Daphne Huang
Senior Attorney
daphne@dempseyfoster.com
(208) 830-8461
Daphne Huang brings more than 25 years of legal experience in government service to help clients navigate complex legal and regulatory challenges. Daphne combines exceptional legal insight and judgment with a thoughtful and practical approach to advising in and resolving client matters.
Daphne has provided counsel and representation to a variety of client agencies – including the Idaho Public Utilities Commission and Idaho’s Department of Health and Welfare, appearing in state and administrative courts, as well as on appeal before Washington and Idaho Courts of Appeals, and the Idaho Supreme Court.
Following her decade of service to the Idaho Attorney General’s Office, Daphne served the civil and criminal departments of the Boise City Attorney’s Office. Daphne began her legal career in Washington State, serving more than a decade with the Washington Attorney General’s Office. She also served as a term law clerk to Chief Judge B. Lynn Winmill of the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho.
Active in the Boise community since 2009, Daphne is a longtime member of the Boise Philharmonic Master Chorale and a regular runner on the Boise’s foothills trails and the greenbelt.
EDUCATION
University of Washington School of Law, Seattle, Washington, Juris Doctor, 1998
Comments Editor, Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal
Published: The Right to a Fair Trial in China, 7 Pac. Rim L. & Pol. J. 171 (1998)
Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, Bachelor of Arts, Economics, cum laude, 1994
JUDICIAL CLERKSHIP
Honorable B. Lynn Winmill, U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, 2009-2012
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
United States District Court for the District of Idaho
COMMUNITY
Boise Philharmonic Master Chorale, Member
Mostly Mary, Founding member of cappella jazz ensemble, 2010-2019

