Deb, a partner at Givens Pursley LLP, is a general business litigator in state and federal courts, with a particular emphasis in the areas of employment and media law.
Her experience includes representation of a wide-variety of businesses and industries throughout the state of Idaho ranging from agricultural, environmental and construction interests to healthcare, manufacturing and high tech companies. Moreover, as one of the state’s premier media attorneys, Deb has represented major media and communications clients, including newspapers, magazines, cable companies, local television stations, national television networks, radio stations, movie studios and music recording associations in various litigation matters, including libel, privacy and intellectual property disputes.
Deb is very active in the community, serving as a member and/or officer of a number of professional organizations such as the Idaho State Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association – Idaho chapter, the American Inns of Court, the Idaho State Broadcasters Association, the Idaho Press Club, the ABA’s Forum on Communications Law, the Media Law Resource Center, a founding member of the Idaho Supreme Court’s statewide Media and Courts Committee and its Media-Courts Conflicts Resolution panel, the District of Idaho's Local Rules Committee, and the Idaho Legal History Society. She has also served on numerous civic organizations, including on boards of the Bishop Kelly Foundation, Riverstone International School and ProHelmet.org.
Deb is currently the incoming Chair of the Ninth Circuit's Lawyer Representatives Coordinating Committee and a former Lawyer Representative from the District of Idaho to the Ninth Circuit Conference of U.S. Courts. She is also a Past President of the Idaho State Bar. During her tenure as President, she researched and wrote 1895-1975: The First 50 Women in Idaho Law (Idaho State Bar, 2005) and hosted the single largest event in the history of the Idaho State Bar to honor the state’s earliest women lawyers. For her efforts, Deb was awarded the Idaho Women Lawyers’ distinguished Kate Feltham Award in 2005 “for promoting equal rights and opportunities for women and minorities in the legal profession.”
