Thomas B. HighMr. High has practiced in Twin Falls since 1979 and has been with the Benoit firm since 1981. He graduated from the University of Utah cum laude in 1973, with a Bachelor of Science in psychology. Mr. High pursued graduate work in the area of psychology at the University of Tennessee in 1974. He then spent several years employed as a fire cause and origin investigator for the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management in Boise, Idaho. Mr. High then pursued his law degree from the University of Idaho graduating with a Juris Doctorate in 1979, after which Mr. High returned to his hometown, Twin Falls. Mr. High is a member of the American Bar Association, the Idaho State Bar Association, the Fifth District Bar Association (past President) and the Idaho Association of Defense Counsel (past President). Mr. High is also a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel and a Fellow in the International Society of Barristers, currently serving his second 3 year term on its Board of Governors. He is Master of the Theron Ward American Inns of Court and has served as State Chair for the Defense Research Institute from 1989 through 1992. Mr. High's practice includes personal injury litigation, both plaintiff's and defense, workers compensation, insurance coverage disputes, business and commercial litigation, and contract and real estate claims. His practice also includes general business and estate planning. Mr. High lectures extensively for the Idaho State Bar Association with particular emphasis in the areas of trial practice and professional ethics and civility.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- International Society of Barristers (1997-Present)
Currently Idaho State Chair and member of the Board of Governors
- International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) (1995-Present)
- American Bar Association (1979-Present)
- Idaho State Bar Association (1997-Present)
Past Executive Committee Chair of Professionalism and Ethics Section
Past Professional Conduct Board Committee (through July 2003)
Past Chair of CLE Committee
Outstanding Service Award 1996
2003 Idaho State Bar Professionalism Award
- Defense Research Institute (1988-Present)
Idaho State Chair 1991-1994
Exceptional Performance Citation in 1992
- Idaho Association of Defense Counsel (1979-Present)
Board of Directors 1986-1992
President 1991-1992
Service Award 1999
- Fifth District Bar Association (1979-Present)
Board 1985-1992
President 1987-1988
- Theron Ward Inns of Court (1995-Present)
Master 1997-Present
- American Board of Trial Advocates (2011- Present)
- American Bar Foundation (2011- Present)
- Lawyer Rep. to Federal Court (2009- Present)
CHARITABLE ASSOCIATIONS
- YFCA (Young Family Christian Association) (1988-1991)
Board Chairman 1991
- Magic Valley Boys and Girls Club Board of Directors (1998-2001)
PRESENTATIONS
- Avoiding Ethical Pitfalls; Exercising Caution in Client Relations; Office and Practice
- Organization Thoughts (presented twice annually to new bar admittees)
- Annual Law Update
- Ethics and the Media
- Ethics - Where We Went Wrong
- Ethics and Clients - Loving and Leaving Them
- Ethics and Civility
- Where They Went Wrong - a Summary of Lawyer Ethical Complaints
- The Case of the Silent Alarm, A Study in Professionalism
- Ethics Update, Idaho Law Foundation
- Ethics and Estate Planning
- Ethics and Advertising (Professionalism Section)
- Ethics 2000 - The New Rules (Professionalism Section)
- Professionalism: First Step in Law School
- Estate Planning
- School Law, Records and Violence
- Ethics for Paralegals for Halfmoon Seminar
PUBLICATIONS
- Idaho Chapter on Products Liability Defenses, A State-by-State Compendium, DRI, 2004
- Idaho Chapter of the DRI Treatise on " Admissibility of Expert Testimony, A State-by-
- State Compendium", Thomas B. High, co-author; 1996
- Room Flexibility and Space Use in a Dormitory, Thomas B. High and Eric Sundstrom, 1. Environment and Behavior, Vol. 9, No. 1, March 1977
