Joseph H. Baird

Partner

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Joe Baird is a partner in the Boise, Idaho law firm of Baird Hanson Williams LLP. He provides environmental and mining counsel to a wide variety of NYSE, TSE and venture capital mineral companies, including base and precious metal production companies, industrial mineral producers, exploration programs and mineral land management companies. Prior to the establishment of the law firm of Baird Hanson Williams LLP in June 1997, Mr. Baird was a partner in the Idaho law firms of Givens Pursley and Elam & Burke. Before moving to Idaho in 1988, Mr. Baird practiced mining and environmental law in Colorado for seven years, where he was Associate General Attorney with Union Pacific Resources Company and an attorney with the Holland & Hart law firm.
Mr. Baird graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1981. He clerked for Exxon Minerals Company, USA in 1980 and the American Mining Congress in 1979. Prior to law school, Mr. Baird was with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Colgate University in 1976, with majors in Geology and Political Science.

Mr. Baird is a member of the Northwest Mining Association; he is Secretary, holds a position on the Executive Committee, and is also the Environmental Co-Chair of the Association. Mr. Baird was a Trustee of Northwest Mining Association from 2001 through 2004. Mr. Baird’s professional memberships include the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (formerly as a Trustee at Large) and the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME).

Mr. Baird is a member of the Colorado and Idaho State Bars.