Rexburg, ID

Breck Barton, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and raised in Rexburg, Idaho, is a founder of Barton Atkinson & Murdoch, P.C. He served as an LDS missionary in Chile, learning Spanish. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Utah with a bachelor's in economics and with honors from J. Reuben Clark Law School of Brigham Young University. He began practicing law in Rexburg in 1976 and founded his own firm in 1984. Breck is an active member and former president (2003-2004) of the Idaho Trial Lawyers Association, receiving the James J. May Award in 2008 as Trial Lawyer of the Year. He is licensed in Idaho and the United States District Court for the District of Idaho. He handles a wide range of cases including medical negligence, personal injury, and business litigation, and is fluent in Spanish.

Steven Atkinson was born in Rexburg, Idaho, and grew up in St. Anthony, Idaho. He graduated from Brigham Young University-Idaho in 2011 with a B.A. in English. He served a mission in Santiago, Chile, from 2006-2008. He attended law school in Moscow, Idaho, graduating in 2016. During law school, he was on Law Review and won the Best Brief award at the Duberstein Moot Court competition in 2016. After passing the Bar Exam, he practiced social security disability claims and served as a deputy prosecutor in Lewiston, Idaho, handling hundreds of misdemeanor cases, specializing in DUI and Domestic Battery. He has returned to the Rexburg area and provides legal expertise in criminal defense, domestic relations, divorce, disability, probate, estate planning, and immigration. He is proficient in Spanish and is a member of the Idaho State Bar and the Idaho Trial Lawyers Association.

Marcia Murdoch, originally from Fremont County, Idaho, holds an Associate Degree from Ricks College and a Bachelor's Degree and Associate's Degree from Idaho State University. She worked as a paralegal for Breck Barton & Associates for three years before attending the University of Idaho law school, graduating in 2009. She passed the bar that summer and returned to the firm. From 2017 to 2021, she served as the elected prosecuting attorney in Fremont County, returning to the firm as a partner in 2021. Marcia is active in her community, having served as a trustee for the Fremont County Joint School District No. 215.