Our team is comprised of dynamic individuals. We are trial lawyers. Collectively, we have been lead counsel in more than 320 civil jury trials throughout the State of Idaho. We are leaders. Our attorneys hold leadership positions in Idaho State Bar practice sections, serve on the board of the Idaho Association of Defense Counsel (IADC), and serve on the board of the Boise Philharmonic Foundation. We are authors and speakers. We present and write articles on a variety of topics, including attorney fee statutes, dog bite-related injuries, permissive appeals, and the NCAA Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) rule. We are volunteers in the legal community. We serve as Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) in cases of child abuse, neglect, and abandonment and we provide guidance about wills, paternity and custody agreements to low-income parents. And we are athletes, musicians (and music lovers), bakers, travelers, gardeners and home improvement DIYers.
Stephen L. Adams
Partner
Stephen represents clients in appeals, complex business litigation and malpractice cases. He plays an active role in the firm’s motion practice and his colleagues often refer to him as the “Rules guru” because of his ability to quickly identify the intricacies of the law and present the client’s position through innovative, persuasive and concise motions.
W. Dustin Charters
Partner
Dustin is a trial lawyer who represents businesses, insurance companies, and professionals involved in complex litigation. Dustin enjoys litigating, as it presents a new problem every day and is something he gets to help others through, likely for their first time.
Trudy Hanson Fouser
Partner
Trudy Hanson Fouser is regionally and nationally recognized as an exceptional trial lawyer. Benchmark Litigation interviewees hail Trudy as “the leading female litigator in Idaho.”
Jack S. Gjording
Partner
Jack Gjording is described by Chambers USA interviewees as “one of the best attorneys there is. They laud his experience, personalized approach and pragmatism.”
Madison N. Miles
Associate
Madison is a trial lawyer who represents businesses, governmental entities, insurance companies, and professionals involved in complex litigation. She has experience litigating cases in state courts, including the Idaho Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, and before administrative agencies.
Heidi Otto
Legal Intern
Heidi is a legal intern at Gjording Fouser and is a law school student at University of Idaho College of Law-Boise. She has two decades of experience working in healthcare and holds a Master of Health Science from Boise State University.
Eric W. Stokes
Partner
Eric is a trial lawyer who represents businesses, governmental entities and insurance companies involved in a variety of litigation areas ranging from negligence to malpractice to whistleblower retaliation.
Working @ GF
We are committed to making Gjording Fouser a fun, healthy and rewarding workplace and our benefits package is designed with those goals in mind. In addition to our standard competitive benefit offerings (medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, life and AD&D, dependent care FSA, EAP, 401(k)), we provide Calm subscriptions (and we have regular meditation challenges!), on-site yoga sessions, a smoothie bar, contributions to employees’ HSA and 529 accounts (we’re 1 of only 14 Idaho employers who make contributions to employees’ 529 accounts), organized volunteer opportunities, dress for your day dress code, road race registration fees, new parent (children and pups) bonus, a full-fledged coffee bar because coffee is how the magic happens, and our regular happy hours where we do things like celebrate random National Days, solve Hunt a Killer murder mysteries and have mini seminars on valuable life lessons like how to read a point spread and tips for planting a garden. Please reach out to us if you are interested in joining our team!