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Melanie G. Rubocki

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Partner

National Workload Coordinator, Business Group

Melanie Rubocki, a partner in the firm's Boise office and head of its corporate practice, focuses on mergers and acquisitions, emerging growth companies, private equity and venture capital, corporate governance and transactions, financial transactions and restructurings, as well as real estate transactions and financings. She has represented corporate clients, including clients in the cleantech and energy industries, in debt and equity financings, mergers and acquisitions, technology transfer transactions, and commercial real estate transactions and financings. Melanie also has experience in advising boards of directors and officers on corporate governance issues and fiduciary duties and she has experience in advising clients on entity formation and general business transactions.

Professional Recognition

  • Listed in Chambers USA, “America’s Leading Corporate/Commercial Lawyers,” 2007 - 2010
  • Named "Accomplished Under 40" by the Idaho Business Review, 2008

Professional Leadership

  • Idaho Technology Council, Board of Trustees 2010, Chair of Development & Events Committee, 2010
  • Idaho TechConnect, Chairman of the Board, 2007 - 2010, Vice Chairman 2006
  • Business and Corporate Law Section of the Idaho State Bar, Governing Council, 2003 - 2010
  • Committee for Limited Liability Act Code Reform, 2007 - 2009
  • Venture Capital Task Force (subgroup of Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce and Boise Metro Economic Development Council), Committee Member, 2000 - 2006
  • Committee for Corporate Code Reform, Member, 2002 - 2005
  • Idaho State Bar Association
  • Illinois State and Chicago Bar Association
  • American Bar Association 

Community Involvement

  • Friends of Zoo Boise, Board Member, 2003 - 2010, Vice President, 2006 - 2006 
  • Boise Family YMCA Finance Committee, Member, 2000 - 2005
  • Notre Dame Club of Idaho, Board Member, 2000 - 2004
  • Boise Children’s Initiative Task Force, Member, 2003 - 2004
  • Leadership Boise Program, Participant, 2000 - 2002 

Related Employment

  • Holland & Hart LLP, Boise, Idaho, Associate, 2000 - 2003
  • Neal Gerber & Eisenberg, Chicago, Ill., Associate, 1997 - 2000; Summer Associate, 1996

Education

  • University of Notre Dame Law School, J.D., 1997
    Executive Editor, Journal of College and University Law Review
  • University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business, B.S., Economics, 1993
  • University of Pennsylvania, College of Arts & Sciences, B.A., Psychology, 1993

Bar Admissions

  • Idaho

Languages

  • Italian