James Thomas Towe - a Missoula, Montana (MT) Plaintiff’s Personal Injury Lawyer

Missoula Plaintiff’s Personal Injury Lawyer

Updated: 05/21/2026

Areas of Practice

Plaintiff’s Personal Injury 100%
Medical Malpractice
Trucking Litigation
Motor Vehicle Accident Claims
Auto/Bicycle/Motorcycle Wrecks
Defective Products and Medical Devices
Injured Railroad Workers/FELA
Wrongful Death
Insurance Claims
Transportation and Train Derailments

Attorney Information

Overview

James Thomas Towe is a Missoula attorney with over 30 years of experience representing people in a variety of personal injury cases, including medical malpractice, products liability/dangerous products, auto, bicycle, motorcycle and trucking wrecks, wrongful death and insurance claims. Jamie’s approach is to spare no effort by doing his best to help people with their cases, enforce their rights, and hopefully make the world a safer place one case at a time.

Jamie has extensive experience in transportation cases. He has handled train derailment cases, trucking cases, cases involving oversize loads, pilot cars and cases for injured railroad workers. He is familiar with the unique laws governing railroad safety and trucking companies, foreign and domestic.

Jamie has represented clients in multi-district litigation involving defective medical devices. He was selected to serve on the steering committee of nationwide multi-district litigation involving defective hip implants.

Jamie has considerable trial experience, having represented clients in State and Federal courts throughout Montana. He has handled appeals before the Montana Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. Jamie was selected by his fellow trial lawyers in Montana to be honored with the Trial Lawyer of the Year Award for Outstanding Trial Advocacy in 2016. Jamie is known for his dedication and willingness to see a case through trial and appeal.

Jamie is from Billings, Montana. After graduating from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado, he attended the University of Montana School of Law, graduating in 1994. After graduating, Jamie had a clerkship with the Honorable Terry N. Trieweiler at the Montana Supreme Court before beginning private practice in Helena, Montana with Thueson & Lamb. After returning to Missoula in 1998, Jamie practiced with Milodragovich, Dale, Steinbrenner & Binney.

In 2001, Jamie started Towe Law Office. Together with Kimberly Towe, they built a successful Plaintiff’s practice. In 2013, the firm was expanded to form Towe & Fitzpatrick, PLLC.

Jamie is licensed to practice in all of Montana’s state and federal courts. Memberships include the Montana State Bar, Montana Trial Lawyers Association and the American Association for Justice. He is a past president of the Montana Trial Lawyers Association and was a board member of MTLA for years. He has been a presenter/speaker at MTLA seminars.

Jamie and Kim have four children. When he is not working, Jamie enjoys fishing, sports, Griz football and spending time with family and friends.

Awards and Honors

Honors

Montana Trial Lawyer of the Year- Outstanding Trial Advocacy, 2015 - 2016
The National Trial Lawyers, Top 100 - Civil Plantiff, 2025

Education

Legal Education
- University of Montana School of Law, Missoula, Montana, 1994
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  Law Review: Montana Law Review, 1993 - 1994
Non Legal Education
- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1991
  B.A., Bachelor of Arts
  Major: Political Science

Current Employment Position(s)

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Partner
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Past Positions

Montana Supreme Court, Honorable Justice Terry N. Trieweiler, Law Clerk, 1994 - 1995
Thueson & Lamb, Associate
Milodragovich, Dale, Steinbrenner & Binney
Towe Law Office

Pro Bono Activities

Missoula County Self Help Law Center
Western Montana Bar Association Pro Bono Program

Published Works

Articles

Is the IRS Above the Law? Potential Remedies for Taxpayers Damaged by Unlawful IRS Conduct, 55 Montana Law Review 469, Vol. 55, No. 2, Summer, 1994

Bar Admissions

Montana, 1994
U.S. District Court District of Montana, 1994

Other Affiliations

Montana State Bar (Member)
Montana Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
American Association for Justice (Member)
Montana Trial Lawyers Association (President)
MTLA (Board Member)

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Missoula, MT

619 SW. Higgins
Suite O
Missoula, MT 59806

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Website: https://www.toweandfitzpatrick.com

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