Thomas C. Morris has been an outstanding source of legal counseling and guidance for more than 38 years. He spent the first 20 years of his legal career with Moffatt Thomas, one of the largest firms in Idaho. Mr. Morris left Moffatt Thomas in 2001 to help establish the Boise office of Perkins Coie, the largest firm in the Pacific Northwest. He further sharpened his legal and business skills by working from 2005 – 2009 as general counsel to a real estate development and home building company, where he assisted in the acquisition and development of more than $180,000,000 of property.

In 2009, Mr. Morris returned to the private practice of law with Belnap Stewart Taylor & Morris (now Morris Bower & Haws) and brought his extensive legal and business experience with him. Mr. Morris’ practice areas include real estate, business formations and consulting, trademarks and other intellectual property, and business litigation.

Among his peers, Mr. Morris is known for his professionalism, ethics, and legal ability earning an AV® Preeminent Peer Review rating by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest recognition in the legal industry.

Mr. Morris received both his undergraduate degree and his law degree from Brigham Young University. He has been active in his community, having served on the Boards of Directors for the American Red Cross of Southwest Idaho, Boy Scouts of America (Ore-Ida Council), Boise Metro Economic Development Council (Venture Capital Committee) and the BYU Management Society (Boise Chapter). He was a YMCA and AAU youth basketball coach for more than 8 years.

Mr. Morris has also been actively involved in leadership positions for various sections of the Idaho State Bar, including the Real Property Section, Business and Corporation Law Section and the Intellectual Property Law Section. He has lectured frequently to both attorneys and non-attorneys on a variety of legal topics including: “Difficult Issues for Business Lawyers – Intellectual Property,” Idaho State Bar (May 2002), “Trademarks, Tradenames and Domain Names,” Idaho State Bar Annual Meeting (July 2000), “Preserving and Protecting Intellectual Property,” Idaho Association of Paralegals (January 2000), “Idaho Practical Skills – Real Estate,” Idaho Law Foundation (April 1996, September 1996, April 1997). He has also spoken on estate planning (wills and trusts), probate, business entities and formation, limited liability companies, and various real estate topics.

Significant recent representation includes the following:

• Prepared loan documents for a $27,000,000 apartment complex development.
• Represented a real estate investment fund in the purchase of numerous commercial properties throughout the western United States.
• Represented various small businesses in the sale of those businesses, and investors in the purchase of similar small businesses, including an outdoor products manufacturer, dental practice, auto parts stores, software developer, seed grower and different franchise businesses.
• Successfully obtained and renewed numerous federally registered trademarks.
• Formed numerous new business entities (primarily limited liability companies, corporations and joint ventures.
• Represented clients in internal business and contract disputes.

Daniel W. Bower is recognized as a leader in the Idaho legal community.  Mr. Bower is an experienced and accomplished trial and appellate attorney having argued twenty-five cases before the Idaho Supreme Court and the Idaho Court of Appeals. His practice focuses on both prosecution and defense in civil litigation, resolution of business disputes, property law and adoption work. Mr. Bower is known for his professionalism, ethics, and legal ability earning an AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review rating by Martindale­ Hubbell®, the highest recognition in the legal industry.

A former law clerk to Judge Stephen S. Trott of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Mr. Bower worked as a litigator handling complex commercial litigation for Ray Quinney & Nebeker, a highly regarded Salt Lake City law firm. While at that firm, Mr. Bower worked on matters involving some of the world’s largest and most profitable business entities. Immediately prior to joining his current firm, Mr. Bower served as a Deputy Attorney General for the State of Idaho.  As a founding member of Morris Bower & Haws PLLC, Mr. Bower has been involved in some of the most high profile commercial litigation matters in Idaho. He has represented and continues to represent massive farming entities, regional banking institutions and equipment manufacturing companies.

Mr. Bower graduated magna cum laude from Brigham Young University’s J. Reuben Clark Law School, where he served as the research editor of the BYU Law Review and received the Hugh B. Brown Barrister’s Award for excellence in the classroom.  Originally from Caldwell, Idaho, Mr. Bower was a record setting basketball player at Brigham Young University and at Ricks College. Mr. Bower was inducted into the Ricks College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008.  Mr. Bower and his wife, Caroline, also a BYU athlete, were recipients of the prestigious Floyd Johnson Service Award for their community service as  student-athletes.  As a native Idahoan, Mr. Bower continues to be involved in the community he grew up in, having served on the board of directors for the Treasure Valley Reading Foundation and the Nampa Family Shelter Coalition.

Mr. Haws is a litigation and trial attorney. Since Mr. Haws’ arrival at MB&H in 2011, he has built a robust practice specializing in commercial and business disputes, insurance disputes, personal injury, product liability, wrongful death, construction defect, employment disputes, and real estate disputes. He represents both plaintiffs and defendants. Mr. Haws is respected for his proven trial skills, integrity, passion, and strong work ethic. He has obtained multi-million-dollar jury verdicts for his clients, ranging from insurance bad faith related to crop hail loss to catastrophic brain injury suffered in a motorcycle accident. He successfully defended clients from seven figure construction defect claims and product liability claims. He is highly regarded as a talented, ethical, and experienced litigator.

After graduating from law school in 2004, Gabe began working at the Ada County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office in Boise, Idaho. Gabe had a stellar career as a criminal trial attorney and tried dozens and dozens of jury trials.   He specialized in complex criminal litigation. He also supervised five (5) trial attorneys as a Felony Trial Team leader and Unit Supervisor while also carrying a regular trial caseload.

Gabe is a native Idahoan and graduated from the University ofldaho’s College of Law, where he represented the College of Law as a trial team member. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Haws received academic and athletic scholarships (baseball) to attend Ricks College and College of Idaho. Mr. Haws is a graduate of the Idaho State Bar’s prestigious Idaho Academy of Leadership for Lawyers. He also served as a mentor to law students attending Concordia University School of Law in Boise, Idaho for several years, and has enjoyed membership in the prestigious Inns of Court. In his spare time, Mr. Haws enjoys coaching and watching his children in athletics and spending time in Idaho’s great outdoors with family and friends.

Community Activities & Memberships

• Idaho State Bar
• Idaho Trial Lawyers Association, Member & Street Law Clinic Volunteer
• Federal Bar Association
• Idaho State Bar, Litigation Section

Education

• College of Law, University ofldaho, J.D. 2004
• College of Idaho (aka Albertson College of Idaho), B.A. English 2000

Ricky practices in the areas of business counseling, real estate, and family wealth management.  He represents a wide variety of businesses, including closely-held, private and publicly-held companies, nonprofit organizations, lending institutions, dental practices, and medical practices.  He consults clients regarding business organization, corporate governance, general corporate structuring, buy-sell agreements, licensing and various distribution agreements, and all types of contracts necessary to a company’s business operation.  Ricky also assists clients with trademarks and other intellectual property.

Ricky’s real estate practice includes the drafting of purchase and sale agreements and related loan documents, various lease agreements, and other agreements related to real property.

Ricky’s family wealth management practice involves the drafting of wills, trusts and all types of estate planning documents, including revocable and irrevocable trusts, succession planning and other income and estate tax-reduction mechanisms.  Ricky also assists clients with probate and intestate succession.

Ricky has also been actively involved in the legal community, having served in leadership positions of the Idaho State Bar Business and Corporate Law Section and the J. Reuben Clark Law Society’s Boise Chapter.  Ricky is also a member of the ISB Real Property Section as well as the and ISB Taxation, Probate & Trust Law Section. Ricky also served as the attorney advisor for Nampa School District’s mock trial team.

Ricky was born in Caldwell, Idaho and graduated from Skyview High School in Nampa, Idaho.  In college, Ricky played basketball for the Ricks College Vikings, Wisconsin Badgers and BYU Cougars.  Ricky was inducted into the Skyview Athletics Hall of Fame in 2011. Ricky is the founder and operator of the youth basketball program, the Idaho Stags.

Clerkships

• Judge Dee V. Benson United States District Court for the District of Utah

Education

• J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, J.D., 2010
• Romney Institute of Public Management, Brigham Young University, M.P.A., 2007
• Brigham Young University, B.A. Accounting, 2005

Publications

• “Mentoring That Helps in a ‘Big’ Way,” The Advocate, Official Publication of the Idaho State Bar (June/July 2015)

Significant Representations

• Represented a real estate investment fund in the purchase of numerous commercial properties throughout the western United States.
• Negotiated and prepared numerous commercial lease agreements and related documents.
• Formed numerous new business entities.
• Represented various small businesses in the sale of those businesses, and investors in the purchase of similar small businesses, including multiple insurance agencies, dental practices, pest control companies, a construction supply and rental company, software developer, and different franchise businesses.
• Prepared numerous wills and trusts.

Mo Haws is a litigation and trial attorney. Mo practices primarily in civil litigation including real estate, landlord/tenant, municipal law, contracts, personal injury, insurance, products liability, building defects, professional liability, and employment law. Mo also helps clients with estate planning and business formation.

Mo is a native Idahoan and graduate from the University of Idaho’s College of Law. As an Idaho rancher, Mo’s practice is largely focused on protecting private property rights. As a law student Mo started a legal startup that supported area attorneys in their representation of clients. Prior to attending law school, Mo participated in Boise State’s Venture College, where he earned his Badge through demonstration of entrepreneurial skills in the development of a business model that used CNC technology in the craft of lutherie—building wooden, stringed instruments. Outside of the law, Mo enjoys building mandolins, fly-fishing, biking, hiking and ranching with his partner and their two german shepherds.

Community Activities & Memberships

• Idaho State Bar
• Idaho Trial Lawyers Association, Member & Street Law Clinic Volunteer
• Federal Bar Association
• Idaho Women Lawyers Association, Member
• Real Property Section of Idaho State Bar, Member
• Business and Corporate Law Section of Idaho State Bar, Member

Education

• College of Law, University of Idaho, J.D.  2020
• Boise State University, B.A. English Rhetoric & Composition 2017