The University of Montana Law School has been renamed the "Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana." Alexander (Zander) Blewett III has earned an AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell™, the highest recognition possible in the legal industry, for his professionalism and ethics.
Practice Areas
Admitted
- Montana, 1971
- U.S. District Court, District of Montana
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th and 9th Circuits
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
- University of Montana, J.D., 1971
- Montana State University, B.S., 1967
Distinctions
Associations and memberships
- The Inner Circle of Advocates (Only Montana Member in National Organization limited to top 100 trial lawyers in the United States)
- State Bar of Montana; Montana Trial Lawyers Association
- The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, President’s Club)
- American College of Trial Lawyers
- American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate)
- International Society of Barristers
Notable Cases
- $27 million settlement in a brain injury case (Vangsnes vs. North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, Inc. et. al.)
- $21.3 million verdict in a Great Falls malicious prosecution case (Seltzer v. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher)
- $7 million verdict in a Billings railroad crossing accident (Dorn v. BNSF)
- $5 million verdict against the US government after a fire destroyed a ranch (Hughes v. USA)
- $3.9 million verdict in a Missoula brain injury claim (Ginn v. Smurfit Stone Container)
- $3.2 million verdict in a Great Falls auto accident (Bumgarner v. Farmers Union Mutual Insurance)
Biographical details
- Montana Trial Lawyers Association, Montana Trial Lawyer of the Year, 1993 – 1994 and 2006 – 2007
- Only Montana lawyer named in Lawdragon Hall of Fame (national publication).
- Only Montana lawyer named in Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America, 2018 & 2019
- Only Montana lawyer named in Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers, 2019 – 2021
- Only Montana personal injury lawyer named to the Top 100 Mountain States Super Lawyers® for 2012
- Listed in Top 100 Mountain States Super Lawyers® in 2007 – 2012, 2014 – 2016, 2019 – 2022
- Selected, Best Lawyers in America since 2005.
- Delegate, 9th Circuit Judicial Conference, 1990 – 1993
- Montana State Coordinator, National Board of Trial Advocacy
- Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Montana State Chair)
- Certified, Civil Trial Advocacy Specialist, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1983
