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312 South Washington            P.O. Box 9696
Moscow, Idaho 83843             (208) 882-2222 (office)
gresbacklaw@yahoo.com      www.moscowattorney.com

EDUCATION
ANTIOCH SCHOOL OF LAW
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Juris Doctorate (1987). Top student in Evidence and Criminal Procedure.
ST. OLAF COLLEGE
NORTHFIELD, MINNESOTA
Bachelor of Arts in History (1983). Member of Student Senate and Hockey Team.
LANCASTER UNIVERSITY
LANCASTER, ENGLAND
Junior Year Abroad (1982). Studied Euro-Asian Comparitive History (Japan, China, U.S.S.R.) and Irish Nationalism. Thesis: "A Tradition of Violence: The Irish Question for Nationhood 1880 - 1923."
IDAHO STATE BAR Admitted 1987.
MINNESOTA STATE BAR Admitted 1989.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BAR Admitted 1989.
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT Admitted 1994.
NEZ PERCE TRIBAL COURT Admitted 2003.
WASHINGTON STATE BAR Admitted 2008.

PUBLIC SERVICE
PRESIDENT-ELECT Idaho Trial Lawyers Association (2008 - 2009).
ICE HOCKEY REFEREE Palouse Youth Hockey Association (2007 - present).
COMMISSIONER Moscow Human Rights Commission (2006 - present).
DIRECTOR Federal Defender Services of Idaho (2006 - present).
REGIONAL DIRECTOR Idaho Trial Lawyers Association (2005 - 2006).
PUBLIC RELATIONS Idaho Trial Lawyers Association (2004 - 2005).
PRESIDENT Idaho Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (2000 - 2001).
DIRECTOR YMCA Youth Government Program North Region (1992 - 1999).
PRESIDENT Trinity Group Homes (1995 - 1998).

LEGAL EXPERIENCE
PRIVATE PRACTICE
COEUR D'ALENE AND MOSCOW, IDAHO
December 1991 - present
Sole practitioner in Coeur d'Alene and Moscow, primarily in criminal defense and personal injury.
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
MOSCOW, IDAHO
August 2000 - December 2005
Trial Advocacy Adjunct Professor at the University of Idaho College of Law.
DEPUTY PUBLIC DEFENDER
COEUR D'ALENE, IDAHO
April 1989 - October 1991
State court trial defense litigator. Felony, misdemeanor, juvenile, child protective and appellate representation for indigents. Tried over thirty trials to verdit.
IDAHO SUPREME COURT
BOISE, IDAHO
August 1987 - April 1989
Judicial Clerk for Justice Stephen Bistline.
ADULT MISDEMEANOR CLINIC
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Fall 1986 - Spring 1987
Defended indigent adults charged with drug, prostitution and theft offenses. Argued cases before District of Columbia involving pro se indigents' fundamental right of access to the courts.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS
WASHINGTON, D.C.
January - August 1986
Judicial Intern for Judge Julia Cooper Mack.

PUBLICATIONS
"Idaho's Best Criminal Cases," (Editor) IACDL Publication (6th ed. 2006).
"Nine Bad Ideas," ITLA Journal, Vol. 31, No. 1 (Spring 2002).
"Petition for Review Denied: What's All The Shouting About?" Advocate, Vol. 22, No. 2 (February 1990).

AWARDS
Liberty Award, American Civil Liberties Union (2005).
President's Award, Idaho Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (1997).

CERTIFICATIONS
Criminal Trial Specialist, Idaho Trial Lawyers Association (2005 - present).
Death-Penalty Qualified Counsel, Idaho Supreme Court (2002 - present).

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