Geoffrey Wardle concentrates his practice in the areas of land use regulation and commercial real estate transactions. Mr. Wardle represents real estate developers in real property transactions, including shopping center acquisition and development, planned community development, residential subdivision acquisition and development, land use regulation, and governmental entitlement.
Mr. Wardle also represents clients in a variety of regulatory and legislative matters, including regulatory proceedings before state and local governmental entities; drafting legislation, ordinances, and rules; and lobbying on behalf of clients. In 2002 he co-authored the bill passed by the Idaho Legislature and signed into law reforming the manner in which impact fees were calculated and assessed.
A frequent lecturer on land use law in Idaho, Chambers USA’s American’s Leading Lawyers for Business recognized Mr. Wardle for his land use practice. In 2003, he was recognized as one of the Idaho Business Review’s Accomplished Under 40 for his land use skill.
In addition, he served as an Assistant Attorney General, State of Ohio, 1996-1997.
Practice Areas
Education
Law School: Case Western Reserve University, J.D., cum laude, 1996, Order of the Coif
Undergraduate: University of Utah, B.A., summa cum laude, 1993
Community Activities
Board Member, Ore-Ida Council of the Boy Scouts of America, 2012-present
Bar Admissions
Idaho State Bar: Real Property Section, Government Section
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2006
U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, 1998
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1997
Idaho State Bar, 1997
District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 1996
Ohio State Bar, 1996
Professional Memberships
American Bar Association: Section of State and Local Government Law, Section of Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law
BOMA Pacific Northwest, President 2007-2009
BOMA Boise, President 2005-2007; Vice President 2005; Government Affairs Chair 1999, 2001-2004, 2007-Present
Contributing Editor, Case Western Reserve Law Review, 1995-1996
Author “Time to Develop a Post-Buckley Approach to Regulating the Contributions and Expenditures of Political Parties: FEC v. Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee,” 46 Case Western Reserve Law Review 603, 1996
Author “Political Contributions and Conduits After Charles Keating and EMILY’s List: An Incremental Approach to Reforming Federal Campaign Finance,” 46 Case Western Reserve Law Review 531
Author “The Strict Application of the Restatement, Ohio Law, and the Rules of Civil Procedure: Estates of Morgan v. Fairfield Family Counseling Center,” 45 Cleveland State Law Review 649, with Jeffrey L. Maloon
Author “A Psychotherapist’s Duty to Control: Estates of Morgan, Ohio Trial, Volume 9, Issue 1, p. 21,” with Jeffrey L. Maloon
