About
Anita H. Hurlburt is an attorney at Quane McColl Metz, PLLC in Boise, Idaho. The firm’s practice includes Healthcare Law & Medical Malpractice Defense and Civil Litigation Defense, and her background is closely aligned with defended civil matters. She represents clients with a foundation in appellate and trial-court clerkships, private civil litigation defense, and legal research. Her work benefits from experience evaluating records, legal arguments, and procedural questions from both court and advocacy perspectives.
Hurlburt earned a JD from the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii in 2018 and a BA in English – Rhetoric and Language from the University of Alaska Anchorage in 2006. She graduated cum laude from law school. During law school, she served as a summer clerk for the Chief Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court, externed with the Honolulu Immigration Court and a criminal defense firm, and worked for a boutique civil litigation law firm.
After law school, Hurlburt served as a law clerk at the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals and later as an interim law clerk to additional appellate judges. She then moved to Boise and entered private practice with a civil litigation defense firm before joining her current law dirm. She is admitted in Idaho and Hawaii. Her clerkships provide perspective on how judges assess records and written arguments, while her defense practice gives her experience applying that insight to active litigation.
Anita H. Hurlburt is active in the Idaho State Bar Health Law Section, where she has served as an At Large Council Member, and also participates in the Litigation Section, Idaho Women Lawyers, and American Inns of Court. Her combination of appellate clerkship work, civil defense experience, and health law involvement supports careful representation in medical malpractice and other civil disputes where detailed records, strong written advocacy, and sound procedural judgment are especially important.
Law Office Affiliations
- Attorney, Quane McColl Metz, PLLC
- Member, Idaho State Bar
- Member, Alaska Bar Association
- Member, Hawaii State Bar Association
- Member, Idaho State Bar Health Law Section
- Member, Idaho State Bar Appellate Practice Section
- Member, Idaho State Bar Agricultural Law Section
- Member, Idhao Women Lawyers
- Member, Alaska Healthcare Law Section
- Member, Idaho Association of Defense Counsel
Licensed State
- Idaho
- Alaska
- Hawaii
Education
- William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii
Juris Doctor (JD) - University of Alaska Anchorage
Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English – Rhetoric and Language
Awards & Badges



- Litigation
- Medical Malpractice





