Donald D. Sommerfeld

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Practice areas

• Insurance disputes law
• Business litigation
• Personal injury

Admitted

• Montana, 1979
• U.S. District Court, District of Montana, 1979
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, 1980

Education

• University of Montana, J.D., 1979
• Montana State University, B.S. with honors, 1974

Languages

• Portuguese

Associations and memberships

• Yellowstone County Bar Association
• Yellowstone Valley Claimants Attorneys (Member, Board of Directors, 1981-1984)
• Montana State Bar Association
• Montana Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Section on Litigation)
• American Bar Association
• The Association of Trial Lawyers of America

Special agencies

• N.L.R.B. Human Rights Commission (State of Montana)
• Employment Relations Division and Workers’ Compensation Division (State of Montana)

Representative cases

• Farmers Alliance Mutual Ins. Co. v. Holeman, 924, P.2d 1315 (1996)
• Farmers Alliance Mutual Ins. Co. v. Holeman, 961, P.2d 114 (1998)

Author

• Initial Considerations Chapter, Trial Advocacy, NBI, 1991
• “Trial of the Case – Plaintiff’s Perspective,” Automobile Injury Cases, NBI, 1994

Instructor

• “Trial Advocacy in Montana,” Montana CLE Seminar, NBI, 1991
• “Trying the Automobile Injury Case in Montana,” Montana CLE Seminar, NBI, 1994

Towe, Ball, Mackey, Sommerfeld & Gosch, serves clients in Billings and throughout Montana.