Attorneys:  

Of Counsel:  

Deceased:  

  • James A. Poore, Jr. (1916-2002)
  • Robert A. Poore, Jr. (1919-2007)

 

Robert C. Brown, (Shareholder) born Nashua, Montana, November 15, 1951; admitted to bar, 1982, Montana. Education: University of Montana (B.A., with high honors, 1974; M.Ed., 1982; J.D., 1982). Phi Delta Kappa. Member, State Bar of Montana Professionalism Committee, 1988-2000. Member: Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Education Law; Labor Law; Professional Malpractice Defense.     (Email)  (Return to Attorney List)
J. Richard Orizotti, (Shareholder) born Butte, Montana, June 17, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Montana. Education: Gonzaga University (B.A., 1977); University of Montana (J.D., with honors, 1981). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law; Commercial Litigation; Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate; Banking; Natural Resources; Probate; Estate Planning; Health Care; Business Transactions.     (Email)  (Return to Attorney List)
Brendon J. Rohan, (Shareholder) born Butte, Montana, December 14, 1952; admitted to bar, 1985, Montana. Education: Montana State University (B.S., 1976); University of Montana (J.D., with honors, 1985). Member, University of Montana Law Review. Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Products Liability; Toxic Torts; Workers Compensation; OSHA; Civil Rights; Banking Law; Commercial Litigation; Gaming Law; ERISA.     (Email)  (Return to Attorney List)
John P. Davis, (Shareholder) born Butte, Montana, July 12, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Montana. Education: Carroll College (B.A., maxima cum laude, 1982); University of Montana (J.D., with honors, 1985). Phi Delta Phi. Law Clerk, Montana Supreme Court, 1985-1986. Director, Montana Defense Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Environmental Litigation; Toxic Torts; Civil Litigation; Professional Malpractice Defense; Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate; Property Law; Business Transactions; Products Liability.   (Email)  (Return to Attorney List)
Thomas M. Welsch, (Shareholder) born St. Louis, Missouri, September 23, 1947; admitted to bar, 1981, Missouri; 1983, Kansas; 1987, Montana; U.S. District Court, Districts of Kansas, Missouri and Montana, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.  Education: University of Missouri at Columbia (B.S., Forestry, 1971; M.S., Forest Hydrology, 1972); University of Kansas (J.D., 1981). Member, 1980-1981, Editor, 1981, Kansas Law Review. Member: Kansas and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Civil Rights; Legal Malpractice Defense; Agents and Brokers Liability; Insurance Bad Faith; Banking Litigation.   (Email)  (Return to Attorney List)
Patrick M. Sullivan, (Shareholder) born Butte, Montana, November 6, 1957; admitted to bar, 1990, Montana. Education: University of Montana (B.S., 1981; J.D., with high honors, 1990). Secretary-Treasurer, Silver Bow County Bar Association, 1992. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Tort Defense; Insurance; Construction Litigation.    (Email) (Return to Attorney List)
Lee Bruner, (Shareholder) born Deer Lodge, Montana, December 18, 1960; admitted to bar, 1995, Montana. Education: Montana State University (B.S., in Physics, 1992); University of Montana (J.D., 1995). Appointed by Gov. M. Racicot to MT Petroleum Tank Release Board, 1997. Instructor, Environmental Permitting, Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology. Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute. Member: State Bar of Montana (Member, Environmental Law Section). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Environmental Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense.   (Email) (Return to Attorney List)
Lisa A. (Hallenbeck) Levert, (Shareholder) born White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, June 9, 1966; admitted to bar, 1995, Montana. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., Economics, 1987; M.A., Urban Planning, 1992); University of Montana (J.D., with honors, 1995). Co-Editor-in-Chief, Public Land Law Review, 1995. Co-Author: "The Public Trust and Parens Patriae Doctrines: Protecting Wildlife in Uncertain Political Times," Public Land Law Review, Vol. 17. Member: Silver Bow County (Treasurer, 1999—) and American Bar Associations; American Planning Association. Practice Areas: Business Law; Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate; Natural Resources; Business Transactions; Contract Litigation; Labor and Employment.  (Email)  (Return to Attorney List)
  Charles K. Smith, (Associate) born Butte, Montana, January 19, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Montana.  Education:  Montana Tech (B.S., with honors, 2001); University of Montana (J.D., 2004).  Member:  State Bar of Montana.  Practice Areas:  Civil Litigation; Environmental Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense.  (Email) (Return to Attorney List)
  Cynthia L. Cate, (Associate) born Bellflower, California, October 11, 1968; admitted to bar, 1999, Montana.  Education:  University of Montana (B.A., 1990; J.D., with honors, 1999).  Law Clerk, Montana Supreme Court, 1999-2000.  Member:  State Bar of Montana.  Practice Areas:   Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment; Insurance Litigation.  (Email) (Return to Attorney List)

OF COUNSEL: 

 

 

 Urban L. Roth, (Of Counsel) born Billings, Montana, May 6, 1930; admitted to bar, 1957, Montana. Education: University of Maryland; Montana State University (B.A., 1956; LL.B., 1957). Clerk for Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court, 1957-1958. Author: "Effect of Recording Federal Oil and Gas Lease Options," 20 Mont. L. Rev. 101 (Fall, 1958); "Acquisition of Mining and Mine-Related Rights through Eminent Domain," 27 Rocky Mountain Mineral L. Inst. 739 (1982). Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation and Product Liability, 1987-1992. Secretary, State Bar of Montana, 1963-1964. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Member: The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Board of Trial Advocates (President, Montana Chapter, 1989-1991) Practice Areas: Natural Resource Law; Superfund; Water Rights Law; General Commercial Law; Tort Litigation.  (Return to Attorney List)
Donald C. Robinson, (Of Counsel) born Hamilton, Montana, March 16, 1941; admitted to bar, 1967, District of Columbia; 1969, Montana. Education: University of Montana (B.A., 1963); George Washington University (J.D., with honors, 1967). Author, "The First Decade of Judicial Interpretation of the Montana Wrongful Discharge from Employment Act (WDEA)," Mont. L. Rev. (Summer 1996). Co-Author, "Employment At-Will, Wrongful Discharge and the Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing in Montana, Past, Present and Future," 46 Mont. L. Rev. 1 (Winter, 1985). Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Employment Law, Commercial Litigation and Personal Injury, 1987-2000. Staff Attorney, Legal Aid Agency, D.C., 1967-1968. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Montana, 1968-1969. Member, Montana Supreme Court Commission on Practice, 1979-1981. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL).  Member: Montana Trial Lawyers Association; Charter Member, Past President, Montana Chapter, American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA); Vice President and President-Elect, Montana Federal Bar Association.  Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Employment Relations Law; Labor Relations; Business Law; Commercial Litigation; Contract Litigation; Torts.  (More information)  (Email)  (Return to Attorney List)

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