Heather A. Cunningham
Davison, Copple, Copple & Copple, LLP
199 North Capital Boulevard, Suite 600 P.O. Box 1583
Boise, ID 83701-1583
Tel:(208) 342- 3658 | Fax:(208) 386-9428
Email
Experience
Ms. Cunningham has over 15 years of private practice experience in Idaho advising and representing citizens who are litigating with government entities, large corporations, or who find themselves in other legal situations they do not want to navigate without professional guidance. She has extensive experience in complex civil litigation, and handles matters from the initial answer or complaint through appeal, if necessary.
She has served as an instructor on eminent domain topics in legal seminars in Idaho and at the national level. Ms. Cunningham also regularly appears before the legislature to address eminent domain legislation, and has successfully drafted a number of bills which became law.
Areas Of Practice
Condemnation, Eminent Domain, Complex Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law, Real Estate, Personal Injury, Animal Law, Inverse Condemnation, Zoning, Land Use Planning
Education
Hillsdale College, B.A. 1993
Pepperdine University School of Law, J.D. 1996
Trial Lawyer's College, 2000
Admissions & Affiliations
United States Supreme Court
United States District Court of Idaho
U.S. Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit
Idaho State Bar
American Bar Association
Idaho Trial Lawyers Association
American Association for Justice
Owners' Counsel of America
American Inns of Court No. 130; 1997-1998
Omicorn Delta Kappa
Pi Kappa Delta
National Forensic League
Samples of Ms. Cunningham's Reported Idaho Supreme Court Cases
State of Idaho v. Jo Grace Jardine, 130 Idaho 318, 940 P 2d 1137 (1997) (Amicus Curiae)
Ada County Highway Dist. v. Sharp, 135 Idaho 888, 26 P.3d 1225 (2001)
Boel v. Stewart Title, 137 Idaho 9, 43 P 3d 768 (2002)
KMST v. Ada County Highway District, 138 Idaho 577, 67 P 3d 56 (2003)
C & G, Inc. v. Canyon Highway Dist. No. 4, 139 Idaho 140, 75 P.3d 194 (2003)
VFP VC v. Dakota Co., 141 Idaho 326, 109 P 3d 714 (2005)
VFP VC v. Dakota Co., 142 Idaho 675, 132 P 3d 432 (2006)
City of Boise v. Frazier, 143 ID 1, 137 P.3d 388 (2006)
State of Idaho v. Canyon Vista, 148 Idaho 718, 228 P.3d 985 (2010)
