Worden Thane
Martin S. King
Martin S. King
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Biography
Martin King has been a lawyer with Worden Thane for over 34 years. His high-energy, passionate and common sense approach to legal matters translates into economically reasonable, timely and successful outcomes for his clients.
Martin’s practice concentrates on complex commercial and real estate transactions and litigation, banking law and litigation including complex foreclosures, bankruptcy litigation including creditors rights, employment law and litigation, professional malpractice defense litigation, toxic tort litigation, trials and appeals.
Martin has tried a variety of cases before numerous Montana State District Courts, in the United States District Court for Montana and before the Montana Bankruptcy Court. He has been lead counsel on more than 25 cases before the Montana Supreme Court and on numerous cases before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
An avid and long-time biker, hiker and skier, Martin is a reliable source for information about our Montana trails and the back country.
Credentials
Education
- Willamette University College of Law, Salem, Oregon
- J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence – 1984
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
- B.S., Bachelor of Science – 1980
Bar Admissions
- Montana, 1984
- U.S. District Court District of Montana, 1984
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1986
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, 1984
- Confederated Salish Tribal Court, 2004 – present
Litigation Percentage
- 50% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Year Joined Firm
- 1984
Representative Clients
- First Montana Bank, Inc.
- First Interstate Bank
- Allied World Assurance Companies
- Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation
- Double Arrow Ranch Landowners Association, Inc.
- Roncor
- Stockman Bank
Honors and Awards
- BEST LAWYERS – 2007 – Present: banking, bankruptcy and creditors rights, bet-the-company litigation, real estate law, banking-finance litigation, real estate litigation
- 2019 BEST LAWYERS – “Lawyer of the Year,” banking-finance litigation
- CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS – Real Estate (Band I)
Community Activities and Support
- Montana Justice Foundation
- YMCA Partners with Youth
- Missoula Elks Club
- UM Foundation Bankruptcy Judges’ Scholarship
- Five Valleys Land Trust
References
- First Montana Bank
- First Interstate Bank
- Stockman Bank
Classes/Seminars
- Adjunct Professor, University of Montana School of Law, 2008-2017
Professional Associations and Memberships
- State Bar of Montana
- Western Montana Bar Association, Associate Member, 1984 – Present
- American Trial Lawyers Association, Associate Member, 1984 – 1990
- Montana Defense Trial Lawyers
- Montana Bar Bankruptcy Section
- Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Court
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