Krista McIntyre

Krista K. Mcintyre is a Partner at Stoel Rives LLP in Boise, Idaho, and one of the Pacific Northwest’s leading environmental law practitioners. With more than three decades of experience, she advises clients across industries including mining, forestry, agribusiness, energy, chemical processing, and manufacturing. Her practice spans regulatory compliance, permitting, enforcement defense, operational risk assessments, and due diligence, with particular depth in air quality, chemical release, and agency enforcement matters.

Krista began her career in public service, working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Environment & Natural Resources Division. She earned her undergraduate degree in Communication from Vanderbilt University and her J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law.

At Stoel Rives, Krista held leadership roles, including a decade as leader of the Environment, Natural Resources & Land Use practice group, plus service on the Executive and Compensation Committees. She leads the firm’s Environmental Justice and ESG efforts, guiding clients through emerging expectations around sustainability and corporate responsibility.

Her accomplishments are recognized nationally and locally: she is a Fellow of the American College of Environmental Lawyers, consistently ranked by Chambers USA, and named Lawyer of the Year in Environmental Law (Boise) by Best Lawyers. In 2025, the Idaho Business Review honored her as one of its “Women of the Year.”

Krista contributes to the Boise community through service on nonprofit boards, including the Boise Public Schools Foundation and Juno Arts/Boise Rock School. Krista’s husband is an ex-corporate lawyer; now a professor at Boise State University. Their son is a student at Columbia Law School. Together the family traveled to 50 states, 7 continents, and explore nature everywhere they visit. The family’s three dogs are adopted husky mixes including one recently rescued from the Atlas Mountains in Morocco.