Dustin Charters

Dustin Charters has been practicing law since 2011. Following his clerkship with the Idaho Court of Appeals, Dustin worked for an insurance-defense firm for more than a decade. Dustin began working with Tolman Brizee & Cannon in October 2024.

Dustin is a trial lawyer who represents professionals, insurance companies, and businesses involved in complex litigation. Dustin has successfully briefed and argued numerous motions on behalf of his clients, including complex motions for summary judgment involving the lack of proximate cause in the contexts of wrongful death and personal injury claims, missed statute of limitations relating to the “some damage” requirement, and the fairly debatable standard in allegations of insurer bad faith.

Dustin has encountered a litany of insurance issues in his litigation practice. That experience has made him appreciate the nuances of insurance policies and endorsements and helped him advise carriers on numerous insurance matters, including policy interpretations, coverage evaluations, and defending and avoiding bad-faith allegations. Dustin has also successfully defended insurance companies in arbitrations in first-party matters involving disputes over damages and insurance coverage issues.

Dustin has an innate ability to find common ground with (nearly) everyone he encounters. He can talk about his experiences growing up on a farm in Idaho and learning what it means to put in a hard day’s work yet transition to complex medical and engineering issues. Dustin enjoys litigating, as it presents a new problem to solve every day and is something he gets to help others through, likely for the first time.