Vernon E. Woodward - Billings, MT

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Montana School of Law, Missoula, Montana, 1979
    J.D.
    Honors: With Honors

• Non Legal Education

  • Eastern Montana College, Billings, Montana, 1976
    B.A.
    Honors: magna cum laude

Current Employment Position(s)

• Managing Partner

Past Positions

• Hendrickson, Everson, Noennig & Woodward, PC, Partner, 1992 - 2008

Representative Cases

• U.S. v. Ant
  • Citation: 882 F.2d 1389
  • Court: C.A.9 (Mont.)
  • Year: 1989
  • Serial Number: 1989119682
• U.S. v. Brady
  • Citation: 928 F.2d 844
  • Court: C.A.9 (Mont.)
  • Year: 1991
  • Serial Number: 1991055530
• U.S. v. Seminole
  • Citation: 882 F.2d 441
  • Court: C.A.9 (Mont.)
  • Year: 1989
  • Serial Number: 1989120414
• State v. Marks
  • Citation: 2002 MT 255
  • Court: MT Supreme Ct
  • Year: 2002
• State ex rel Kuntz v. District Court
  • Citation: 2000 MT 22
  • Court: MT Supreme Ct
  • Year: 2000
• State v. Krueger
  • Citation: 2008 MT 265
  • Court: MT Supreme Ct
  • Year: 2008

Bar Admissions

• Montana, 1979
• U.S. District Court District of Montana, 1979
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1988
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1993

Other Affiliations

• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1988 - Present (Member)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1980 - Present (Member)
• State Bar of Montana
• Yellowstone County Bar Association
• Montana Criminal Defense Lawyers
• Top 100 Trial Lawyers, 2008 - Present