FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

July 16, 2018-Edward C. Ahrens of Boise will receive the Idaho State Bar’s highest honor – the Distinguished Lawyer Award – July 18 during the Idaho State Bar Annual Meeting in Sun Valley. Ahrens received his undergraduate and law degree from the University of Idaho. He is a member of the Idaho State Bar Taxation, Probate & Trust Law Section, a Fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, a member of the Idaho Community Foundation, and former Law Advisory Council member for the University of Idaho College of Law. Ahrens has been recognized as one of the top estate planning attorneys in the nation. His civic activities range from membership in the Virginia Mason Hospital Foundation, to the advisory board of the Seattle Art Museum, and the capital campaign committee of the Sitka Tribe of Alaska.

The Distinguished Lawyer Award is given to an attorney (or attorneys) each year who has distinguished the profession through exemplary conduct and many years of dedicated service to the profession and to Idaho citizens.

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