Foley Freeman PLLC

Foley Freeman PLLC stands as Meridian's oldest and largest law firm, a position earned and maintained through 40+ years of superior legal representation, institutional stability, and deep commitment to community service and client satisfaction. Led by managing member Leah F. Shotwell, this premier Idaho law firm represents the pinnacle of family law excellence combined with broader legal services in estate planning, corporate law, and other practice areas essential to comprehensive client service.

The distinction of being both the oldest and largest law firm in Meridian reflects remarkable institutional success in a competitive legal marketplace. In such a market, law firms rise and fall with economic cycles, attorney departures, and changes in client preferences. For a firm to maintain oldest status and largest size simultaneously demonstrates that clients consistently choose Foley Freeman because of the quality of representation, the trust they place in the firm's attorneys, and the comprehensive legal services available. This achievement, spanning more than 40 years, represents thousands of satisfied clients, successful case outcomes, and professional reputation built through consistent excellence in legal service delivery.

Foley Freeman's founding philosophy—to provide prompt and valuable legal service to every client, treating every matter seriously and with full professional attention—remains at the firm's core. As the firm has grown to serve clients throughout the Treasure Valley region and beyond, it has maintained these foundational values while expanding its capacity and expertise. The firm has resisted the temptation to become a sprawling general practice firm attempting to handle every conceivable legal matter; instead, it has carefully developed deep expertise in specific practice areas: family law, corporate law, and trust and estate law.

Leah F. Shotwell, managing member, concentrates her practice in the area of family law and divorce, bringing focused expertise and personal commitment to the firm's most emotionally and financially consequential matters. As managing member, Shotwell ensures that family law remains central to the firm's mission and that the firm maintains its commitment to treating family law clients with the seriousness their situations deserve.

Foley Freeman's family law team brings decades of combined experience to every family law matter. This breadth of collective experience means that clients benefit from multiple attorneys' perspectives and the accumulated wisdom of attorneys who have handled hundreds of divorce cases, custody disputes, property divisions, and support determinations throughout Idaho. Whether a particular client's case requires the firm's most experienced attorney or the focused attention of a newer attorney supervised by experienced colleagues, Foley Freeman's team structure ensures quality representation.

The firm's practice encompasses the full spectrum of family law matters: divorce, child custody and support, spousal support, property and debt division, modifications, enforcement of existing orders, and paternity. In contested custody battles, the firm brings sophisticated understanding of custody standards and the many factors influencing custody determinations. In property division disputes, particularly those involving business interests, real estate holdings, and retirement accounts, the firm's attorneys understand Idaho law and bring detailed financial analysis to ensure equitable division.

One particularly valuable aspect of Foley Freeman's broader practice is its integration of family law with estate planning and trust law. Many families facing divorce have estate planning documents—wills, trusts, powers of attorney—that require modification to reflect the changed family circumstances. Some divorces involve questions about retirement accounts and their proper treatment. Some divorces involve assets held in trusts or business structures. The firm's expertise in estate planning and corporate law allows it to address these intersecting issues with sophistication, ensuring that divorce settlements don't inadvertently create unintended consequences in other legal areas.

Foley Freeman's attorneys actively participate in the Family Law, Corporate Law, and Trust & Estate Law Sections of both the Idaho and American Bar Associations. This active engagement reflects the firm's commitment to staying at the forefront of legal developments, contributing meaningfully to the legal profession's evolution, and maintaining the highest professional standards.

The firm's prestigious AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell represents the highest honor of merit bestowed upon any law firm by this authoritative rating system. This distinction comes only to firms that consistently demonstrate exceptional legal ability and unwavering ethical conduct according to the independent assessment of peers in the legal community. Foley Freeman's receipt of this highest rating confirms what clients already know: this is a firm that delivers excellent legal representation with uncompromising professional integrity.

For Treasure Valley families seeking family law representation from the region's oldest, largest, and highest-rated law firm, Foley Freeman PLLC represents the gold standard. Contact the firm at 208-385-1015 today to schedule your consultation.