Associated Taxpayers of Idaho | 74th Annual Conference

Legislative Interim Committee on Property Tax 1:00 p.m.

Rick Smith Partner, Hawley Troxell

Richard Smith practices primarily in the areas of business, commercial and tax litigation, estate planning, and general business representation.

He has been involved as trial counsel for various corporate and utility clients in tax cases litigated in federal and state courts or tax appeal boards in various tax-related cases before the IRS and in Idaho, California, Colorado, Arizona, Oregon, Nevada, NewMexico, Washington, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Minnesota, Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois. He represents companies such as railroads, utilities, telecommunications companies, and companies in the lumber products and semiconductor industries. Some of these matters involved short multiple-day hearings, whereas others lasted weeks, the longest consuming 47 trial days. He has also handled cases involving a wide variety of business and commercial litigation at the federal, state, administrative, and ADR level, including insurance company regulation, securities law, antitrust, contract and real estate litigation, and general business and corporate disputes. In addition, as chair of the tax practice group, Mr. Smith is engaged in a broad tax and estate planning practice, assisting clients in structuring transactions and business relationships, in dealing with tax issues that arise in the course of business, and in preparation of wills, trusts, and other estate planning documents.

Senator Jim Rice s enator and Committee Co-Chair

Jim Rice graduated from Melba High School, attended Brigham Young University, and earned his JD from William Howard Taft University. Senator Rice has been serving District 10 since 2012.

Idaho Governor Butch Otter appointed Jim Rice on March 1, 2012. Senator Rice was elected in November 2012. He has since been reelected in 2014, 2016, and 2018. Senator Rice is the chairman of the Local Government and Taxation Committee, and also sits on the Transportation Committee

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