The Hon. Laurie Fortier is a magistrate for the 4th Judicial District Magistrate Division of Idaho. She was appointed to the bench by the District Magistrate Commission of the 4th Judicial District on October 1, 2013.
The 4th Judicial District includes Ada, Boise, Elmore, and Valley Counties. Fortier has held an assignment in Ada County.
Prior to her appointment, she spent eight years as an assistant city attorney with the Boise City Attorney’s Office (2005 to 2013). Before that, Fortier was an attorney at Naylor & Hayes in Boise and a law clerk with the Idaho Supreme Court and the 4th Judicial Judicial District Court.
Fortier received a bachelor’s degree in business and accounting from the University of Idaho. She then completed a J.D. at the University of Idaho College of Law.
Fortier served as a member of the Rocky Canyon Sail Toads, Inc. Board of Directors.