Chesney Arend McCue

Chesney Arend is a member of the firm’s Litigation section with a focus on commercial and general civil litigation. She has experience representing clients in all phases of litigation in state and federal court.

Ms. Arend earned a JD from the University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law in 2022 where she was an editor for the South Dakota Law Review. Prior to joining Kirton McConkie, Ms. Arend clerked for South Dakota’s Sixth Judicial Circuit Court and worked for a local boutique litigation firm in Boise, ID. When she isn’t at work, you can find Ms. Arend enjoying Idaho’s great outdoors, mountain biking, running, or skiing.

Education

• University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law, JD, 2022
  • Copy Editor, South Dakota Law Review, Volume 67
  • Staff Writer, South Dakota Law Review, Volume 66
  • Dean’s Certificate for Outstanding Performance (high grade recipient): Constitutional Law
  • Dean’s Certificate for Outstanding Performance (high grade recipient): Legislation
  • Dean’s List
  • Student Representative, Law School Admissions Committee
  • Graduate Assistant, Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities
• University of South Dakota, BS, 2019, cum laude, University Honors Scholar
  • Baugh Neuro-imaging Lab, Undergraduate Research Fellow
  • Dean’s List

• Idaho
• South Dakota (inactive)
• U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

• Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, South Dakota Unified Judicial System

• Idaho State Bar, Litigation Section
• Idaho State Bar, Young Lawyers Section
• Idaho Women Lawyers