Background
Shea, who grew up in Butte, was appointed by Government. Brian Schweitzer to the Workers" Compensation Court in 2005 and again in 2011.
Shea, who grew up in Butte, was appointed by Government. Brian Schweitzer to the Workers" Compensation Court in 2005 and again in 2011.
University of Montana.
He was previously an attorney in private practice, most recently a partner at the Missoula firm Paoli and Shea. Education and Shea graduated from the University of Montana School of Law in 1991 and started out as a clerk for United States. District Judge Paul G. Hatfield in Great Falls. He later practiced insurance law and indigent criminal defense in Portland, Oregon, then returned to Montana to practice mostly civil law.
Governor Steve Bullock announced that he is appointing Judge Jim Shea to serve on the Montana Supreme Court.
Shea will replace Judge Brian Morris, who was confirmed and commissioned as a United States district court judge for the United States District Court for the District of Montana in December 2013. Shea"s appointment is subject to confirmation by the Montana State Senate.
If confirmed, he will be sworn in, but must then face election to the seat in 2016.