Government lawyers in Montana

Firm: Lucas & Tonn, P.C.

513 Main Street , Miles City , Montana 59301

Practice Areas: Contracts, Real Estate, Estate Planning, Probate, Government, Contracts & Agreements

Dan Rice was raised in Miles City, Montana.  He graduated from Custer County District High School in 2000, served with the Active Army from 2003-2006, completed a BA in Sociology at the University of Montana in 2008, and graduated from the University of Montana School of Law in 2010.  Rice returned to Miles City, Montana in 2010, and is currently a Partner at Lucas & Tonn, P.C.

17 South Main , Butte , Montana 59701

Practice Areas: Family, Employment, Government, Insurance, Foreclosure

I am a lawyer with 23 years of experience.  Twelve of those years were spent as in-house counsel for The Montana Power Company and its successor, Touch America, Inc., the majority of those years as Senior Counsel.  Touch America was a telecommunications company.. In those years I gained substantial expertise in the following areas of the law: energy/natural resource law, real estate law, commercial law, corporate and business entity law, regulatory and governmental affairs law, and environmental, safety and health law.  In addition to these specialties, I have experience in many other matters such as anti-trust law, records retention, securities and tax, financing, and employment law.

Firm: Wordal Law, PLLC

PO Box 10071 , Bozeman , Montana 59719

Practice Areas: Government

People deserve someone they can talk to about private legal matters who will help them navigate what can be a very scary process.   I went to law school with the idea I could help people and be their voice. I spent the first 21 years of my career with the Bozeman City Attorney's Office as a prosecutor.  Then I retired to go into private practice, looking to serve in a different way. After serving the citizens of my home community and the victims of crime, I am now able to assist people with issues of a different sort.. When I left a larger local governmental entity in 2013, my partner and I formed Younkin & Wordal, PLLC.  As of 2016 we merged with the firm with which we shared office space and became, McLean, Younkin & Willett, PLLC. In 2017, I left to explore other options as Wordal Law PLLC, and because I was drawn back into governmental work for a smaller local government and didn't feel the office space was worth the cost.. As a 2nd generation Montana attorney, and an attorney who serves on the State Bar Ethics Committee as my father did, I am proud to serve a community close to my family roots in MT, and to continue to provide my clients with fair and knowledgeable representation. Because of my service to the State Bar, I cannot take cases involving ethics issues, because we determine interpretation for much of the ethics rules. I'm careful to try to point people in the right direction when they ask.