Edit Szanto

Founding Member, Attorney at law

Licensed in Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Minnesota.

(208) 244-5200

Edit.Szanto@bluelakeslaw.com

Education 

• Mitchell Hamline School of Law, Saint Paul, Minnesota | Juris Doctor 
• Civil Mediation (40-hours), University of Idaho School of Law, facilitator: Lela Love, Cardozo School of Law, director of Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution 
• Training in: Family Mediation, Cross-Cultural Dispute Resolution, Conflict Coaching for Workplace Conflicts 
• Strategic IQ: Creating Smarter Corporations, Harvard Business School, Executive Education Program 
• Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Ph.D. Computing Technology in Education
• Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York | Master’s in Library and Information Science (MLIS)
• Washington State University, Pullman, Washington

• Master’s in Business Administration (MBA)
• BA in Business Administration
• BA in Apparel, Merchandising, and Textiles
• College of Southern Idaho, Twin Falls, Idaho

 

Legal Experience

• Founding member, Blue Lakes Law, PLLC
• Law Clerk, Strindberg & Scholnick 

 

Other Experience

• Vice President of Student Services, Planning and Grant Development, College of Southern Idaho
• Director of Library and Chair of the Library and Information Science Department, College of Southern Idaho
• Director of Instructional Technology Services, College of Southern Idaho
• Instructor: International Business, Information Literacy, Intellectual Property, Website Design, Photoshop, etc.

 

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Member, Idaho State Bar (ISB)
  • Labor and Employment section
  • Professionalism & Ethics section
  • Litigation section
  • Appellate Practice section
  • Animal Law section

• Member, Washington State Bar Association (WASBA) 

• Member, Oregon State Bar (OSB)

• Member, Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA)

• Member, Idaho Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA)

• Member, American Association for Justice (AAJ)

• Member, National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA)

• Member, American Bar Association (ABA)
• • Labor and Employment Law section
  • Civil Rights and Social Justice section
  • Litigation section
  • Law Practice division

• Idaho Mediation Association (IMA)