Joseph P. Beckman

Background

Beckman, Joseph P. was born in 1964 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Education

Loyola University of Chicago (Bachelor of Science, cum laude, with honors in Psychology, 1985). Georgetown University (Juris Doctor, 1988).

Career

Worked at Gough, Shanahan, Johnson & Waterman (Helena, Montana) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice. Litigation, Banking, Corporation, Insurance, Labor, Agriculture, Environmental, Natural Resources, Mining, Probate, Estate and Gift Taxation, Wills and Trust, Administrative, Automobile, Family, Mortgage, Negligence, Real Estate, Utility, Water Rights, Legislative, Education, Product Liability, Workers Compensation, Mineral Taxation Law, Construction, Adoption, International, and Intellectual Property. Admitted to the bar, 1988, Illinois and United States.

District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar.

United States. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. 1991, District of Columbia.

1996, Montana.

Psi Chirurgical National Merit Scholar.

Recipient, Loyola University Honors Program Key.

Business Editor, American Criminal Law Review, 1987-1988. Member, 1986-1988. Company-Author: "The Use of Computerized Animations in the Courtroom," with David J. Adams, Chapter 3, American Bar Association Judicial Administration Division (Bench/Bar Relations Section) Handbook, Winter/Spring 1996. "An Introduction to the Use of Computer-Based Litigation Support Systems," with John South. Monical, Business and Commercial Litigation Practice Handbook, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, June 1996.

"The Employment At Will Doctrine," with Kathryn G. Montgomery, Employee Termination Practice Handbook, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, August 1994.

Author: "The Use of Computer-Based Litigation Support Systems," Business and Commercial Practice Handbook, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, April 1993. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations.

District of Columbia Bar. State Bar of Montana.

The firm was founded in 1887, as the firm of Toole & Toole and is probably the oldest continuously existing law firm in the state.

The firm conducts a state-wide general civil and trial practice, and specializes in commercial and construction litigation, insurance defense, natural resources, mining, environmental permitting and labor law. The firm also provides estate planning and probate services and has an active administrative law and governmental relations department which is the Montana Representative of the State Capitol Law Firm Group.

Achievements

• Joseph P. Beckman has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member, 1986-1988.