Capabilities

Roy has a long, impressive, achievement record that has earned him respect as one of Idaho's premier advocates of significant public policy issues before the federal and Idaho state governments. The Idaho Year book describes him as "a lobbyist extraordinaire...respected for his wise counsel...[and] a powerful behind the scenes player."

Roy is widely recognized to have stronger ties and connections, and better insight into the upper reaches of Idaho state government than most who are employed in it.

Roy's practice focuses on Idaho energy and environmental regulation as well as Idaho legislative and public policy lobbying. He regularly represents clients as an Idaho lobbyist and as counsel before Idaho State Government departments and agencies of the federal government. His experience includes successfully managing a wide range of complex Idaho and federal public policy issues.

He serves as a Senior Environmental Regulatory Advisor to several major Idaho based corporations - including American Ecology Corporation and CH2M Hill/Washington Group International, The Idaho National Laboratory's environmental remediation contractor.

Roy also serves as a Director of Avista Corporation, a $1.3 billion electric and natural gas utility serving 3 western states and a Director of Idaho Independent Bank, one of the largest state chartered banks serving Idaho.

Before entering Idaho public law practice in 1984, Roy was Special Assistant to the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy. Prior to that he served as Chief of the Legislative and Administrative Affairs Division of State of Idaho as well as an Ada County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney.

Roy is a graduate of the Executive Management Program of the Dartmouth School of Business Administration and attended Georgetown University College of Law and the University of Idaho College of Law, where he received his Juris Doctrate.