Robert Farris-Olsen
Top Rated Family Law Attorney in Helena, MT
Bankruptcy, Consumer Law, Civil Rights, Environment, Personal Injury, Insurance
401 North Last Chance Gulch Street, Helena, MT 59601
About Robert Farris-Olsen
Practice Areas
- Bankruptcy
- Consumer Law
- Civil Rights
- Environment
- Personal Injury
- Insurance
Education
- University of Montana School of Law, Missoula, Montana, 2011J.D.
- Honors: With Honors
- Honors: Certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law
- Whitman College, 2006B.A.
- Major: Environmental Studies
- Major: Chemistry
Representative Cases
- Morrow v. Bank of America (2014) (Amicus Counsel - Established that a bank is subject to the Montana Consumer Protection Act for its loan modification application errors)
- Lewis and Clark County v. Hampton (2014)
- MEA-MFT v. State (2014) (Removed LR-127 from the ballot and protected our election integrity)
- Matter of the Adoption of A.W.S. and K.R.S. (2015) (Established the right to an attorney for an indigent parent in an termination of parenting rights through adoption )
- DiFrancesco v. Fox (2017) (Challenge to constitutionality of suspending driver license based on failure to pay fines)
- Montana City Meats v. State of Montana (2018) ($75,000 settlement for civil rights violations)
- Gersh v. Anglin (2019) (Co-counsel, $14 million judgment against Andrew Anglin & the Daily Stormer)
- Reavis v. Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (2020) (Upholding right of student loan borrowers to sue servicers for misrepresenting/miscalculating borrower payments).
- Commissioner of Political Practices v. Western Tradition Partnership (2020) ($1.76 million default judgment for violations of Montana’s campaign finance laws)
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Montana State Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court District of Montana
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
Past Positions
- Helena City Commissioner, 2015-2018
Articles
Published Works
- Morrow v. Bank of America, and the Further Development of Consumer Law in Montana (with Kim Wilson), James Browning Symposium, Sept. 25, 2020.
- Helping Consumers in Foreclosure in Light of Morrow v. Bank of America, Trial Trends, Apr. 4, 2020
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- 46 years of experienceEmployment, Civil Rights, Consumer Law, Personal Injury, Commercial Law
- Personal Injury, Construction, Civil Rights, Employment, Medical Malpractice
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