Ryan, Peter J.

Elizabeth Halverson grew up in Montana and graduated from the University of Montana School of Law in 1985– at the age of 24. She has been admitted to all courts in Montana since then.

Ms. Halverson was proud to be part of Montana Legal Services as a volunteer attorney during the early 1990's.  She represented displaced tenants, and helped disabled persons navigate the social security administration.

In her legal career Ms. Halverson had the opportunity to work at the Billings defense firm of Brown, Gerbase Cebull, Fultan Harman and Ross. Ms. Halverson also had the opportunity to work at the Edwards Law Firm in Billings. Ms. Halverson was trial counsel with Mr. Edwards on the groundbreaking case of Park County v Burlington Northern and Sante Fe Railway, which resulted in a verdict of $14.5 million for the citizens of Park County (Livingston) to clean up the railroad’s toxic pollution of county property. The trial was held in Missoula in 1999.

Ms. Halverson was also trial counsel with Mr. Edwards in the case of Onstad v Payless. An 18-year old young woman was assaulted while working alone at a Billings shoe store. The store had decided to not provide $1.60 personal alarms for employees despite prior problems. The jury’s unanimous verdict of $1.5 million was affirmed by the Montana Supreme Court in 2000. Ms.  Halverson proudly represented individuals and small businesses in a variety of other cases at the Edwards firm, which was later known as Edwards Frickle Halverson and Anner-Hughes.

In 2004 Ms. Halverson established her solo Plaintiff’s trial and personal injury practice, Elizabeth A. Halverson PC.  In 2005 she represented a young woman injured in a car wreck, at the trial of Pumphrey v Empire Lath and Plaster in Yellowstone County. The verdict was a record-setting $3.9 million and was affirmed by the Montana Supreme Court in 2006.

Liz gets great satisfaction from representing individuals, small business, and consumers, and knowing she has helped her clients regain some measure of peace in their lives, through the tools of our American civil justice system. To be part of that is an honor.

Liz and her husband of 28 years, Jim Halverson, have three grown children. With three boys born in 4 years’ time, Liz considers herself lucky to have been a “stay at home” mom when her family was young. During those years she was an active volunteer at her sons’ schools, served as president of her parish council, was a lector, and served on the school board. Liz became a Montana High School Association swimming official while all three sons swam competitively for many years and is still a fan of local high school sports– and a season ticket holder for all Bobcat football games in Bozeman. 

Liz is now enjoying the “empty nest” with Jim, two Labradors, Drew and Emma.