Samuel T. Creason

208-743-1516

The law firm of Creason, Moore, Dokken & Geidl is pleased to announce that Samuel T. Creason has joined the firm as an associate.  Mr. Creason joined the firm in August, having completed a term serving as a law clerk to the Honorable N. Randy Smith of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.  Mr. Creason is licensed to practice in the State of Idaho, the State of Washington,  the Federal District of Idaho, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.  He is also a licensed patent attorney.  Currently, Mr. Creason’s practice includes insurance defense, creditors’ rights, criminal defense, estate litigation, estate planning, business association and trust creation, and plaintiff’s personal injury recovery.  He also donates time at a local high school, serving as the attorney coach for its Mock Trial Team.

Mr. Creason attended the University of Idaho, where he received a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2006, graduating as a member of the Tau Beta Pi Honor Society.  Mr. Creason also attended law school at the University of Idaho, where he participated as a member of the College of Law’s Mock Trial Team, and served as an associate member and then associate editor on the Idaho Law Review.  During his tenure on the Idaho Law Review, Mr. Creason published an article discussing Idaho courts’ review process for local elected officials’ decisions, entitled Land Use and the Lost Promise of Cooper:  What Happened to the “Judicial” in Quasi-Judicial Proceedings?, 44 Idaho L. Rev. 735 (2008).  Mr. Creason received his Juris Doctorate in 2009, graduating summa cum laude.

Mr. Creason was raised in Lewiston, Idaho, and now returns to practice law in the LC Valley.  He brings with him his wife, Christine, and their three young daughters.  He enjoys spending time with his family, reading, playing golf, and watching college football and professional hockey.