Domenic A. Cossi

Domenic A. Cossi is a partner at Western Justice Associates in Missoula, Montana. Domenic focuses on personal injury, consumer protection, environmental litigation, insurance disputes, products liability, and wrongful death matters. The practice serves injured people, consumers, and small business owners facing disputes with insurers, polluters, manufacturers, or other responsible parties and includes civil litigation involving serious injuries, insurance conduct, environmental contamination, defective products, and other high-stakes disputes.

Domenic earned his J.D. with High Honors from the University of Montana School of Law in 2010 and a B.A. in Journalism, summa cum laude, from the University of Minnesota in 2001. During law school, he externed for U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy, and after graduation he clerked for Judge N. Randy Smith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Domenic has tried cases, obtained significant settlements, and handled matters that reached the Montana Supreme Court. His appellate and trial experience includes disputes involving CERCLA cleanup obligations, products liability, insurance coverage for repairs, personal injury, and other complex civil claims. This background supports a practical approach to personal injury, with attention to evidence, procedure, documentation, and the objectives driving the matter.

Domenic A. Cossi received the New Lawyer Award in 2017 and has held professional leadership roles in Montana. His practice combines trial, appellate, and clerkship experience in cases involving injury, insurance, consumer, environmental, and product-related issues. That background gives Domenic a practical framework for addressing personal injury matters with careful analysis, organized preparation, clear communication, and attention to client objectives.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Western Justice Associates, PLLC
• Member, State Bar of Montana
• Montana Representative to the, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (2019-2023)
• President of the, Montana Chapter of the Federal Bar Association (2016-2019)
• Chair of the, Federal Practice Section of the State Bar (2016-2019)
• American Association of Justice Board Member, American Association for Justice (2018-2019)
• Board Member, Montana Trial Lawyers Association (2019-Present)
• President of the, Gallatin County Bar Association (2018-2019)
• Board Member, Environmental Legal Education Network (2009-2014)
• Member, Federal Bar Association
• Board Member, Bridgercare (2013-2016)

Licensed State

• Montana

Education

• University of Minnesota
  Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

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