Steve Harman

Steve Harman is a Billings, Montana, trial attorney who represents people harmed by medical malpractice and other serious injuries. His practice includes wrongful death, product liability, and personal injury claims involving medical providers and insurers. He has tried cases before juries across Montana over more than four decades. He works with injured patients and families who need legal representation in complicated negligence disputes.

Harman earned a B.S. in Mathematics from Montana State University in 1972 and a J.D. with honors from the University of Montana School of Law in 1975. He served on the Montana Law Review during law school. He was admitted to practice in Montana and the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana in 1975. His training in legal analysis and mathematics informs his approach to evidence and complex claims.

For approximately the first twenty years of his practice, Harman defended doctors and hospitals. He later shifted to representing patients and other injured plaintiffs. His work includes medical negligence, wrongful death, and product liability litigation, as well as cases concerning unfair insurance practices. He has obtained substantial verdicts and settlements, including a major Montana medical malpractice verdict, and has written and presented educational materials about trial practice and insurance law.

Steve Harman was named Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Montana Trial Lawyers Association in 2013 and has been a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He has taught trial advocacy and spoken about jury selection and litigation strategy. His background on both sides of medical malpractice cases helps him anticipate contested issues and prepare clients for litigation while pursuing compensation for injury-related losses.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Steve Harman Law, PLLC
• Member, State Bar of Montana
• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (2000-2008)
• Lawyer Representative, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference (1990-1991)
• Secretary, Federal Bar Association (2003-2005)
• Member, Montana Trial Lawyers (2003-2008)
• Member, American Board of Trial Lawyers (1997-2008)
• Member, American Association for Justice (2002-2008)
• Member, Montana Supreme Court Committee on Appellate Alternative Dispute Resolution (1996-1997)
• Member, Board of Directors, American Judicature Society (2002-2005)

Licensed State

• Montana

Education

• University of Montana School of Law
  J.D.
• Montana State University
  B.S.

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