Robert A. Anderson

In the area of complex commercial litigation, Mr. Anderson has considerable experience representing individuals and business entities in a wide variety of legal matters, including disputes relating to contract breaches, antitrust matters, non-compete covenants, and class action claims. Mr. Anderson’s past experience includes:

• Two month trial resulting in verdict of $1.00 in lost profits being awarded after plaintiffs’ experts testified such losses were in the range of $15-100 million.
• Successful resolution of class action matter involving over 100 homes in two subdivisions in which plaintiffs’ initial demand was in excess of $10 million.
• Successfully handled business litigation matters which involved multi-million dollar claims and in excess of 500,000-1,000,000 documents and required extensive development of a paralegal and associate team to scan, review, and incorporate those documents into AJH’s computer software programs designed to facilitate topical, witness, and OCR searches of multiple databases.

In the area of construction law, Mr. Anderson has represented hundreds of clients involved in construction disputes ranging from private residences to complex construction projects. He has handled trials, arbitrations, mediations, and other matters in Utah, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington on behalf of his construction-related clients. He is on the approved panel counsel list of all carriers writing E & O insurance for Idaho’s design professional community, and represents numerous architects and engineers and private construction firms, as well. Mr. Anderson’s knowledge and experience in representing contractors, subcontractors, owners, developers, and design professionals provides our clients with the unique depth of experience necessary to analyze, defend, and efficiently resolve the entire range of construction disputes. Mr. Anderson’s experience in this area includes:

• Successfully defending his first design professional malpractice trial in 1982, with a jury verdict in excess of $1 million dollars against the co-defendant subcontractor.
• Has tried several other A & E cases since that time, all with a defense verdict outcome, with the most recent being a five week trial in Spokane, Washington, resulting in a defense verdict against the heirs and estate of an individual who fell into an industrial fan, for which plaintiffs’ counsel never reduced the settlement demand below $7,000,000.
• Reached a successful resolution of a case involving complex design issues on a multi-million dollar bridge on the Interstate running through Boise, Idaho.Obtained two summary judgments on behalf of an engineering company, both of which rulings were upheld by the Idaho Court of Appeals and Idaho Supreme Court.
• Recently completed a four week trial in which a homeowner, who had spent more than $2.3 million dollars “repairing” a home, was limited to less than 50% of that total in terms of a verdict, with 2/3 of the liability attributed to a sub-contractor.