PETER G. BARTON is an attorney with the law firm Givens Pursley LLP, where his practice focuses primarily on environmental and natural resources law and on real estate transactions. His environmental career began as an undergraduate in civil and environmental engineering at Duke University. After graduating, Mr. Barton spent more than four years at a consulting civil and environmental engineering firm designing and managing complex land projects. After law school, he clerked for the Hon. Peter C. Dorsey, U.S. District Judge for the District of Connecticut. While at the U.S. Department of Justice, Mr. Barton drafted successful appellate briefs to multiple U.S. courts of appeals. He joined Givens Pursley LLP, after practicing law for several years at a large, international law firm in Washington, D.C. Mr. Barton has experience with CERCLA, NEPA, the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, the Oil Pollution Act, RCRA, Indian Law, mining law and Idaho water law. He is admitted to practice in Idaho, New York and the District of Columbia, and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, the U.S. Tax Court, the U.S. Court of International Trade, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, and the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. Mr. Barton earned his B.S.E degree from Duke University and his J.D. degree from Harvard Law School.

PAUL J. FITZER is an attorney with Moore Smith Buxton & Turcke, Chartered, practicing in the areas of municipal law, civil litigation and land use law. Mr. Fitzer serves as general counsel for more than a dozen governmental entities including municipalities, counties and districts. Additionally, he represents private individuals, partnerships and corporate entities in various land use planning endeavors. Mr. Fitzer is a member of the Idaho State Bar (Local Government Section) and is active in the Association of Idaho Cities. He graduated from Southern Methodist University School of Law.

CHRISTOPHER H. MEYER is a partner in the Boise firm of Givens Pursley LLP. He has been a leader in the fields of road law, water law, land use and zoning law, environmental and natural resources law and constitutional law for three decades. Mr. Meyer is described in the Idaho Yearbook Directory as "centrally located in the world of Idaho public affairs" and "a key figure in Idaho water law." He serves as president of the Idaho Environmental Forum. Mr. Meyer has broad experience in land and water transactions; as well as litigation at the administrative, district court, and appellate levels. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Mountain States Super Lawyers, Chambers USA and Who's Who in America. Prior to entering private practice in 1991, Mr. Meyer taught water law and negotiation at the University of Colorado Law School. In the 1980s he practiced natural resources law with the National Wildlife Federation in Washington, D.C. Mr. Meyer earned both his A.B. degree, with high honors, and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from the University of Michigan.