Who We Are - McKarcher Law

Attorneys

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

Joshua D. McKarcher

Josh was born and raised in Clarkston, Washington. He attended Washington State University, worked for a consulting firm for several years, and then moved to Washington, DC to attend law school at The George Washington University. 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 (links here and here); 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.

Admissions to Practice

Washington
Idaho

Education

Idaho State University, B.A., Political Science
University of Idaho College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude

Previous Experience

Farm Bureau of Idaho, Assistant to the Vice President of Human Resources and Operations

Mary E. Paulus

Mary practices exclusively in estate planning and probate and trust administration for Washington and Idaho clients. She loves the meticulous but personal work of estate planning, and its combination of tax and so many other areas of law.

Mary was born and raised in Pocatello, Idaho. While attending Idaho State University in pursuit of a bachelor’s degree, she worked for Idaho Farm Bureau, continuing to do so after graduation until she moved to Moscow, Idaho to attend law school at the University of Idaho. She has worked continuously with McKarcher Law since her second year of law school.

During her time in law school, Mary was a member of the Idaho Law Review, serving as an associate editor and then as the journal’s Director of Relations and Input Editor. While in school, Mary received the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in both Federal Income Taxation and Partnership/LLC Taxation, as well as the University of Idaho Alumni Award for Excellence. Mary was proud to provide more than triple the number of hours required by the school’s Pro Bono Service Requirement by supervising the university’s IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program for two years after first working as a volunteer tax preparer.

Mary is thrilled to have spent the entirety of her legal career practicing with McKarcher Law, where she gets to continue growing her love for helping people, appreciating tax law, and doing work worth doing.