Justin Stalpes

Justin P. Stalpes is a Partner at Beck, Amsden & Stalpes. He earned his J.D. with High Honors from the University of Montana School of Law in 2009, where he served on the Montana Law Review, and his B.A. in Film and Political Science from the University of Wisconsin. Justin joined the firm immediately after law school. He is admitted to practice before the Montana State and Federal Bar, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, the Montana Supreme Court, and the United States Supreme Court. Justin serves as a Board Member of the Montana Trial Lawyers Association and chairs the MTLA Amicus Committee, filing briefs to the Montana Supreme Court on behalf of consumers and injured persons. He co-taught U.S. Constitutional Law at Montana State University and speaks frequently at continuing legal education programs and law school classes. He was named Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Montana Trial Lawyers in 2024 and Appellate Lawyer of the Year in 2016. Justin has recovered tens of millions of dollars for clients in complex civil cases spanning insurance, class actions, catastrophic injuries, environmental contamination, medical malpractice, and products liability. In Hudgens v. Rainbow Ranch, the jury returned the largest personal injury verdict in Gallatin County history: $15,000,000 for a family whose husband died of carbon monoxide poisoning on his honeymoon. His notable appellate wins include Beehler v. E. Radiological Assocs. (2012 MT 260), Knudsen v. Univ. of Montana (2019 MT 175, class action certification for student loan refund fee case), and Christian v. Atl. Richfield Co. (2015 MT 255, contamination claims on behalf of nearly 100 Opportunity Montana residents).