David W. Knotts

Dave Knotts is a partner in his firm’s Alternative Dispute Resolution practice group. ADR is his passion and single focus. Mr. Knotts has mediated or arbitrated over 500 disputes involving a broad range of claims and issues. These have included injury claims, 1983 actions, insurance disputes, professional malpractice, attorney fee disputes, construction defect claims, commercial disputes, employment related claims, property damage claims, boundary and access road disputes, quiet title actions, estate disputes, loan disputes, landlord-tenant disputes, consumer claims, losses due to fire, explosions, and water damage, and claims involving nursing homes, governmental entities, community associations, and Native American tribes.

Mr. Knotts is a AAA panelist in mediation and arbitration (see memberships below), and is a Certified Professional Mediator listed on the mediator panels for the Idaho Supreme Court and the United States District Court for Idaho. His practice, however, extends into all the neighboring jurisdictions (Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming and Montana), and beyond.

Mountain States Super Lawyer, listed in Alternative Dispute Resolution

Best Lawyers in America, listed in Construction, Insurance, and Malpractice

• University of Oregon, J.D., 1985 Order of the Coif
• University of North Carolina, M.A., 1982
• Indiana University, B.A., 1977 summa cum laude
• Phi Beta Kappa

• American Arbitration Association Panelist, mediations; construction, commericla, consumer,  and employment arbitrations
• Idaho Mediation Association
• Resolute Systems Panelist
• Member, Roster for Mediators and Arbitrators, State of Idaho Department of Administrative Hearings
• Inns of Court, Bench Member

$340/hour plus any expenses;  different rates apply for AAA and Resolute Systems matters.