Executive Committee - Montana Justice Foundation

Maggie Weamer, President

Margaret Weamer is a partner in the Bozeman-based firm Tarlow Stonecipher Weamer & Kelly, PLLC. Maggie’s practice focuses on employment law, construction law, real estate, and general civil litigation. Prior to being the Vice President of Montana Justice Foundation, she served as past president of local Gallatin County Bar Association. She is also an American Bar Association Fellow,

a member of the American Bar Association, and a member of the American Bar Association’s Forum on the Construction Industry. Maggie served as a law clerk for the Hon. Justices Morris, Cotter and Warner of the Montana Supreme Court. She has been a partner in the firm since 2013. She received her J.D. from the University of Montana in 2006 where she was a member of the National Moot Court Team and a legal research and writing teaching assistant. When she’s not zealously representing her clients, she enjoys weightlifting, mountain biking, skiing, and just about everything else Montana’s great outdoors has to offer.

Ryan Jones, Vice President

Ryan Jones, Montana raised, graduated from Billings Senior High School in Billings, MT in 1992 and from the University of Montana with honors in 1996 with a degree in Finance. After receiving his college education Ryan has spent the majority of his working career at First Interstate Bank and currently holds the title of Banking Group Manager, VP of Commercial.

First Interstate Bank is a $9 billion community banking organization, operating over 80 banking offices throughout Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota. Ryan enjoys spending time with his wife, Natasha Jones, and their two sons, Preston and Adam. If he is not chasing his kids around a baseball diamond, football field or hockey rink he can be found enjoying quality time with family & friends on the golf course.

Robert W. Minto, Treasurer

Robert W. Minto, Jr. has served as President and CEO and Director of ALPS Corporation from 1987 to May 2012 and now serves as Executive Chair and CEO. He also serves as CEO of Attorneys Liability Protection Society, Inc., A Risk Retention Group, as well as President and CEO of Lawyers Reinsurance Company (Vermont).

Mr. Minto received his B.A. degree in Business Administration from the University of Washington in 1969 and his J.D. from the University Of Montana School of Law in 1973. He served as an Associate (1973-1977), a Principal (1978-1991) and Of Counsel (1991-2000) with the law firm of Worden Thane (formerly Worden Thane & Haines) in Missoula, Montana. Mr. Minto has been a member of the State Bar of Montana and the American Bar Association since 1973. He serves on the State Bar of Montana Lawyers Fund for Client Protection; the State Bar of Montana Law Practice Management Committee; and the Montana Justice Foundation Board. He also serves on the Board of Governors of Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI).

Mike Lamb, Past President

Micheal F. Lamb is the sole practitioner at Lamb Law Office, and has been practicing in Montana for almost 40 years. He is a native Montanan, born in Big Timber and raised in Red Lodge and Columbus. He worked on ranches and oil rigs until law school in 1977. He earned his undergraduate degree from Montana State University and his law degree from the University of Montana, School of Law in 1980.

In 1980, after law school, he worked for a year as a law clerk for U.S. District Court Judges William J. Jameson and James F. Battin in Billings. In 1981 he joined Church, Harris, Johnson & Williams in Great Falls, Montana where he focused in personal injury and energy/oil gas litigation. Mike moved to Helena in 1993 to form the firm of Thueson & Lamb Law – a ligation focused law firm. In 2004 Mike and Jamie Carey formed Lamb and Carey Law in Helena, which continued the specialty practice of personal injury with an emphasis on FELA, medical malpractice, products liability, nursing home negligence, accidents (car, truck, motorcycle, boats), wrongful death, head injuries, and insurance bad faith matters. At Lamb Law Office Mike continues to focus on litigation matters.

Mike enjoys an AV Preeminent rating with Martindale-Hubbel, he is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a past President of the Montana Trial Lawyers Association and is listed among the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Montana. Mike served as the Montana Supreme Court's appointee to the Commission on Practice, he is listed among the Best Lawyers in America, Mountain States Super Lawyers, and he is a member of Multimillion Dollar Advocates.

Mike has made numerous contributions to professional journals. He authors a “War Stories” column in Trial Trends (a periodical publication of Montana Trial Lawyers Association) and he is a three time winner of the Justice Frank I. Haswell award for outstanding contribution to the Montana Bar Association periodical. He has also made numerous presentations on various subjects to the Montana Trial Lawyers Association, Montana Defense Trial Lawyers Association, Montana Bar Association, Montana Mediation Association and the Helena Education Foundation.

Mike holds a lifetime National Coaching License from the U.S. Soccer Association and has coached soccer for 25 years. He is a hunter and hunting guide – Montana Outfitters and Guides Association licensed. Mike is married to Cheryl Ostrum Lamb, formerly of Absarokee, and they have two children. He enjoys coaching, guiding, fishing, hiking, rafting, skiing and spending time at Placid Lake.

Maggie Weamer, President

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Ryan Jones, Vice President

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Robert W. Minto, Treasurer

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Mike Lamb, Past President

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