Michelle Finch

Michelle Finch is a Senior Attorney III with Gravis Law who serves clients in Boise, Idaho and Whitefish, Montana. Her practice includes estate planning, elder law, probate administration and litigation, trust matters, guardianships, conservatorships, and family law. She also handles contested cases involving custody, divorce, adoption, paternity, modifications, and related family issues, giving her a broad practice centered on personal, family, and fiduciary legal needs.

Michelle earned a B.S. with honors in Business Administration from Eastern Montana College, now Montana State University Billings. She received her J.D., cum laude, from Gonzaga University School of Law. She has practiced law in Boise since 1985 and in Montana since 1993. Her business education and long legal career support work involving financial planning, estate administration, fiduciary responsibilities, property issues, and family-related disputes.

Finch represents clients in both planning and contested matters. Her work includes wills, powers of attorney, healthcare directives, trusts, probate administration, will contests, heir representation, elder law, and guardianship or conservatorship proceedings. In family law, she handles adoption, custody and visitation, divorce, paternity, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, relocation, and related matters. When possible, she works toward resolution outside court while remaining prepared to litigate contested issues.

Michelle Finch is admitted in Idaho and Montana and also holds federal court admissions. She has served in leadership and committee roles connected with trusts, probate, guardianship, and fiduciary practice and received the Idaho State Bar Association’s Denise O’Donnell-Day Pro Bono Award in 2026. Her approach emphasizes empathy, objectivity, and analytical judgment when helping clients work through estate, family, and fiduciary matters.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Gravis Law, LLC
• Member, Idaho State Bar
• Member, State Bar of Montana
• Former Chairperson, Idaho State Bar Trust, Taxation and Probate Section
• Member, Montana State Bar, Family Law Section
• Member, Montana State Bar, BETTR Law Section
• Member, Idaho Supreme Court’s Guardianship and Conservatorship Committee
• Member, National Association of Elder Law Attorneys
• Former Chairperson, Ada County Board of Community Guardians
• Member, Idaho Guardianship and Fiduciary Association
• Member, NW Montana Estate Planning Council
• Member, Northwest Montana Estate Planning Counsel
• Member, Business Networking International (BNI)
• Former Member, Canyon County Organization on Aging

Licensed State

• Idaho
• Montana

Education

• Gonzaga University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD) Cum Laude
• Eastern Montana College
  Bachelor of Science (BS)

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