Tom Mortell moderates Idaho Business Review Breakfast Series Panel
On October 6, 2020, Tom Mortell, partner at Hawley Troxell, moderated one of the Idaho Business Review Breakfast Series panels. The panel, titled “Keeping Idaho…
ReadStephen L. Adams
Partner
- Phone:
- 208.388.4057
- Fax:
- 208.803.0597
- Email:
- sadams@hawleytroxell.com
Biography
Stephen Adams is a Partner in Hawley Troxell’s Litigation, Healthcare, Insurance and Appellate practice groups in Boise. He represents insurance companies, health care facilities, individuals, and professionals involved in litigation ranging from professional malpractice to appeals to personal injury.
Stephen’s appellate experience includes briefing and arguing insurance defense, medical malpractice, business litigation, and governmental defense cases before the Idaho Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He has been involved in 17 appeals so far, argued eight cases in front of the Idaho Supreme Court, and looks forward to many more appeals in the future. He also provides significant support to trial teams with an emphasis on motions in limine, jury instructions and post-trial motions. Stephen is Past Chair of the Idaho State Bar’s appellate practice section, and is the current president of the Idaho Association of Defense Counsel (IADC). He was on the editorial board for the last two editions of the Idaho Appellate Handbook.
Stephen also acts as a hearing officer and administrative law judge for the Idaho Department of Insurance and the Idaho Office of Administrative Hearings.
BAR ADMISSIONS
Idaho
Idaho Supreme Court
Utah
U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
PROFESSIONAL/COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS
Idaho Association of Defense Counsel (IADC), Member, Current President
Idaho State Bar – Appellate Practice section, Former Chairperson
EDUCATION
Law School:
Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D.
Undergraduate:
Brigham Young University, B.A. Music
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
Author, “The Legal Standard for Relation Back,” Idaho Association of Defense Counsel (IADC): The Dynamics of Civil Defense, Summer 2024
Author, “The State of the Idaho Jury Instructions,” The Advocate, Vol. 67 No. 1, January 2024
Author, “Updates Regarding the Idaho Judicial Council,” Idaho Association of Defense Counsel (IADC): The Dynamics of Civil Defense, Summer 2023
Author, “Which Statute Applies? An Update on Attorney Fee Statutes in Government Entity Cases,” The Advocate, Vol. 66, Issue 6/7, pg. 26-29, June/July 2023
Co-Author, “Thoughts on Proof of Loss,” Idaho Association of Defense Counsel (IADC): The Dynamics of Civil Defense, Winter 2023
Author, “How to Use the Substantial Factor Jury Instruction,” Idaho Association of Defense Counsel (IADC): The Dynamics of Civil Defense, Winter 2023
Co-Author, “Interlocutory Appeal in Idaho: Is There a Better Process?,” The Advocate, Vol. 66, Issue 2, pg. 18-21, February 2023
CLE Co-Presenter, “Stare Decisis, Dicta, or . . . Something else?,” Idaho State Bar Appellate Practice Section, September 2022
CLE Presenter, “How to Bite Back in a Dog Bite Case,” Idaho Association of Defense Counsel (IADC), May 2022
Author, “How to Deal with a Dead Party in a Live Case,” The Advocate, Vol. 64, Issue 10, pg. 26-29, October 2021
CLE Presenter, “How to Deal with a Dead Client in a Live Case,” Idaho State Bar Government & Public Sector Lawyers Section, September 2021
Author, “The Constitutionality of Idaho Code 12-120(4),” Idaho Association of Defense Counsel (IADC): The Dynamic of Civil Defense, Summer 2021
CLE Co-Presenter, “Handling Your First Appeal,” Idaho State Bar annual meeting, July 2021
CLE Presenter, “Why and How to Prepare your Record on Appeal,” Idaho State Bar Appellate Practice Section, April 2021
Co-Author, “The Internal Appellate Alert,” The Advocate, Vol. 63, Issue 9, pg. 16-19, September 2020
CLE Presenter, “2020 Medical Malpractice Case Law Update,” Idaho Association of Defense Counsel (IADC), September 2020
CLE Presenter, “An Overview of the Appeals Process in Idaho State Courts,” Idaho State Bar Litigation Section, May 2019
CLE Presenter, “Thoughts on Settlement in Civil Cases,” Idaho State Bar Professionalism & Ethics Section and Government & Public Sector Lawyers Section, Spring 2019
CLE Presenter, “The Default Tool Kit,” presentation to the Ada and Canyon County Staff Attorneys, October 2018
Author, “The How’s and When’s of Permissive Appeals,” The Advocate, Vol. 61, No. 5, May 2018
Author, “The Default Judgment Tool Kit,” The Advocate, Vol. 60, No. 2, February 2017
Author, “Listing the Canons of Construction,” The Advocate, Vol. 59, No. 5, May 2016
CLE Presenter, “Common Pleading Mistakes and Errors in Applications to the Court”, Idaho State Bar Young Lawyers, September 2015
Co-Author, “Excerpts from the Idaho Appellate Handbook Show its Usefulness,” The Advocate, Vol. 58, No. 8, August 2015
Co-Author, “Preserving Issues for Appeal: Leaving Breadcrumbs for the Way Home,” The Advocate, Vol. 58, No. 8, August 2015
Author, “Following the Recipe: A Rules Reminder for Motion Practice,” The Advocate, Vol. 58, No. 2, February 2015
Author, “Dealing with Sham Affidavits in Idaho Courts,” The Advocate, Vol. 57, No. 8, August 2014
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