Practice Areas
Commercial Litigation
Employment & Labor Law
Environmental & Natural Resources
Health Care Law
Insurance Defense
Education
J.D., Willamette University College of Law, 1973
B.A., Boise State College, 1970
Admissions/Memberships
American, Idaho, and Wyoming Bar Associations
American Board of Trial Advocates
Idaho Association of Defense Counsel, Past President
International Association of Defense Counsel
Transportation Lawyers of America
Trucking Industry Defense Association
Professional Profile
Mr. Dance, a Martindale-Hubble AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5 rated attorney, is a trial lawyer with more than 30 years of experience. He is the managing partner of the firm and maintains a broad-based litigation practice. His extensive litigation experience includes medical malpractice defense and insurance bad faith defense, as well as trucking defense.
He has:
· Handled hundreds of major civil cases.
· Tried numerous civil cases to judgment or verdict and numerous cases on appeal to the Idaho Supreme Court and/or the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
· Defended many medical malpractice cases for both physicians and hospitals.
· Defended a significant number of insurance bad faith claims.
· Defended multiple insurance coverage disputes for insurance carriers.
· Worked on personal injury defense relating to automobile, negligence, and products liability actions for numerous insurance carriers.