Matt Pugh

Matt Pugh is a partner at Hoggan Lee Hutchinson in Park City whose practice focuses on civil litigation. He represents clients in construction, contract, business, land use, real estate, defamation, negligence, and related disputes. His current profile emphasizes strategic and thoughtful conflict resolution, drawing on experience in private practice, judicial service, and government work across different jurisdictions before joining the firm in 2019.

Matt earned a J.D. with honors from the University of Montana School of Law in 2012. He previously received a B.S. in Management and Economics, with highest honors, from Montana State University in 2008. After law school, he clerked at the Montana Supreme Court, giving him direct exposure to appellate decision-making before he continued building his litigation experience in private practice and government service.

Matt practiced law in Bozeman, Montana, before moving overseas to work for the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. His current civil litigation work includes disputes involving construction projects, contracts, business relationships, land use, real property, defamation, and negligence. The breadth of those matters allows him to address conflicts involving commercial interests, property rights, project obligations, and claimed personal or economic harm.

Matt Pugh is admitted to practice in Montana and Utah. His current firm profile identifies Litigation as his practice and confirms his role as a partner. His background includes a state supreme court clerkship, private practice, government legal work in the Northern Mariana Islands, and current civil litigation in Utah. Together, those roles reflect sustained experience with disputes, legal analysis, and the procedural demands of contested matters.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Hoggan Lee Hutchinson
• Member, State Bar of Montana
• Member, Utah State Bar

Licensed State

• Montana
• Utah

Education

• University of Montana School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Montana State University
  Bachelor of Science (BS) in Management and Economics

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