A broad array of experience handling a broad array of complex cases.
Insurance coverage and bad faith cases:
UMIA Insurance, Inc. v. Arguelles, 591 F.Supp.3d 876 (D.Mont. 2022)
Tidyman’s Management Services, Inc. v. National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA, 2016 MT 201, 384 Mont. 335, 378 P.3d 1182 (2016)
Tidyman’s Management Services, Inc. v. Davis, 2014 MT 205, 376 Mont. 80, 330 P.3d 1139 (2014)
National Union Fire Ins. Of Pittsburgh, PA v. Davis, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 60066 (E.D. Wash. 2011)
A.C.P. v. Valley Forge Life Ins. Co., 320 Fed Appx. 643 (9th Cir. 2009)
Crum v. Tomlinson (In re Hettick), 413 B.R. 733 (Bkrtcy. D. Mont. 2009)
Teague Motor Co. v. Federated Ins., 73 Wn.App. 479, 869 P.2d 1130 (Wash.App. 1994)
Employment and employee benefit cases:
Colville Confederated Tribes v. Somday, 96 F.Supp.2d 1120 (E.D. Wash. 2000)
Warnek v. ABB Combustion Engineering, 137 Wn.2d 450, 972 P.2d 453 (Wash. 1999)
Stanley v. Holms, 267 Mont. 316, 883 P.2d 837 (Mont. 1994)
Business disputes and breach of contract cases:
Farmhouse Partners Ltd. Partnership v. Multi-Housing Tax Credit Partners, 2022 WL 16960425 (D.Mont. 2022)
McGown v. Inskeep, 2020 WL 5801477 (D.Mont. 2020)
In re Spanish Peaks Holdings II LLC, 2018 Bankr. LEXIS 1216 (Bkrtcy. D. Mont. 2018)
Retz v. Samson (In re Retz), 606 F.3d 1189 (9th Cir. 2010)
Nagrone v. Davis, 368 Fed Appx. 743 (9th Cir. 2010)
Higgins Devel. Partners v. Skanska U.S.A Building, Inc., 352 Mont. 243, 216 P.3d 199 (Mont. 2009)
Retz v. Abbey (In re Retz), 2008 WL 8448824 (Bkrtcy. App. 9th Cir. 2008)
Constitutional law cases:
Montanans For Community Development v. Motl, 54 F.Supp.3d 1153 (D. Mont. 2014)
National Assoc. For Gun Rights, Inc. v. Murry, 969 F.Supp.2d 1262 (D. Mont. 2013)
Lair v. Bullock, 697 F.3d 1200 (9th Cir. 2012)
LeFer v. Murry, 978 F.Supp.2d 1177 (D. Mont. 2013)
Donaldson v. State, 2012 MT 288, 367 Mont. 228, 292 P.3d 684 (2012)
City of Spokane v. Canyon Greens, LLC, 107 Wn.App. 1005, 2001 WL 772498 (Wash.App. 2001)
Indian law cases:
Big Horn County Elec. Coop., Inc. v. Big Man, 526 F.Supp.3d 756 (D.Mont. 2021), aff’d 2022 WL 738623 (9th Cir. 2022), cert. denied ___ S.Ct. ___, 2022 WL 17573474 (2022)
Krause v. Neuman, 284 Mont. 399, 943 P.2d 1328 (Mont. 1998)