Jill Melissa Gerdrum
Civil Litigator
Jill is a civil litigation attorney who focuses her practice on personal injury defense, transportation, products liability, and insurance defense. She also represents employers in wrongful discharge and discrimination matters. Jill is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell and is recognized by Best Lawyers for her work in products liability defense and commercial litigation.
Prior to becoming a lawyer, Jill was Montana’s Deputy Commissioner of Insurance and Securities where she oversaw Montana regulation of those industries, managed a state agency, and lobbied the legislature. In law school Jill was a member of the trial team and a UM law clinic clerk for U.S. Magistrate Judge Leif Erickson.
- Insurance Defense
- Products Liability
- Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Employment Law
- Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Montana
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- Montana
- State Bar of Montana
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- 9th Circuit
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- Federal Circuit
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- Transportation Industry Defense Association
- member
- - Current
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- Transportation Lawyers Association
- Member
- - Current
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- DRI
- Member
- - Current
- Activities: Products, Transportation, Appellate
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- Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
- Member
- - Current
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- Montana State Bar
- Member
- - Current
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- ALFA International
- Firm member
- - Current
- Activities: Transportation, Products Liability
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