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Montana became a state in 1889. A state constitution was drafted in 1884, which established a system of courts: A supreme court, district courts, county courts, justices of the peace, and municipal courts such as the legislature might see fit to create. [1] Four judicial districts were created, each with a district court. [2]
This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Montana.It includes the year in which the men were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are men who achieved other distinctions, such becoming the first in their state to graduate from law school or become a political figure.
The District of Montana was organized on February 22, 1889, by 25 Stat. 676, following Montana's admission to statehood. Congress organized Montana as a single judicial district, and authorized one judgeship for the district court, which was assigned to the Ninth Circuit.
Dirk M. Sandefur (born October 22, 1961) is an associate justice of the Montana Supreme Court.His term began on January 2, 2017. He served for eight years as a criminal and civil Deputy Attorney for Cascade County, Montana, before being elected a judge on the 8th Judicial District of the Montana District Court in 2002.
In that period, she also was a public defender in Rosebud County, Montana. From 1996 until 2004 she was a managing partner at the law firm Graves, Toennis and Gustafson in Billings, Montana. [1] Gustafson was appointed as District Judge of Montana's 13th Judicial District by former Governor Judy Martz, and took the bench in 2004. [1]
He became Montana's Assistant Attorney General in 1977 and served until 1982. [4] He served as County Attorney for Lewis and Clark County for five terms spanning 1982 to 2000. [1] In his eighteen years as a prosecutor, McGrath focused on family violence issues, including domestic abuse and sexual assault of children.
Holly Brown: [22] First female district court judge in Gallatin County, Montana; Colleen Herrington: [23] First female chief judge (2023) in Gallatin County, Montana; Deborah Kim Christopher: [24] First female to serve as the Lake County Attorney, Montana (1991). In 2000, she became the first female judge of the Twentieth Judicial District. [25]
He was a law clerk to Judge James F. Battin of the United States District Court for the District of Montana from 1976 to 1978. [3] He was in private practice in Billings, Montana from 1978 to 1995, where he was recognized as "one of the ablest lawyers in the state", holding various leadership roles in organizations in the legal community.