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Pamela C. Garman is a Partner in the Billings office and serves as Chief Information Security Officer and Privacy Officer. She works with the Energy and Environmental Practice Group, with a focus on natural resource and commercial litigation. Pamela specializes in CERCLA as well as permitting and environmental matters.  Her practice includes representing clients in complex litigation, particularly those with extensive discovery. She also represents clients in cybersecurity and information privacy matters.  

Pamela is committed to providing clients with the leading solutions in eDiscovery in the matters she handles by leveraging various forms of technology for efficient, defensible, and cost-effective solutions throughout the discovery process.

Pamela’s eDiscovery and information governance knowledge allows her to work proactively with clients to minimize risk and utilize technology to better manage their vital business data and comply with applicable industry regulations. She can assist with implementation of pre-incident services, including development of information privacy/cybersecurity policies and incident response plans, as well as post-data breach response, incident management, and data breach litigation.

Pamela is passionate about delivering high quality and accurate work, a practice that requires impeccable attention to detail and organization. She is drawn to complex legal cases and always goes above and beyond to deliver for her clients. 

Pamela has been named as one of Best Lawyers in America®: Ones to Watch for Commercial Litigation annually since 2022. She serves as Special Advisor to the Editorial and Content Board of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Ddivision, and a member of the ABA Standing Committee on Publishing Oversight (SCOPO). She also serves as an articles editor for NR&E, a publication for the ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources. Pamela is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) and Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) by the International Association of Privacy Professionals. She received her J.D. with Honors from the University of Montana School of Law. Prior to joining Crowley Fleck, Pamela clerked for the Honorable Carolyn S. Ostby, for the United States District Court in the District of Montana.

  • Best Lawyers in America®: Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation, 2022-present
  • ABA SEER Leadership Development Program, Class of 2020
  • Billings Gazette, 40 under Forty Award Recipient, 2020
  • Leadership Billings, 2022-2023

  • Montana State Bar
  • Yellowstone Bar Association
  • ABA SEER Section: Articles Editor for NR&E, 2023-present
  • ABA Young Lawyers Division: Editorial and Content Board, Editor-in-Chief, 2023-2024; Managing Editor, 2020-2023 terms; Associate Editor, 2018–2020; Legal Innovation Committee Member, 2018–2019 term

  • EPA’s Final Methane Rule: Implications for State Implementation and Small Oil and Gas Producers (August 2024)
  • Natural Resources Law (April 2024)
  • Niche Areas of Law Practice, GPSolo March/April 2024: Niche Areas of Law Practice (March/April 2024)
  • The Real Yellowstone: Practicing Law in Montana, Winter 2024: Environmental Health and Safety (Winter 2024)
  • The Imputed Cybersecurity Risk: Obligations for Energy and Natural Resource Attorneys, ABA Natural Resources & Environment, Vol. 37, No. 4 (Spring 2023).
  • Lara D. Guercio and Pamela Garman, From East to West: Leveraging Liability Exemptions for Redeveloping Rural Superfund Sites, ABA Natural Resources & Environment, Vol. 36, No. 4 (Spring 2022).
  • Pamela Garman and Elí Salomón Contreras, Roll Up Your Sleeve and Get Out There (Providing Pro Bono Services), TYL Vol. 25, No. 4 (Summer 2021).
  • Pamela Garman and Casey Terrell, Technology and Ethics: Tips for the Tech-Averse in Effectively Managing ESI in Federal Court, TYL Vol. 24, No. 3 (Spring 2020).
  • Chris Stoneback and Pamela Garman, When Historic Resources and Hazardous Substances Collide, ABA Natural Resources & Environment, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Winter 2020).
  • Peter Habein and Pamela Garman, Professional Conduct Rules Require Technological Competence? Welcome to Twenty-First Century Law Practice, 23 TYL, no. 2, at 12 (Winter 2019).
  • Chris Stoneback and Pamela Garman, Chevron Collapses a CERCLA Artifice: Owner Means Owner Even For The United States, 13 ABA Superfund and Natural Resource Damages Litigation Committee Newsletter, 10 (January 2018).
  • Business Torts: A Fifty-State Guide (Montana Chapter) (Wolters Kluwer 2016 and 2017 editions), co-author.
  • Recent Decisions Affecting the Montana Practitioner: Reichert v. State ex rel. McCulloch, 74 Mont. L. Rev. 225, 232 (2013).
  • Recent Decisions Affecting the Montana Practitioner: Malpeli v. State, 74 Mont. L. Rev. 459, 464 (2013).