Tom W. Stonecipher

Tom Stonecipher is a founding member of the firm.  He became Of Counsel to it in 2017 and retired from practice in 2024.

Tom practiced for eighteen years in Chicago, primarily litigating complex commercial cases, before coming to Montana in 1993.  His active practice included civil litigation at the trial and appellate levels for local and national clients. He worked extensively in the areas of commercial transactions; zoning, land use, and real estate development; tort defense; employment; entity formation, and examining and opining on transactions for national lenders involving assets in Montana. 

Between college and law school, Tom spent three years in the U.S. Army, serving in the field artillery in Vietnam and on brigade and division staffs.

Education

Dartmouth College (A.B., Philosophy, 1968); Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington (J.D., cum laude, 1974); Order of the Coif

Bar Admissions

U.S. Supreme Court, 1979 – 2024; Washington, 1989, Retired; Montana, 1992 – 2024; U.S. District Court, District of Montana, 1993 – 2024; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2000 – 2024

Memberships

Dartmouth Lawyers Association

Former Memberships

American Bar Association; State Bar of Montana; Gallatin County Bar Association (President, 1998-1999).