Practice Areas
Business Law
Commercial Litigation
Employment & Labor Law
Start-Up Companies
Education
J.D., Tulane Law School, cum laude, 1994
B.A., Vanderbilt University, 1991
Admissions/Memberships
American Inn of Court No. 130
Federal Bar Association
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C.
Federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Idaho Civil Rules Advisory Committee
Idaho State Bar
U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C.
U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho
Professional Publications
“Things to Consider When Starting Up a Company in Idaho - A Lawyer’s Perspective,” publicly available at www.Startup-Idaho.com.
“2010 In Review, Recent Developments in Employment Law.”
“Significant Developments in the Wage and Hour Laws,” SHRM 2010 Employment Law & Legislative Conference.
“Tips for Avoiding the Often Forgotten Retaliation Claim,” SHRM 2010 Employment Law & Legislative Conference.
“Things to Consider Before Terminating Any Employee,” HRATV 2008 Annual Conference.
“Summary of 2007 Developments in Employment Law.”
“515 Prepayment Options from A to Z,” 2007 CARH Mid-Year Meeting in Miami, Florida.
“Mitigating Damages Arising from a Warehouse Failure and Issues to Spot When Litigating the Warehouse Failure Case,” 2006 AAWCO Annual Meeting.
“Give Me Freedom or Give Me Money, 515 Litigation Update,” 2005 CARH Mid-Year Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.
“Enforcing Your Prepayment Rights Without Submitting to ELIHPA or 1965-E, The Anatomy of a Quiet Title Lawsuit,” 2004 CARH Mid-Year Meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Quoted in the Idaho Business Review and the Idaho Statesman on various business and employment law topics.
Professional Profile
Clay Gill is a business and employment lawyer. His passion and creativity distinguish him from most lawyers. Mr. Gill takes on each of his client's issues as if they were his own. Over the past seventeen years, Mr. Gill has developed a wealth of knowledge in business and employment law, having successfully litigated cases in the areas of commercial contracts, executive employment contracts, buy-sell agreements, non-competes, misappropriation of trade secrets, trademark infringement, wrongful terminations, employment discrimination, wage and hour disputes, ERISA and labor disputes, antitrust, dealer/franchise disputes, and real estate contracts. Mr. Gill utilizes this knowledge and experience in his consultation practice, which includes emerging growth companies, entity formation, buy-sell agreements, executive employment contracts, commercial contracts, mergers and acquisitions, employment policy handbooks, trade secret protection policies, non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, and other intellectual property protection practices.
Mr. Gill also regularly advises Rural Development 515 property owners about mortgage prepayment strategies, having successfully prevailed in both quiet title and money damage actions against the federal government because of its refusal to allow early repayment. As a business lawyer, Mr. Gill understands the importance of adding value to everything he does for his clients.
Mr. Gill served two terms as President of Friends of Zoo Boise and is actively involved in various youth related organizations.