NEW ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS In 2014, six new members joined the Council; please join us in welcoming them.
JOHN A. BUSH
LAMONT C. LOO
Partner, Comstock and Bush – Boise, Idaho B.A., University of Idaho, ’84; J.D., University of Idaho, ’88
Davies Pearson, P.C. – Tacoma, Washington
PELE PEACOCK FISCHER Policy Advisor and Staff Attorney, Arizona House of Representatives – Phoenix, Arizona B.A., Southern Methodist University, ’04 J.D., University of Idaho, ’07 Pele Peacock Fischer is a policy adviser and staff attorney for the Arizona House of Representatives. While in law school, Ms. Fischer served as president of the Student Bar Association and received the Outstanding Student Service Award and a Faculty Resolution Recognizing Extraordinary Service for her commitment to the law school community in 2007. She is a third-generation University of Idaho law graduate. Ms. Fischer is involved with the Fresh Start Women’s Foundation, the Junior League of Phoenix, and Emerging Leaders for Phoenix Children’s Hospital.
REED W. LARSEN Partner, Cooper Larsen – Pocatello, Idaho B.A., Brigham Young University, ’82 J.D., University of Idaho, ’85 Reed Larsen is a partner in the Pocatello firm Cooper & Larsen, where his practice focuses on civil litigation. He frequently represents clients in mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. He has served as the president of the 6th District Bar Association and as an Idaho State Bar commissioner and president. Mr. Larsen grew up on a ranch in Burley and continues to enjoy horseback riding and team roping.
B.Ed., University of Lethbridge, ’92 J.D. University of Idaho, ’95 LL.M., University of Florida, ’96 Lamont Loo is president of the Tacoma-based law firm Davies Pearson, PC, where his practice focuses on business planning and transactions, estate planning and wealth preservation. While in law school, he was managing editor of Idaho Law Review. Mr. Loo currently serves on the board of directors for the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation and previously served on the boards of directors of the Broadway Center for Performing Arts, FISH (a nonprofit organization of food banks), the Franciscan Foundation, and the Point Defiance Zoo Society.
HONORABLE DAYO O. ONANUBOSI Third Judicial District Administrative Magistrate Judge – Caldwell, Idaho B.S., University of Idaho, ’90 J.D., University of Idaho, ’93 Judge Dayo Onanubosi was appointed as a Canyon County magistrate judge in 2009. After graduating from law school in 1993, he worked for Idaho Legal Aid in Twin Falls. He also previously worked as a deputy prosecuting attorney in Canyon County and as a Canyon County public defender. During his time as a public defender, Judge Onanubosi also maintained a civil and family law practice with Wiebe and Fouser law office in Caldwell. In 2008 Judge Onanubosi served as vice president of the Idaho Legal Aid board of directors. He also previously served on the board of directors of the Idaho Black History Museum in Boise.
ANTHONY J. RIPOSTA Riposta Lawyers LLC – Arlington, New Jersey B.A., Economics, Princeton University, ’74 J.D., College of Law, ’79 Anthony J. “Tony” Riposta is in private practice with Riposta, Lawyers LLC in New Jersey where his practice focuses on plaintiff’s personal injury, wrongful death, workers’ compensation, criminal defense, and real estate law. During law school he clerked for the Honorable Roy E. Mosman in Idaho’s Second Judicial District. Mr. Riposta has been certified as a civil trial attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey since 1983.
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John Bush is a partner at Comstock Bush where his practice focuses on insurance claims and insurance bad faith; personal injury and accident claims, including wrongful death, significant brain injury, and government tort claims. After law school he clerked for the Hon. Mikel H. Williams, U.S. Magistrate, District of Idaho. Mr. Bush served two consecutive terms as the president for the Idaho Law Foundation. He is a native Idahoan and attended the University of Idaho for both undergraduate and law school.
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