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| | Address | | 33 South Last Chance Gulch, P.O. Box 1715 | | Helena, Montana 59624-1715 | | (Lewis and Clark Co.) | |  | Accepts Credit Cards |
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| | Contact Information | | Phone: 406-442-8560 | | Telecopier: 406-442-8783 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.gsjw.com |  | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Gough, Shanahan, Johnson & Waterman practices in the following areas of law:
Administrative Law, Appellate Practice, Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Law, Banking Law, Collections, Foreclosures, Commercial Litigation, Compliance and Enforcement Issues, Construction Litigation, Corporate Law, District and State, Local and Estate Taxation, Education Law, Employment, Endangered Species, Environmental Law, Estate and Property Law, General Practice, Health, Safety and Employment Counseling and Litigation, Insurance Coverage Law, Insurance Defense, Intellectual Property Law, Mining, Natural Resources Law, Patent, Trademark, Copyright and Unfair Competition, Product Liability Law, Public Schools, Real Energy, Regulatory Permitting, Toxic Torts, Transportation, Tribal Law, Trusts and Estates, Wills and Probate, Water Rights, Water Quality. | | Year Established: 1887 | Firm Profile:
The firm was founded in 1879, as the firm of Toole & Toole and is probably the oldest continuously existing law firm in the state. The firm conducts a state-wide general civil and trial practice, and specializes in commercial and construction litigation, insurance defense, natural resources, mining, environmental permitting and labor law. The firm also provides estate planning and probate services and has an active administrative law and governmental relations department which is the Montana Representative of the State Capitol Global Law Firm Group. | | Firm Size: 23 | Law Firm Affiliations:
STATE CAPITAL GLOBAL LAW FIRM GROUP | Representative Clients:
Advanced Silicon Materials; American Farm Bureau Federation; Albertson's Inc.; American Federal Savings Bank; Apollo Gold, Inc.; Arco; Asarco, Inc.; Associates Commercial Corporation; Ash Grove Cement West, Inc.; AT&T Capital Finance Corp.; Bass of America; Borden, Inc.; Bitter Creek Pipelines, Inc.; Bituminous Insurance Company; Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.; Canyon Resources; CarmikeCinemas, Inc.; Carroll College; Case Corporation; Cendant Mortgage Corp.; Cincinnati Insurance; Crown Butte Mines; Cominco American Resources; Dow Agro Sciences; Eastman Kodak Company; E&O Professionals Insurance; Farmers Insurance Group; Fidelity Exploration & Production Company; Fireman's Fund Insurance; First Health Services, Corp.; First Interstate Bank; Flathead Joint/Board of Control; Golden Sunlight Mines; Gold Fields Mining Corporation; Harrods Minerals, Ltd.; Horace Mann Insurance; Hydro Aluminum; Jewell Companies, Inc.; Kaiser Cement Corporation; Hanson Natural Resources Co.; Hydro Aluminum; Louisiana Pacific Corporation; Luzenac America; Magellan Resources; Marathon Oil; MDU Resources; Meadow Gold Dairy; Mineral Hill Mine; Montana Community Finance Corp.; Montana Contractors Association; Montana Food Distributors; Montana High School Association; Montana Mining Association; Montana Power Co.; Montana Wood Products; Mountain West Bank, N.A.; Nations Direct; Newmont Mining; Noranda Minerals Corporation; North American Van Lines, Inc.; North Western Energy, Pfizer, Inc.; Peabody Energy; Pioneer Newspapers; Plum Creek Timber Company; PP&L Montana; Reliance National Indemnity Company; Rocky Mountain Power Co.; Roman Catholic Bishop; Rotech Medical Corp.; RY Timber, Inc.; Santa Pacific Gold Corp.; Seaboard Surety Company; Seventh Day Adventists; Squibb; St. Paul Companies; Stillwater Mining; TCO Insurance Services; Transamerica Premier Insurance; Travelers Express Company, Inc.; United Behavioral Health; U.S. West; Universal Underwriter Group; Valley Bank of Helena; WBI Holding, Inc.; Western Energy Company; Western Tele-Communications. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Accepts Major Credit Cards
 Visa
MasterCard
American Express
Discover | | Cordell Johnson (Member) (Retired). | | PARTNERS | | Ward A. Shanahan (Member) born Libby, Montana, November 24, 1931; admitted to bar, 1958, Montana and U.S. District Court, District of Montana; 1965, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1968, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Montana (B.A., 1953; LL.B., J.D., 1958). Phi Delta Phi. Montana Law Review, 1956-1958. Chairman, Montana Lottery Commission, 1990-1993. Member: State Bar of Montana (Trustee, 1977-1979; President, 1982-1983); Montana Law Foundation (President, 1984-1988; Trustee, 1984—); Montana Mining Association (Board of Directors, 1982-1988); Montana Historical Society (Trustee, 1987-1997; President, 1995-1997); Montana Historical Society Foundation (President, 1996-2000); Mountain States Legal Foundation (Member, Board of Litigation, 1994-1999). Fellow: American Bar Foundation. [National Judge Advocate, Navy League of the United States, 1994-2001, 2003—; LCDR, USNR-Ret.]. Special Agencies: Montana Board of Environmental Review. Practice Areas: Natural Resources; State Taxation; Local Taxation; Administrative Law; Government Relations. Email: Ward A. Shanahan | | Ronald F. Waterman (Member) born Newark, New Jersey, January 5, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, Montana and U.S. District Court, District of Montana; 1972, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1976, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Montana (B.A., 1966; J.D., 1969). Phi Delta Phi (Magister, 1968-1969). Law Clerk to Hon. W.J. Jameson, U.S. Senior District Judge, 1969-1970. Member: State Bar of Montana; American Bar Association (State Membership Chairman, 1973-1977); American Judicature Society (Board Member, 1979-1983); American Law Institute (Life Member, 2000). American Bar Foundation (State President, 1987-1999). Practice Areas: Litigation; Construction Litigation; Insurance Defense Law; Water Law; Banking Law. Email: Ronald F. Waterman | | Jock O. Anderson (Member) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 23, 1948; admitted to bar, 1975, Montana and U.S. District Court, District of Montana; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1978, U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: Concordia College; University of Montana (B.S., 1970; J.D., 1975); University of Florida (LL.M., 1995). Member: State Bar of Montana; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Real Estate Law; Probate; Estate Planning; Banking Law; Commercial Law. Email: Jock O. Anderson | | Alan L. Joscelyn (Member) born Missoula, Montana, August 3, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Montana and U.S. District Court, District of Montana. Education: University of Montana (B.A., 1972; J.D., 1975). Listed: International Who's Who of Mining Lawyers, 2000-2003. Secretary, Northwest Mining Association. Member, Board of Litigation, Mountain States Legal Foundation. Member: State Bar of Montana; American Bar Association (Alternate Chairman, Montana Board of Personnel Appeals, 1990—). Special Agencies: Bureau of Land Management; EPA; U.S. Forest Service; Montana Department of Environmental Quality. Practice Areas: Property Rights; Mining Law; Mineral Law; Natural Resources Law; Environmental Law; Hazardous Waste Law; Water Quality. Email: Alan L. Joscelyn | | Thomas E. Hattersley, III (Member) born Niagara Falls, New York, August 16, 1953; admitted to bar, 1981, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1984, Montana and U.S. District Court, District of Montana; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Loyola University of Los Angeles (B.A., cum laude, 1976; J.D., 1981). Member: State Bar of Montana; State Bar of California; American Bar Association (Member, Section on Labor and Employment). Practice Areas: Litigation; Labor and Employment; Workplace Violence; Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage; Products Liability. Email: Thomas E. Hattersley, III | | Sarah M. Power (Member) born Helena, Montana, March 10, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Montana and U.S. District Court, District of Montana; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Gonzaga University; Merrimack College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1978); University of Santa Clara (J.D., 1981). Associate Editor, Santa Clara Law Review, 1980-1981. Member: First Judicial District and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Montana; Montana Defense Trial Lawyers (President, 2001-2002). Practice Areas: Torts; Products Liability; Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage; Commercial Litigation; Environmental Litigation. Email: Sarah M. Power | | William L. MacBride, Jr. (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 9, 1951; admitted to bar, 1985, Colorado, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1994, Montana; 1995, U.S. District Court, District of Montana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Colorado School of Mines (B.S., 1974); University of Houston (M.B.A., 1979); University of Denver (J.D., 1984). Recipient, Am. Jur. Corporation Award #2. Adjunct Professor: "Environmental and Natural Resources Law," Paralegal Division, Community College of Aurora, 1991-1994; "Environmental Policy and Management," University of Denver Graduate School, 1993; "Business Law," Helena College of Technology, 1998-2003. Member: State Bar of Montana; Colorado and American Bar Associations; International Mining Professional Society; Rocky Mountain Trade Corridor. Practice Areas: Natural Resources; Real Property; Immigration; International; Copyrights; Patents; Trademarks. Email: William L. MacBride, Jr. | | David C. Dalthorp (Member) born Missoula, Montana, January 12, 1958; admitted to bar, 1992, Montana and U.S. District Court, District of Montana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Montana State University (B.S. Ed., Earth Science, Geology Option, 1984); Eastern Montana College (B.S., Ed. Biology, 1988); University of Montana (J.D., 1992). Member, Public Land Law Review, 1991-1992. Law Clerk, Justice McDonough, Montana Supreme Court. Member: State Bar of Montana; American Bar Association. Fellow, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, 1995. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage; Civil Litigation. Email: David C. Dalthorp | | Jon Metropoulos (Member) born Miles City, Montana, December 25, 1956; admitted to bar, 1988, Montana and U.S. District Court, District of Montana; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1992, U.S. Court of Federal Claims; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Education: University of Montana (B.A., History, 1980); George Washington University (M.A., Russian Studies, 1985); University of Montana (J.D., with honors, 1988). Member: State Bar of Montana; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Natural Resources; Environmental; Indian; Health Care; Government Relations. Email: Jon Metropoulos | | Teri A. Walter (Member) born Billings, Montana, July 31, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Montana, 1995, U.S. District Court, District of Montana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Eastern New Mexico University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1990); California Western School of Law (J.D., 1994). National Finalist, Association of Trial Lawyers of America Competition, 1994. Member: First Judicial and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Montana; Montana Defense Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Insurance Defense; Civil Litigation. Email: Teri A. Walter | | Robert Cameron (Member) born Xenia, Ohio, December 1, 1957; admitted to bar, 1993, Montana. Education: Ohio University (B.S.Ed., cum laude, 1980); University of Montana (J.D., 1993). The Order of Barristers. National Moot Court (National Finalist, 1993). Technical Editor, Montana Law Review, 1992-1993. Author: "The Modified Just Rule," 53 Montana Law Review 133 (1992). Member: State Bar of Montana. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Trial Practice; Administrative Law. Email: Robert Cameron | | Timothy C. Fox (Member) born Billings, Montana, August 22, 1957; admitted to bar, 1987, Montana; 1988, U.S. District Court, District of Montana and U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Montana. Education: University of Montana (B.A., 1981; J.D., 1987). Phi Delta Phi (Magister, 1986-1987). Erasmus Scholar. Recipient, Province 13 International Graduate of the Year, 1987. Law Clerk, Justice L.C. Gulbrandson, Montana Supreme Court, 1987-1988. Special Assistant Attorney General, Montana Department of Environment Quality, 1996-1999. Vice President and Corporate Counsel, Mountain West Bank, N.A., 1999-2003. Member: State Bar of Montana (Chairman, Natural Resource and Energy Law Section, 1989-1999; Member, Bankruptcy Law Section); Montana Historical Society (Trustee, 2000-2002); Montana State Banking Board (Chairman, 2003). Practice Areas: Banking Law; Commercial Law; Collections; Repossessions; Foreclosures; Bankruptcy; Real Estate; Business Law; Environmental Law; Natural Resources; Mining Law; Administrative Law; Regulatory Law; Government Relations. Email: Timothy C. Fox | | Dana Lynn Hupp (Member) born Springfield, Ohio, October 30, 1974; admitted to bar, 2001, Montana; 2002, U.S. District Court, District of Montana; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Miami University (B.A., Political Science, 1997); Lewis and Clark College-Northwestern School of Law (J.D. and Environment & Natural Resource Certificate, 2000). Practice Areas: Natural Resources; Environmental Law; Civil Litigation. Email: Dana Lynn Hupp | | ASSOCIATES | | Kevin D. Feeback (Associate) born Terry, Montana, July 22, 1952; admitted to bar, 2002, Montana. Education: University of Montana (B.A., 1981; J.D., 2002). Order of Barristers. Member: State Bar of Montana (Montana and Federal Member); American Bar Association; American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Natural Resources; Litigation. Email: Kevin D. Feeback | | Julie A. Johnson (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Montana; U.S. District Court, District of Montana; Montana Supreme Court. Education: University of Montana (B.A., French, Russian Minor, 1996); University of Montana School of Law (J.D., with honors, 2002). Member, Jessup International Moot Court. Articles Editor, Montana Law Review, 2001-2002. Recipient: Best Oralist, Northwest Regional Competition, Jessup International Moot Court, 2002; Second Place, Appellate Briefs, Co-Author in Regional Competitions, 2001, 2002; Honors for Oral Advocacy and Brief Writing Skills, National Order of Barristers. Former Law Clerk to: Justice W. William Leaphart, Montana Supreme Court. Former Member, Peace Corps, Mali, West Africa. Former Instructor, English, Instituto Chileno Norteamericano, Chillan, Chile. Languages: French and Spanish. Email: Julie A. Johnson | | Julianne C. Burkhardt (Associate) born Allentown, Pennsylvania, February 1, 1965; admitted to bar, 1994, Montana. Education: Sweet Briar College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1987); University of Montana School of Law (J.D., 1994). Phi Beta Kappa. Email: Julianne C. Burkhardt | | Jessica M. Brubaker (Associate) born Bellevue, Washington, July 13, 1976; admitted to bar, 2006, Montana and U.S. District Court, District of Montana. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A., 1999); College of William & Mary (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Real Estate. Email: Jessica M. Brubaker | | Peter G. Scott (Associate) admitted to bar, 1999, Oregon; 2000, Idaho; 2001, Washington. (Not admitted in Montana). Education: University of Massachusetts, Amherst (B.S., 1991); Lewis and Clark College (J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Land Use; Real Property; Water Law; Natural Resources. Email: Peter G. Scott | | Cliff B. Irwin (Associate) born Pullman, Washington, September 26, 1978; admitted to bar, 2006, Montana and U.S. District Court, District of Montana. Education: Western Washington University (B.A., 2002); University of Montana (J.D., 2006). Member: State Bar of Montana; Lewis and Clark County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Natural Resources; Environmental Law; Family Law; Water Law; Land Use; Business Litigation. Email: Cliff B. Irwin | | OF COUNSEL | | Francis J. Raucci (Of Counsel) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 17, 1936; admitted to bar, 1965, Montana; 1976, Pennsylvania; 1988, District of Columbia. Education: St. Joseph's University (A.B., 1963); Georgetown University (J.D., 1965). Adjunct Instructor: Temple University, 1980-1981; California State, 1986-1989; MBA Program, University of Montana, 2003—; MBA Program, University of Utah, 2002—. Chair, Montana Board of Personal Appeals, 1982-1986. Former Counsel and Chief Labor Counsel, American Stores Company, 1968-1999. Fels Fellow, University of Pennsylvania. Member: Pennsylvania Bar Association; State Bar of Montana; District of Columbia Bar; College of Labor and Employment Lawyers; American Arbitration Association; Association of Attorneys-Mediators; NASD National Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators, Montana (Member, Board of Personnel Appeals). [Capt., U.S. Air Force, 1958-1961 (Active); Reserve (1961-1967)]. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment(95%, 50). Email: Francis J. Raucci | | Roland D. Graham (Of Counsel) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 12, 1930; admitted to bar, 1957, Minnesota; 1958, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota; 1964, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1979, Wisconsin; 2002, Montana. Education: University of Minnesota (B.B.A., 1952; J.D., 1957); Stonier Graduate School of Banking, Rutgers University. Phi Delta Phi. Member, Minnesota Law Review, 1956-1957. Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1972-1979. First Vice President, Chief Corporate Counsel, First Wisconsin Corporation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1979-1982. Member, Hessian, McKasy & Soderberg, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1982-1990, 1993-1999. Member: Hennepin County, Minnesota State (Member, Section on Banking and Business Law) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Montana. [LTJG, USN, 1952-1954]. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Corporate Law; Administrative Law; Regulatory Law; Real Estate. Email: Roland D. Graham | | CONTRACT ATTORNEY | | Dennis R. Lopach (Contract Attorney) admitted to bar, 1976, Montana; 1995, Colorado. Education: University of Montana (B.A., History, high honors, 1973; J.D., 1976). | Other Office Addresses:
Billings, Montana Office: 2722 3rd Avenue North, Suite 400, 59101. Telephone: 406-248-3214.
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