Idaho Personal Injury Lawyers

Personal Injury Law

827 E Park Blvd, Boise, ID 83712, USA

Chad M. Nicholson is a key litigator for MWSS+. His background in criminal law and prosecutorial duties in Washington State provided him with significant courtroom experience prior to joining the firm. Working independently as well as in collaboration with our principals, Chad has proven himself adept in both the preparation phase of litigation as well as the process of trial law – from either side of the courtroom. Chad has expertise in personal injury and medical malpractice claims, employment matters, and commercial litigation, including general business, construction and real estate. For more than a decade Chad has represented individuals who have been injured in accidents, from medical negligence or because of defective products. In the business and employment arena, Chad is knowledgeable and experienced in a variety of matters including sexual harassment claims, age, disability and other discrimination claims, Family Medical Leave Act claims, non-competition and non-disclosure agreements, and wrongful termination claims. Outside the courtroom, Chad regularly negotiates and drafts employment contracts, employee manuals, non-competition agreements and non-disclosure agreements. Chad grew up in Oregon before attending Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho. After completing law school at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, Chad began his practice in the Seattle, Washington area. He settled in Boise in 2006 and today enjoys golf, snow sports, hunting and following his son’s football and wrestling teams at Bishop Kelly High School. Chad is also on the board of directors for the non-profit organization Gates of Hope, which provides the tools for sustainable growth to individuals and communities in both Africa and the United States.

Personal Injury Law

PO BOX 4, Kunda, ID 83634

Kristian Beckett is a Boise trial attorney whose work has included criminal defense and litigation over access to school records. He represented Rilee Ann Lutz, a former assistant softball coach, in a sexual-battery case in Bear Lake County. The jury acquitted Lutz after a seven-day trial. Speaking to EastIdahoNews.com afterward, Beckett said inaccuracies in police reports had been demonstrated during the proceedings and had contributed to the verdict. In a separate matter before the Idaho Supreme Court, Beckett represented Richard Kollmann in a dispute with Soda Springs Joint School District. Kollmann alleged that the district delayed providing records concerning his child’s education and health. His original lawsuit, filed in November 2025, was dismissed in Caribou County before the appeal. Beckett’s argument focused on the relationship between Idaho’s five-school-day response requirement and the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. He maintained that the federal 45-day period was an outside limit, not permission to withhold records that could be produced earlier. In responding to the justices’ questions, he distinguished a specific statutory timeline from a maximum guideline. He also argued that Idaho’s five-day requirement supplied the reasonable response period contemplated by federal law. The school district opposed that interpretation: its attorney, Anne Mageneli, argued that the federal law applied and that the lower court had correctly dismissed the case.