Joshua D. McKarcher

Admissions to Practice

• Washington
• Idaho
• Washington, DC
• Virginia

Education

• Washington State University, B.A., summa cum laude
• The George Washington University Law School, J.D., with highest honors, Order of the Coif

Previous Experience

• Clements, Brown, & McNichols, P.A., Lewiston, ID, Associate
• Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, Associate
• CenterStone Executive Search, Inc., Seattle, WA, Vice President, Operations

After several years as an associate lawyer with Covington & Burling LLP, in Washington, DC, he moved with his family back to his hometown, where he practiced at Clements, Brown, & McNichols, in Lewiston, Idaho, before opening McKarcher Law PLLC in Clarkston.

In law school, Josh served as an intern for a federal district judge, was Managing Editor of The George Washington Law Review, and graduated Order of the Coif in the top 2% of his class. At Covington & Burling, he argued and unanimously won a precedent-setting case involving corporate bankruptcy before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. (Link here.) At Clements, Brown & McNichols, he twice argued and won before the Idaho Supreme Court; and he was hired by a national banking association to draft and file an amicus (or “friend of the court”) brief in a business bankruptcy appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, arguing a position that prevailed with the court. (Link here.)

Josh’s background informs his holistic approach to estate planning and administration: an opportunity to minimize risk, reduce strain on loved ones, and increase beneficiaries’ flexibility, particularly regarding income tax and asset protection.