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Michael Cotter is now U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana

Mike Cotter has been officially sworn in. Read the Great Falls Tribune article here.

Michael Cotter has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be Montana’s next U.S. Attorney

Mike Cotter has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be Montana’s next U.S. Attorney. He has yet to be sworn in. You can read the Missoulian article here.

Bozeman Attorney Mike Wheat is Appointed by Governor to the Montana Supreme Court

Bozeman Lawyers, Montana Law

Governor Brian Schweitzer on Wednesday appointed Bozeman, Montana attorney Mike Wheat to serve out Justice John Warner’s term on the Montana Supreme Court. You can read the Missoulian article on the appointment here.

Michael Cotter’s Nomination Forwarded to the U.S. Senate for Confirmation Vote

Bozeman Lawyers, Montana Law

Michael Cotter is one step closer to becoming Montana’s next U.S. Attorney. On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee forwarded Cotter’s nomination to the full Senate for a confirmation vote. You can read the Great Falls Tribune article here.

Montana Supreme Court Remands the Barry Beach, Poplar, Montana case to the District Court to Reconsider Barry Beach’s Alleged Exculpatory Evidence

Bozeman Lawyers, Homicide

The Great Falls Tribune has done a great job chronicling the Barry Beach case and Beach’s claim that he was wrongfully convicted of the 1979 murder of Kim Nees, a 17-year-old Poplar High School valedictorian. Beach was convicted of Nees’ murder in 1984 and...

Conservative and Liberal Groups Unite Over U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Cases

Bozeman Lawyers, Criminal Law

There was an interesting article in the NY Times on Monday discussing how conservative, libertarian, and business groups are lining up with civil libertarians and criminal defense attorneys on the side of the criminally accused in several cases before the U.S. Supreme...