Alyson Foster, Member
Alyson adopts an incisive and direct approach to representing businesses and individuals in the courtroom and boardroom. She has advised and represented a wide range of clients in federal and state court litigation, focusing on commercial disputes, contracts, employment law, insurance liability, corporations law, business torts, insurance coverage, and shareholder derivative actions. She advises in-house litigation counsel and risk managers, nonprofit organizations, and small businesses on contracts, governance, employment, insurance, and risk management.
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Alyson is dedicated to her pro bono practice, helping victims of domestic violence and abuse and underserved members of the community in various channels. She advises nonprofit organizations on startup and governance issues to help them accomplish their mission. She has also written several amicus curiae briefs for the U.S. Supreme Court on constitutional law issues such as voting rights.

Contact Alyson:
alyson@dempseyfoster.com​
208-401-9533
EDUCATION
  • University of Michigan Law School, 2000
  • University of California, Berkeley, B.A., Mathematics, B.A., German 1995

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE​
  • Idaho
  • Utah
  • Washington
  • U.S. District Court, of Idaho
  • U.S. District Court, Utah

JUDICIAL CLERKSHIP 
  • Judge Sidney R. Thomas, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2000- 2001

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
  • Treefort Community Fund, Board Member
  • Idaho Business for the Outdoors, Executive Board Member
  • City of Good, Executive Board Member
  • Idaho Volunteer Lawyers Program (IVLP), Policy Council Member
  • Federal Bar Association (FBA), Idaho Chapter, President
  • Idaho State Bar Litigation Section, Vice-Chair
PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS 
  • Business Law: Issues in Employment Law, Guest Co-lecturer, Boise State University, MBA Program, April 2019
  • Judges’ Panel – Federal Practice: Tips & Trends, Moderator, Federal Bar Association Tri-State Seminar, September 2018
  • “Gaslighting in Litigation,” The Woman Advocate, Spring 2017, Vol. 22, Issue 3, May 25, 2017
  • Liability Insurance Issues for Litigators, Alyson Foster & Haley Krug, Idaho Bar Employment Section, May 2017
  • Marijuana in the Workplace, Idaho Bar Litigation Section, May 2017
  • The Impact of Legal Marijuana Use on the Workplace: Should employers hire marijuana users?, Jennifer Schrack Dempsey & Alyson Foster, Federal Bar Association Annual Meeting and Convention, September 2015
  • Overview of Written Discovery From a Lawyer’s Perspective, Idaho Association of Paralegals Spring Meeting, April 2015
  • How to Look Good in a Derivative Suit, Tom Banducci & Alyson Foster, Idaho Trial Lawyers’ Association Seminar, February 2015
  • Current Issues in Discovery and Retention of Electronically Stored Information, Boise In-House Counsel Working Group, January 2015