Matt Draper

Matt Draper is a shareholder with Eberle Berlin whose practice focuses on personal-injury and complex civil litigation. He represents plaintiffs and defendants in personal-injury and construction-defect actions and represents insurers in uninsured- and underinsured-motorist matters.

Before joining Eberle Berlin, Matt served as in-house counsel for the J. R. Simplot Company. He began his in-house practice handling commercial transactions before expanding his work to include mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, and the representation of Simplot in labor arbitrations involving labor unions. Matt later served as counsel overseeing Simplot’s retail agribusiness division, where his practice also focused on special-asset recovery.

While attending law school, Matt worked in the Office of General Counsel for Idaho Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter. He also gained experience in both state and federal courts, serving in the chambers of the Honorable Sergio A. Gutierrez of the Idaho Court of Appeals and the Honorable B. Lynn Winmill of the United States District Court for the District of Idaho.

A proud member of the Basque community, Matt was born and raised in Eagle, Idaho, and graduated from Eagle High School. He received his Bachelor of Science in Political Science from the University of Idaho in 2011 and his Juris Doctor from the University of Idaho College of Law in 2015.

Areas of Expertise

• Complex Civil Litigation
• Personal-Injury Litigation
• Construction-Defect Litigation
• Insurance Defense
• Uninsured- and Underinsured-Motorist Claims
• Insurance Bad Faith
• Commercial and Business Litigation
• Special-Asset Recovery

Professional Involvement

• Idaho Association of Defense Counsel
• Idaho State Bar, Litigation Section
• Idaho State Bar, Business Law Section

Education

• University of Idaho College of Law, J.D., 2015
• University of Idaho, B.S. in Political Science, 2011

COURT ADMISSIONS

• Idaho
• U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho