Maxon R. Davis
Max
Davis is the senior member of Davis, Hatley, Haffeman, & Tighe, PC.
Mr. Davis focuses his practice on a wide spectrum of civil
litigation, primarily for defendants, including professional and
products liability defense, employment claims, environmental and
toxic torts, commercial and business disputes, as well as the
defense of insureds, self-insureds and insurers. Mr. Davis serves as
the State of Montana's primary outside counsel in the defense of
tort claims filed in central Montana. He has tried over 75 cases to
verdict in federal and state courts throughout Montana and has
argued appeals before the Montana Supreme Court, the Blackfeet
Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United
States Supreme Court. According to Chambers USA, Mr. Davis “is
recommended for ‘his practical approach to cases and efficiency and
effectiveness in court.’” He is also named as a Local Litigation
Star in Benchmark Litigation and has been listed in The Best Lawyers
in America for 15 years and in Rocky Mountain Super Lawyers every
year of its publication. In 2006, he served as a faculty member at
the IADC's Trial Academy at Stanford University.
Mr. Davis also devotes significant time to an active transactional and business consulting practice. He serves as counsel to the Diocese of Great Falls, the Montana Electric Cooperatives Association and numerous electric cooperatives throughout the state.
Education: Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut; University of California, Berkeley, A.B. (1972); School of Law, University of Montana, J.D. with high honors (1976)
Admitted: State Bar of Montana and U.S. District Court for Montana 1976; Ninth Circuit (1979); Blackfeet Tribal Court (1983); United States Supreme Court (1986)
Professional Organizations: American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate); International Society of Barristers; International Association of Defense Counsel; State Bar of Montana; American Bar Association; Cascade County Bar Association; Montana Defense Trial Lawyers (Board of Directors, 1993-1997); Defense Research Institute; National Diocesan Attorneys Association; The Electric Cooperative Bar Association.
Practice Areas: Product Liability Defense;
General Liability Defense; Cooperative, Business and Real Estate
Law.
Email: max.davis@dhhtlaw.com
101 River Drive North
Milwaukee Station, 3rd Floor
Great Falls, MT 59401
406.761.5243
Fax: 406.761.4126