presentations
Mentor, Idaho Trial Skills Academy, 2023
Presenter, Understanding Employment Contracts, 2023 Career Readiness Training, Ada County Medical Society (January 25, 2023)
Presenter, Civil Law Update, Idaho Law Foundation Headline News (December 9, 2022)
Presenter, Tort Law Update, Fourth District Bar Association Spring Case Review (March 31, 2022)
Presenter, Understanding Employment Contracts, 2022 Career Readiness Training, Ada County Medical Society (January 26, 2022)
Presenter, Civil Law Update, Idaho Law Foundation Headline News (December 10, 2021)
You Don’t Need “Magic Language” (But You’d Better Say the Right Stuff): Avoiding Pitfalls in Admitting Medical Expert Testimony on the Standard of Care at Summary Judgment, The Advocate, May 2021, Vol. 64, No. 5, at 28, Idaho State Bar, coauthored with Joe Aldridge.
Presenter, Tort Law Update, Fourth District Bar Association Spring Case Review (March 10, 2021)
Presenter, Understanding Employment Contracts, 2021 Career Readiness Training, Ada County Medical Society (January 27, 2021)
Whose Claim Is It? Judicial Estoppel in Post-Bankruptcy Claims, The Advocate, August 2019, Vol. 62, No. 8, Idaho State Bar, https://isb.idaho.gov/blog/whose-claim-is-it-judicial-estoppel-in-post-bankruptcy-claims/
Trigger Issues Arising from Excess Insurance Exhaustion Clauses, 2019, Covered Events Newsletter, Issue 3, Defense Research Institute Insurance Law Section, https://dri.org/docs/default-source/webdocs/newsletters/2019/2019_covered_events_issue_3.pdf?sfvrsn=4
State of Idaho Compendium of Transportation and Logistics, USLaw Network, coauthored with Keely E. Duke and Kevin J. Scanlan.
State of Idaho Compendium of Retail and Hospitality Law, USLaw Network, coauthored with Keely E. Duke and Kevin J. Scanlan.
State of Idaho Compendium of Construction Law, USLaw Network, coauthored with Keely E. Duke and Kevin J. Scanlan.
50 State Survey – Accounting and Auditing Liability Issues – Idaho, American Bar Association, coauthored with Keely E. Duke.
Presenter, Year-End Survey – Civil Case Law Update, Idaho State Bar (December 2017)
Presenter, Quickfire Case Law Update – Judicial Estoppel and Civil Procedure, Idaho Association of Defense Counsel Annual Meeting (September 2016)
Impending Changes to Discovery Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Idaho Association of Defense Counsel Newsletter, June 2014.
Changing Attitudes Concerning Attorney-Client Privilege and Work-Product Protections in Insurance Bad-Faith Litigation, Idaho Association of Defense Counsel Newsletter, June 2014.
Will Proposed Changes to the Federal Rules Decrease the Costs of Civil Discovery?, USLaw Magazine, Fall/Winter 2014 – coauthored with Keely E. Duke.
Presenter, Ethical Implications of Cloud Computing for Lawyers, American Inns of Court No. 130 (March 19, 2014)
Presenter and Materials Author, Litigating Insurance Coverage Claims, National Business Institute (November 15, 2012).
The Expense of Uncertainty: How a Lack of Clear E-Discovery Standards Puts Attorneys and Clients in Jeopardy, 45 Idaho L. Rev. 441 (2009).
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