Resume Molly O'leary

EDUCATION
University of Idaho, College of Law, Moscow
J.D., May 1994

Idaho State University, Pocatello
B.A. Journalism, 1978

EXPERIENCE

Partner
Richardson & O’Leary PLLC
December 1999 to present. Provide ongoing legal counsel to small business clients including
to present entity formation, contract review and negotiation, employment matters, and dispute resolution; serve as regulatory counsel for telecommunications companies; provide regulatory counsel to small, privately-held water companies.

Adjunct Professor
Boise State University, College of Business & Economics
Fall Semesters Taught a three-credit class in “Telecommunications Law & Policy”
2000, 2001 to fourth year students in the Network Communications and Computer Information Systems programs.

Associate
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
April 1998 Served as interim in-house counsel for a start-up
November 1999 telecommunications company based in Vancouver, WA.; assisted in various telecommunications transactions requiring multi-state regulatory approval; provided local counsel representation to various CLECs before the Idaho Public Utilities Commission; provided ongoing legal counsel to emerging business and media clients; member of DWT Associate Committee; co-creator of CEO Entrepreneurial Power Breakfast series in Boise, ID, in cooperation with the Idaho Small Business Development Center.

Associate
Moffatt, Thomas, Barrett, Rock & Fields, Chtd.
August 1996 General practice, including representation of small business
April 1998 clients in transactional and litigation matters; insurance defense; utility regulation; government relations; arbitrations; commercial lending due diligence.

Law Clerk
Idaho Supreme Court, Justice Gerald Schroeder, Boise, Idaho
August 1994 Reviewed appellate briefs and the accompanying record on appeal;
August 1996 researched relevant case law, statutes, rules; wrote legal memoranda for the court summarizing the above; advised the authoring justice; drafted opinions.

Legal Intern
Idaho Attorney General, Consumer Protection Unit, Boise, Idaho
Summer 1993 Researched and wrote legal memoranda; investigated cases; drafted
affidavits, investigative demands, assurances of voluntary compliance; created a consumer
tip sheet. Also, co-mediated several non-consumer cases for the Attorney General's
Pro Bono Mediation Program.

Legislative Intern
Congressman Richard Stallings, Washington, D.C.
August 1992 Wrote an energy policy guest column; reported on legislation markup
hearings; researched and responded to constituents, re: public land, wilderness,
endangered species issues.

Reporter/Columnist
The Post Register, Idaho Falls, Idaho - 26,000 circulation daily
April 1986 Covered central Idaho issues, including - water rights,
July 1991 timber, mining, wilderness and rural healthcare. Covered local government issues - land use; property taxes; law enforcement; budget. Wrote in-depth investigative piece on child sexual abuse. Developed and wrote a weekly general interest column. Co-authored a special edition on endangered species that was a Scripps-Howard Meeman Award for Environmental Reporting national finalist. Received Associated Press, Society of Professional Journalists, and Idaho and National Press Women awards for writing and photography.

Reporter/Columnist
The Challis Messenger, Challis, Idaho - 3,000 circulation weekly
July 1983 Covered local government, public lands, natural resource issues.
April 1986 Researched and wrote in-depth investigative series on local groundwater contamination from underground fuel leaks, and on domestic violence. Developed and wrote a weekly column. Helped conceive, write and produce a special edition on the 1983 earthquake, which received a National Newspaper Association 1st Place Award.

Professional Service

Present
Community
I serve on the advisory council for the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business Advisory Council, as well as on the statewide advisory council for the Idaho Small Business Development Center. In addition, I teach a class on legal issues for businesses as part of the Senior Core of Retired Executives’ monthly workshop for new business owners. I also volunteer as legal counsel for Guardian Ad Litem volunteers through the 4th District Court’s Court Appointed Special Advocates program. In addition, I serve on the City of Boise’s Code Enforcement Advisory Committee, and participate in monthly “Collaborative Visioning” meetings in which representatives of Boise’s core neighborhood associations get together informally to discuss current “livability” issues and trends affecting the City of Boise and its neighborhoods.

2003 – 2008
Community
I served on the North End Neighborhood Association Board, and was actively involved in helping to preserve Boise’s historic heritage through the creation of the Hays Street Historic District, and in the creation of the Collaborative Visioning forum to foster dialogue between Boise’s core neighborhood associations

1999 to present
Idaho State Bar
Business & Corporate Law Section, governing council member, in which capacity I oversaw the development and initial administration of the section’s website (www.idahobizlaw.com). I served as chair of the Governing Council in 2004-2005, and currently serve as the Section Treasurer.

1995 to 2001
Idaho State Bar
Editorial Advisory Board member, The Advocate

1997-1998
Idaho State Bar
Young Lawyers Section, chairperson

Publications
Venture magazine
“Counselor@Law” columns – 1999 Spring, Summer, Fall editions

The Advocate, The Ethics of Judicial Campaigning - How Candid May a Judicial Candidate Be?, September 1998

The Advocate, CERCLA’s Safe Harbor - Amendment Clears the Water, September 1997