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Snell & Wilmer Counsel Tara Martens Miller Inducted as a Fellow of the Construction Lawyers Society of America
BOISE – Snell & Wilmer is pleased to announce that Counsel Tara Martens Miller has been inducted as a Fellow of the Construction Lawyers Society of America (CLSA). The CLSA is an invitation-only construction lawyer honorary society. It limits its practicing Fellowship to 1,200 lawyers from the United States and abroad. The society is dedicated to promoting superior advocacy, ethical standards, scholarship, and professional development among its Fellows.
Fellows are evaluated for effectiveness and accomplishment in construction law, along with ethical reputation. The selection process combines nominations and input from current Fellows, internal research, attorney opinions, evaluation of client selection of counsel, limited input from active and retired judges, and recognition by other peer-review sources and associations. CLSA’s purpose is to recognize deserving, experienced, and highly qualified lawyers across all practices relating to construction law, including contract preparation and negotiation, surety bonding, litigation, and arbitration.
With more than 25 years of experience, Martens Miller guides clients through business, construction, real estate, and employment disputes and transactions, representing them in state and federal courts as well as in alternative dispute resolution. Her construction experience includes trying and defending construction defect and lien matters on behalf of owners, contractors and subcontractors. On the real estate side, she has litigated matters for developers, buyers, sellers, and title insurers, and has represented developers in complex development and lease transactions. She also counsels and defends employers before state and federal agencies on discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful discharge claims.
Martens Miller’s work has earned consistent recognition from her peers. She has been named to The Best Lawyers in America® every year since 2019 for Employment Law – Management and every year since 2020 for Litigation – Insurance, most recently in the 2027 edition. A leader in the Idaho bar, Martens Miller is a past president of the Idaho Association of Defense Counsel, and a former Idaho State Representative for the Defense Research Institute. She writes regularly on Idaho construction law for the firm’s Under Construction newsletter.
About Snell & Wilmer
Founded in 1938, Snell & Wilmer is a full-service business law firm with more than 550 attorneys practicing in 18 locations throughout the United States and in Mexico, including Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona; Los Angeles, Orange County, Palo Alto and San Diego, California; Denver, Colorado; Washington, D.C.; Boise, Idaho; Las Vegas and Reno-Tahoe, Nevada; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Portland, Oregon; Dallas, Texas; Salt Lake City, Utah; Seattle, Washington; and Los Cabos and Mexico City in Mexico. The firm represents clients ranging from large, publicly traded corporations to small businesses, individuals and entrepreneurs. For more information, visit swlaw.com.
