FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Texie Montoya selected to receive Idaho State Bar Outstanding Young Lawyer Award

Boise, Idaho-July 10, 2017 – Boise native, Texie Montoya, will receive the Idaho State Bar Outstanding Young Lawyer Award in Moscow on July 13 during the Idaho State Bar Annual Meeting. Montoya is Associate Special Counsel for Boise State University. In her short, six and half years as a member of the Idaho State Bar, she has taken an energetic role serving as chairperson of the Government & Public Sector Lawyers Section and as the networking chairperson for the Young Lawyers Section. Montoya is active with Attorneys for Civic Education, is a member of Idaho Women Lawyers, a mentor for law students at Concordia University School of Law and a published author in the state bar’s legal publication The Advocate. Outside of the legal profession, she is a member of the National Association of College and University Attorneys, a director of Go Lead Idaho and a volunteer for the South Boise Little League, the Women’s & Children’s Alliance and Boise State’s Alumni Association.

The Outstanding Young Lawyer Award recognizes as young lawyer who has provided service to the profession, the Idaho State Bar, the Idaho Law Foundation, and to the community, and who exhibits professional excellence.

For more information about the Idaho State Bar Outstanding Young Lawyer Award or the 2017 Idaho State Bar Annual Meeting, contact Mahmood Sheikh at 208-334-4500.

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