Matthew (Matt) F. McLean

Phone: (406) 556-1430

Bozeman, MT

Working together with a well-qualified staff, firm lawyers strive to provide each client with prompt, personalized service of the highest caliber.

Matthew F. (Matt) McLean is a Partner and a member of the firm’s Litigation Department. Mr. McLean practices in the Bozeman, Montana office and handles matters throughout Montana and Northern Wyoming. Mr. McLean’s practice focuses on construction law and products liability. Mr. McLean has represented a variety of clients, including architects, engineers, owners, contractors, product manufacturers and retailers in state and federal courts in Montana and Wyoming. Mr. McLean also serves as a Case Note Editor for Wyoming for Construction, the American Bar Association’s Journal for the Committee on Construction Litigation.

Mr. McLean graduated with honors from the University of Wyoming College of Law, where he was a case note editor for the Land and Water Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif. Following graduation, Mr. McLean served as a law clerk to the Honorable Clarence A. Brimmer, United States District Judge for the District of Wyoming. Mr. McLean also received his undergraduate degree from the University of Wyoming and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. McLean joined the firm’s Billings office in 1996, and moved to the Bozeman office in 2003.

PRACTICE AREAS

• Products Liability
• Construction Law

BAR ADMISSIONS

• Wyoming, 1995
  
• Colorado, 1995
  
• Montana, 1996
  
• U.S District Court for Wyoming, 1995
  
• U.S. District Court for Colorado, 1995
  
• U.S. District Court for Montana, 1996
  
• U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1995
  
• U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2002

EDUCATION

• 1995 - J.D., University of Wyoming College of Law
  
• 1992 - B.A., University of Wyoming

AWARDS AND HONORS

• Order of the Coif

COMMUNITY AND PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT

• Gallatin County and Montana Bar Associations
  
• Wyoming Bar Association
  
• Bozeman Blitzz U12 Girls Assistant Coach, 2008 - Present
  
• Bozeman Blitzz Micro and AYSO Youth Soccer Coach, 2005 - Present