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Kelsey Bunkers is a Partner in the Bozeman office and a member of the Commercial and Natural Resources Litigation Practice Group. Kelsey’s practice focuses primarily on civil litigation, including defense of personal injury and product liability claims as well as representation in real property and commercial disputes. She is also experienced in and has represented numerous clients in guardianship and conservatorship matters as well as other estate-related matters. She is admitted to practice in both state and federal courts in Montana and South Dakota.

Kelsey, a South Dakota native, graduated magna cum laude from Creighton University School of Law, Omaha, Nebraska, in 2007, where she was a member of the Board of Editors to the Creighton Law Review and a member of the Moot Court Board. Following graduation, Kelsey served as a law clerk to the Honorable Karen E. Schreier, Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota from 2007 through 2009. Kelsey received her undergraduate degree, graduating summa cum laude, from Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

  • Best Lawyers in America®, Real Estate Litigation, 2025
  • Benchmark Litigation – Future Star, 2019-present
  • Mountain States Super Lawyers® “Rising Star,” 2015; 2017-present

  • State Bar of Montana
  • Gallatin County Bar Association
  • South Dakota State Bar Association
  • American Bar Association

  • Reported Appellate Decisions:
  • Zirkelbach Construction, Inc. v. DOWL, LLC, 2017 MT 238, 389 Mont. 8, 402 P.3d 1244
  • Williams v. First American Title Company, 2017 WL 1055598 (9th Cir. 2017)
  • Denton v. First American Title Ins. Co., 2015 MT 155N
  • JEM Contracting, Inc. v. Morrison-Maierle, Inc., 318 P.3d 678 (Mont. 2014)
  • Meadow Brook, LLP v. First American Title Ins. Co., 329 P.3d 608 (Mont. 2014)
  • Harpole v. Powell County Title Co., 309 P.3d 34 (Mont. 2013)