FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

July 16, 2018-Randall C. Budge of Pocatello 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. Budge is a partner with the law firm Racine Olson. He received his law degree from the University of Idaho College of Law. His practice’s main focus is estate and succession planning, business, real estate, and water law. In 2008, Budge received the Idaho State Bar’s Professionalism Award. He is an active member of the Idaho State Bar’s Business & Corporate Law Section and Real Property Section. Budge’s public service includes 48 years on the National Ski Patrol, including eight years on its National Board and a term as Assistant National Director. He previously served the maximum eight years allowed on the Idaho Fish and Game Commission including a period as Chairperson.

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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