Doug Marks

Doug Marks is a Sandpoint-area attorney whose practice combines business law and estate planning. Doug serves as outside general counsel for established companies and advises software developers, technology start-ups, manufacturers, and retailers. He also provides estate planning services to local individuals and couples. His business work includes contracts, corporate formation and governance, commercial leasing, technology transactions, privacy compliance, and related operational issues for companies working across the United States.

Doug earned a J.D. from Brigham Young University in 1997, graduating summa cum laude and serving in an editorial role on the J. Reuben Clark Law Review. His legal education supports detailed contract analysis, corporate counseling, and estate planning work. That background, combined with years of representing companies in different industries, helps him understand how legal terms affect operations, risk allocation, technology relationships, and the long-term planning needs of businesses and individuals.

Doug has experience that includes corporate bankruptcy work for debtors and creditors, civil litigation, business formation and governance, commercial leasing, manufacturing and supply agreements, software development and licensing, and privacy compliance involving the California Consumer Privacy Act and the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation. Doug also spent 13 years serving as outside assistant general counsel for Coldwater Creek, handling lease, construction, technology, and other commercial contract work for the national retailer.

Doug Marks helps business clients negotiate practical agreements and resolve legal questions without losing sight of commercial goals. His estate planning work includes wills and trusts designed to help individuals and families plan for asset transfers and future responsibilities. By combining technology and corporate counseling with bankruptcy, litigation, commercial real estate, privacy, and estate planning experience, Doug offers clients a broad legal perspective on both business operations and personal planning needs.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Doug Marks Law, PLLC
• Member, Idaho State Bar

Licensed State

• Idaho

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