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Jon was born in Missoula, Montana, and he attended the University of Montana, receiving his B.S. with honors in 1986 and his J.D. with honors in 1990.  After law school, Jon served as a law clerk at the Montana Supreme Court.  Since joining the firm in 1992, Jon's practice has focused on estate planning, estate and trust administration, tax planning and special needs planning.  Jon is a member of WealthCounsel and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.  He chaired the State Bar of Montana's Elderly Assistance Committee, co-authoring the Handbook for Guardians and Conservators.  He has been active in the community as a member and served as president of both the Great Falls Lions Club and Children's Museum of Montana.  He has also served as President of the Cascade County Estate Planning Council.  He has served as a Commissioner for the Great Falls Housing Authority and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind Foundation.  He currently serves a member of Great Falls Public Schools Foundation.

I focus my practice on helping clients protect their families and their wealth and helping our business owner clients plan for the most important financial event of their lives: the transition out of their business. I am a member of WealthCounsel, a national consortium of estate planning attorneys, the State Bar of Montana’s Trust and Estates section and the Cascade County Estate Planning Council. I was born and raised in Great Falls, and earned a bachelor’s degree in Russian Studies, magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania.  Earned my law degree from the University of Michigan and initially practiced corporate and securities law in Houston, Texas.  When I returned to Montana, I worked as a trial lawyer with the Great Falls law firm of Jardine, Stephenson, Blewett & Weaver before joining my father-in-law, Bill Scott, to form Scott & Tokerud in 1986. I have been active in public service and in 2009 received the State Bar of Montana’s Neil Haight Pro Bono Award for my fourteen years of work to obtain political asylum for a political dissident from the Soviet Union. I have served as chairman of the board of the Great Falls Chamber of Commerce and Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Great Falls, and also served on the boards of the Benefis Healthcare Foundation, United Way of Cascade County, Sister Cities of Great Falls and the Montana/Kazakhstan Exchange Project. I play the clarinet and saxophone and have been a member of the Great Falls Symphony as well as the Harold Nicholls Big Band. I am fluent in Russian and my interests extend from building democracy in Russia to pheasant hunting.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Great Falls and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Great Falls and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Great Falls and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Great Falls and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Great Falls and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Great Falls and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Great Falls and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Great Falls and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Great Falls and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Great Falls and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Great Falls and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Great Falls and surrounding areas.