Background
Heckathorn, I. James was born on September 4, 1923 in Wolf Creek, Montana, United States. Son of Lee and Wilhelmina (Sacht) Heckathorn.
Heckathorn, I. James was born on September 4, 1923 in Wolf Creek, Montana, United States. Son of Lee and Wilhelmina (Sacht) Heckathorn.
Montana State University (Bachelor of Laws, 1950).
Worked at Crowley, Haughey, Hanson, Toole & Dietrich, P.L.L.P. (Billings, Montana) specializing in General Civil Practice. Litigation, Insurance, Workers Compensation, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Malpractice, Bankruptcy, Financing Transactions, Administrative, Immigration, Antitrust, Banking, Corporate, Commercial, Real Estate, Public Utilities, Securities, Tax, Municipal and Tax Exempt Bonds, Entertainment, Health Care, Agricultural, Estate Planning, Probate, Pension and Profit Sharing, Natural Resources including Oil and Gas, Mining, Environmental and Water Law, Employment Law, Indian Law and Intellectual Property. Admitted to the bar, 1950, Montana.
United States.
Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. United States. District Court, District of Montana. Tribal Court, Confederate Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation.
Former Member, Committee for Civil Justice Expense and Delay Reduction Plan of the United States District Courts for the District of Montana.
Member: Standing Committee for Review of Discovery Practices and Litigation Conduct of the United States. District Court for Montana.
Supreme Court of the State of Montana Committee on Uniform District Court Rules. Montana Supreme Court Advisory Commission on Rules, 1968.
Charter Member, Montana Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocacy.
Certified, Trial Specialist, National Board of Trial Advocacy. Chairman, Flathead County Settlement Masters of the District Court of the Eleventh Judicial District. Member: Northwest Montana and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of Montana.
Montana Defense Trial Lawyers Association. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
(Resident, Kalispell, Montana Office). Crowley, Haughey, Hanson, Toole & Dietrich is the largest firm in Montana and its adjoining states.
lieutenant provides a full range of legal services throughout the region, offering expertise in nearly all areas of law.
Since its founding in 1895, the firm has continued in its tradition of exercising high ethical standards and leadership in community and professional affairs The firm maintains four fully staffed offices, one in Billings, the largest city in Montana, one in Helena, the capital of Montana, one in Williston, North Dakota and one in Kalispell, Montana. Crowley, Haughey, Hanson, Toole & Dietrich is the reviser of the Martindale Hubbell Law Digest.
Please refer to the firm"s complete profile therein.
Member: Standing Committee for Review of Discovery Practices and Litigation Conduct of the United States. District Court for Montana. Supreme Court of the State of Montana Committee on Uniform District Court Rules.
Montana Supreme Court Advisory Commission on Rules, 1968.
Charter Member, Montana Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocacy. Certified, Trial Specialist, National Board of Trial Advocacy.
Chairman, Flathead County Settlement Masters of the District Court of the Eleventh Judicial District. Member: Northwest Montana and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of Montana.
Montana Defense Trial Lawyers Association. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. (Resident, Kalispell, Montana Office).
Married Vera Jean Hensrud. Children: James (deceased), Martha.