About Kurt
Kurt Holzer has spent more than 3 decades in courtrooms and conference rooms across Idaho. He began his law school training at Mesa State College, earning a B.A. in Selected Studies with an emphasis in political financial system in 1989, and completed his J.D. on the University of Utah in 1992. A clerkship with the Utah Court of Appeals beneath Presiding Judge Judith M. Billings observed immediately after law school and shaped his early view of appellate and trial process.
Holzer moved into personal practice in 1993 as a litigator with Holland & Hart LLP. That first position placed him in high-stakes litigation early in his professional life. By 2000 he was serving as Chief Idaho Trial Lawyer at Murphy, Holzer & Vaughan, LLC, a role that expanded his trial docket and control responsibilities. In 2004 he became a shareholder at Holzer-Edwards, Chtd., and in 2017 he joined Hepworth Holzer, LLP as a partner, the place he continues to attempt instances and advise clients.
He is licensed to practice in Idaho and earlier than the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. The record indicates long-time period courtroom practice, including jury trials and complicated civil matters. Colleagues describe him as a lawyer who prepares very well and prefers direct argument over theatrical thrives. He has treated matters that required sustained litigation techniques and evidence management.
Holzer’s involvement in bar and trial organizations runs parallel to his private practice. He served on the Professional Conduct Board of the Idaho State Bar from 1999 to 2019, and he used to be a commissioner of the Idaho State Bar from 2019 to 2022. He has been lively within the Idaho Trial Lawyers Association for decades, serving as its president in 2004–2005 and later taking the co-chairmanship of the Governmental Relations Committee starting in 2007 and continuing in that role.
Throughout his career he has balanced trial work and organizational service. He has moved from a judicial clerkship to large-company practice, then to leadership positions in smaller firms and now partnership at Hepworth Holzer, LLP. His background combines litigation knowledge, bar governance, and sustained involvement in litigator networks.
He remains a lively litigator and partner at Hepworth Holzer, LLP, the place his practice centers on civil litigation and trial work in state and federal courts in Idaho.
