Michael E. WEBSTER

Background

Webster, Michael E. was born on June 9, 1955 in Bozeman, Montana, United States.

Education

University of Montana (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1977. Juris Doctor, with honors, 1980).

Career

Crow Tribe v. Campbell Farming Corporation, 31 F.3d 768 (9th Circuit 1994) certified denied, 115 South.Ct. 1362 (1995); Burlington Northern R. Company v. Blackfeet Tribe, 924 F.2d 899 (1991), certified denied, 112 South.Ct., 3013 (1992); Wellman v. Chevron United States of America Incorporated., 815 F.2d 577 (9th Cir 1987); Burlington Northern Railroad v. Montana Department of Public Service, 221 Montana 497, 720 P.2d 267 (1986).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, 1980, Montana.

Company-Author: "Examination of Title to Indian Lands," American Law of Mining, 2d.

Education, 1986. Supplement Author: "Indian Leasing," Law of Federal Oil and Gas Leases, 1987. Author: "Examination of Title to Indian Lands," Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Institute on Mineral Development on Indian Lands, 1989.

"Examination of Title to Indian Lands," Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Special Institute on Title Examination, 1992. "Coal Mining on Indian Lands - A Study in Permits, Plans and Paperwork," American Bar Association Conference on Natural Resources Management and Environmental Enforcement on Indian Lands, 1992.

"Mineral Development on Indian Lands: Understanding the Process and Avoiding the Pitfalls, 39th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, 1993".

"Native American Jurisdiction and Permitting," Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Institute on Oil and Natural Gas Pipelines: Wellhead to End User, 1995. "Indian Reservations - Environmental Regulations," Montana Environmental Law Handbook (2nd Education). Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 1997-1998.

Member: Yellowstone County and American (Vice Chairman, American Bar Association Committee on Native American Natural Resources, 1991-1994.

Chairman, 1994-1995; Vice Chair, 1995-1997) Bar Associations. State Bar of Montana.

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.

Achievements

• MICHAEL WEBSTER has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member: Yellowstone County and American (Vice Chairman, American Bar Association Committee on Native American Natural Resources, 1991-1994. Chairman, 1994-1995; Vice Chair, 1995-1997) Bar Associations. State Bar of Montana.