Jennifer Schrack Dempsey
Partner

jen@dempseyfoster.com
​208-401-9533

Jennifer Schrack Dempsey brings an even-keeled approach to the conference and courtroom, where she has served as litigation counsel to individual clients and major corporations with equal attention to detail.  Jennifer has advised clients and litigated complex matters involving business torts, contract disputes, partnership disputes, employment disputes, construction contract and defect claims, breach of fiduciary duty and catastrophic personal injury, among others. Jennifer has worked closely with both employees and employers in tackling employment and personnel issues on both a local and nationwide basis.

Jennifer has reached favorable resolutions and won trials across a wide range of commercial matters while building an expertise in agribusiness. In that sector, she has worked for multinational companies to address and manage issues involving general liability, production, crop destruction, distribution, and marketing of crop inputs. She is recognized as a highly skilled litigator and trial attorney, and was inducted as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America in 2019.
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Jennifer immensely enjoys her time providing pro bono legal services to members of the community in need: advocating for refugees, minors, and the elderly as both an attorney and attorney guardian ad litem.
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Jennifer lives in Boise with her husband and two children.  In a former life, she played NCAA Division I volleyball.

EDUCATION

• Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, J.D., 1997
• University of San Francisco, B.A., 1991

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

• Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
• United States District Court for the District of Idaho
• Idaho Supreme Court
• United States District Court for the Central District of California
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
• United States District Court for the Northern District of California
• United States District Court for the Southern District of California
• California Supreme Court

HONORS & AWARDS

• AV Preeminent Martindale Hubbell rating
• AV Preeminent Judicial Award
• 2022 Best Lawyers
• 2019 Recipient of the Peter Perlman Service Award
• Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America, 2019-2022
  

PROFESSIONAL & OTHER ACTIVITIES
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• Secretary and Treasurer, Governing Council, Employment and Labor Section, Idaho State Bar
• Member-At-Large, Governing Council, Diversity Section, Idaho State Bar
• Member, Litigation and Business & Corporate Law Sections, Idaho State Bar
• Member, Litigation Section, State Bar of California
• Member, Idaho Women Lawyers
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, Trial Law Institute
  
• Member, Diversity Law Institute
  
• Leadership Boise, Boise Chamber (2017 class) and Member of Boise Chamber
• Leadership Boise, Advisory Council/Steering Committee
• Member, Women In Ag
• Attorney Guardian Ad Litem in Guardianship and Conservatorship proceedings
• Family Advocate—Attorney for CASA Guardian Ad Litem
• Professional Volunteer Trainer, Global Talent Idaho
• YMCA Volleyball Coach​