Maxon R. Davis

Max is the senior member of Davis, Hatley, Haffeman, & Tighe, PC. He focuses his practice on a wide spectrum of civil litigation, primarily for defendants, including professional and products liability defense, employment claims, class actions, environmental and toxic torts, the defense of insureds, self-insureds and insurers, as well as commercial and general litigation for both plaintiffs and defendants. Max serves as the State of Montana's primary outside counsel in the defense of tort claims filed in central Montana. He has tried over 90 cases to verdict in federal and state courts throughout Montana and has argued appeals before the Montana Supreme Court, the Blackfeet Court of Appeals, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. He has maintained an AV rating with Martindale-Hubbell for over 30 years. He is named as a Local Litigation Star in Benchmark Litigation, a recommended attorney for general/commercial litigation in Chambers USA, has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for over 25 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.

Max 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.

PRACTICE AREAS:

• Product Liability Defense
• General Liability Defense
• Class Actions
• Commercial Litigation
• Cooperatives
• Business and Real Estate Law

BAR ADMISSIONS: 

• Montana
• U.S. District Court, District of Montana
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
• United States Supreme Court
• Blackfeet Tribal Court

EDUCATION:

• University of California, Berkeley (A.B., English, 1972)
• University of Montana (J.D., with high honors, 1976)

MEMBERSHIPS:

• American Bar Association
• American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate)
• International Society of Barristers
• International Association of Defense Counsel
• Cascade County Bar Association
• Montana Defense Trial Lawyers Association
• Defense Research Institute
• National Diocesan Attorneys Association
• The Electric Cooperative Bar Association (Member- ECBA National Advisory Board)

EMAIL: [email protected]