Nominated by Barack Obama
Received commission December 6, 2011
Chief Judge 2013 - March 2020



• EDUCATION: Stanford University, Stanford, CA, B.A., 1973; University of Montana School of Law, Missoula, MT, J.D., 1976
   
• CAREER RECORD: Associate, Moulton, Bellingham, Longo & Mather, P.C., Billings, MT, 1977-1981; Partner, Murphy, Robinson, Heckathorn & Phillips, P.C., Kalispell, MT, 1981-1996; Partner, Christensen, Moore, Cockrell, Cummings & Axelberg, P.C., Kalispell, MT, 1996-2011
   
• MEMBERSHIPS: American Bar Association; State Bar of Montana; American Board of Trial Advocates, Advocate; American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow, Past State Chair; International Society of Barristers, Fellow