Joe Aldridge
Joe Aldridge provides legal representation to individuals and organizations in transportation, medical malpractice, insurance defense, and products liability litigation. A significant portion of Joe’s practice includes the defense of complex commercial motor vehicle accidents, and he frequently conducts rapid responses to such accidents to help ensure early evaluation and preservation of evidence. Joe has been successfully defending medical professionals and healthcare facilities throughout his legal career. He handles a wide variety of civil cases ranging from commercial disputes to international products liability cases.
Joe’s roots in the transportation, health care, and manufacturing industries go deep. He is known for being well-versed in the detailed aspects of his clients’ businesses and professions. He is an active member of several industry groups and is an inaugural member of the Trucking Defense Advocacy Council.
Joe is an active volunteer in the Boise community. In his free time, Joe enjoys riding all kinds of boards on all kinds of surfaces. He also likes trail running, skydiving, riding motorcycles, spending time with his wife and kids, and exploring Idaho’s remote backcountry and wilderness areas with his family and friends.
Education
University of Nebraska College of Law (2008), J.D.
Bellevue University (2004), B.A.
Court and Bar Admissions
Idaho state courts
Idaho federal courts
Nebraska state courts
Nebraska federal courts
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Idaho State Bar Association
Nebraska State Bar Association (inactive)
Professional Affiliations
Idaho Association of Defense Counsel
Defense Research Institute
Trucking Insurance Defense Association
Claims Litigation Management Alliance
The Gavel Claims Defense Network
Trucking Defense Advocacy Council
Awards and Honors
Martindale-Hubbell “AV” Preeminent Rating
Mountain States Super Lawyers – Transportation Law
Best Lawyers in America® – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants – 2023
Nebraska Law Review
Publications and Presentations
Presenter, The Prisoner’s Dilemma: Cooperation Co-Defendants in Multi-Defendant Litigation, The Gavel National Conference VII, Key Largo, FL (January 2023).
Presenter, Admitting Smart Phone Data Into Evidence, The Gavel Summer Summit, Boston, MA (June 2022).
Defense Considerations in Dust Storm Accidents, In Transit, Vol. 24, Issue 1 (April 2021).
You Don’t Need “Magic Language” (But You’d Better Say the Right Stuff): Avoiding Pitfalls in Admitting Medical Expert Testimony on the Standard of Care at Summary Judgment, The Advocate, May 2021, Vol. 64, No. 5, at 28, Idaho State Bar, coauthored with Kevin Griffiths.
The Other Black Box: The Use of Smartphone Data in Evidence Preservation and Accident Reconstruction, TIDA Newsletter (December 2020).
Addressing the Failure to Timely Complete Drug or Alcohol Testing, In Transit, Volume 21 Issue 1 (March, 2018).
Selection and Compilation of Adverse Expert’s Prior Testimony as Protected Work Product in Nebraska State Courts, Nebraska Defense Counsel Newsletter, (August 2010).
Preparing for the Effects of the ADA Amendments Act of 2008, Nebraska Defense Counsel Newsletter, (May 2009).
Pay Setting Decisions as Discrete Acts: the Court Sharpens its Focus on Intent in Title VII Cases in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 127 S. Ct. 2162 (2007), 86 Neb. L. Rev. 4 (2008).
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