Mark S. Williams

Mark Shelton F. Williams is a fourth-generation Montanan and third-generation Montana lawyer. He was raised in Missoula and graduated from Middlebury College. Mark worked for two years in New Yorks financial district and then graduated with honors from the University of Montana School of Law, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Montana Law Review and was elected Graduate of the Year by the legal fraternity Phi Delta Phi. Following law school Mark served as a judicial law clerk for the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

For over 30 years, Mark has practiced civil litigation throughout Montana, including tort and contract claims, injury and death cases, medical malpractice, products liability, insurance coverage and commercial litigation. He has been lead trial counsel in dozens of state and federal court trials over the years, often on the defense side, but he was also co-lead counsel for the largest plaintiffs verdict in Montana State Court history in a 2014 products liability case against an international vehicle manufacturer.

Mark now frequently serves as a Mediator and occasionally an Arbitrator for a broad variety of civil litigation matters. Mark has been inducted into the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), the International Society of Barristers, the American College of Trial Lawyers, and the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals.

Mark has also taught future lawyers as an adjunct professor of insurance law at the University of Montana School of Law, and currently serves on the schools advisory board. He has also served as Board Chair for Providence St. Patricks Hospital in Missoula.