Alexander "Zander" Blewett | Great Falls Personal Injury Lawyer

Mr. Blewett is the only Montana lawyer in a select group limited to 100 lawyers in the United States called the Inner Circle of Advocates. The requirements for entry into this Inner Circle of Advocates are trying in excess of 50 jury trials and receiving verdicts in excess of $1,000,000. Mr. Blewett is also the only Montana plaintiff’s lawyer listed in “Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America” and the only Montana lawyer listed in the Top 100 Mountain States Super Lawyers® for 2012.

In addition, Mr. Blewett has been inducted into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, limited to 500 lawyers around the United States and a limited number of other lawyers around the world. Mr. Blewett has also been designated as one of the “Best Lawyers in America” in five separate specialties.

All of the attorneys at Hoyt & Blewett PLLC have earned an AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell™, the highest recognition possible in the legal industry, for professionalism and ethics.

Mr. Blewett publishes articles on litigation and speaks at legal seminars around the State of Montana, and the nation, concerning trial work. Mr. Blewett was also awarded the Montana Trial Lawyers Association “Trial Lawyer of The Year” award in 1993-1994 and again in 2006-2007. Kurt M. Jackson, of Hoyt & Blewett PLLC, was awarded “Trial Lawyer of the Year” in 2002-2003 and is listed as one of the “Best Lawyers in America.”

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Founding Partner	Hoyt & Blewett PLLC	Great Falls, MT	Present

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
University of Montana School of Law	J.D.	Law School	1971
Montana State University	B.S.		1967

State / Court	Date
Montana	1971

• The Inner Circle of Advocates (Only Montana Member in National Organization)
  State Bar of Montana; Montana Trial Lawyers Association
  The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, President’s Club)
  American College of Trial Lawyers
  American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate)
  International Society of Barristers

• Montana Trial Lawyers Association, Montana Trial Lawyer of the Year, 1993 – 1994 and 2006 – 2007
  Only Montana lawyer named in Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America, 2018 & 2019
  Only Montana lawyer named in Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers, 2019
  Only Montana personal injury lawyer named to the Top 100 Mountain States Super Lawyers® for 2012
  Listed in Top 100 Mountain States Super Lawyers® in 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014-2016, 2019
  Selected, Best Lawyers in America since 2005.
  Delegate, 9th Circuit Judicial Conference, 1990 – 1993
  Montana State Coordinator, National Board of Trial Advocacy
  Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Montana State Chair)
  Certified, Civil Trial Advocacy Specialist, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1983

• Notable Cases
  $27 million settlement in a brain injury case (Vangsnes vs. North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, Inc. et. al.) $21.3 million verdict in a Great Falls malicious prosecution case (Seltzer v. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher) $7 million verdict in a Billings railroad crossing accident (Dorn v. BNSF) $5 million verdict against the US government after a fire destroyed a ranch (Hughes v. USA) $3.9 million verdict in a Missoula brain injury claim (Ginn v. Smurfit Stone Container) $3.2 million verdict in a Great Falls auto accident (Bumgarner v. Farmers Union Mutual Insurance)

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