Jeffrey Beelaert

Term: December 30, 2025 – June 30, 2030

Jeffrey Beelaert, an attorney, is a partner at Givens Pursley, LLP, in Boise, Idaho. With a deep background in complex, high-profile legal cases, he focuses on administrative and regulatory law, environmental law, natural resources, and appeals and litigation strategy.

Prior to this, he was a partner at Stein Mitchell Beato & Missner, LLP, in Boise. Beelaert also has served in several positions with the U.S. Department of Justice, including as deputy associate attorney general, appellate attorney, and nominations counsel.

As deputy associate attorney general, he supervised high-stakes litigation handled by components of the Civil Division and the Environment and Natural Resources Division, coordinated with various federal agencies, and negotiated a $180 million settlement in a longstanding Clean Air Act enforcement action.

A U.S. Marine Corps. Veteran, Beelaert holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the United States Naval Academy, a master’s degree in public policy from Duke University, and a law degree from the University of North Carolina.

He is a member of the Idaho, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., bar, and a barrister at the Coke Appellate Inn of Court in Washington, D.C.