R. Allan Payne RGp, M.S.

Position:

Of Counsel

Practice Areas:

Environmental Litigation and Regulation, Insurance Coverage Disputes, Natural Resource Development, Real Property Litigation

Bar Admission:

North Dakota 2001, Montana 1994, California, 1993

Location:

Helena, Montana

Email:

Email Allan

Phone:

406-443-2211

Fax:

406-449-8443

Personal Experience:

As a registered geophysicist and former environmental consultant, Mr. Payne brings a unique perspective to the practice of environmental law. Mr. Payne employs his legal expertise, technical background, and regulatory experience as a former Special Assistant Attorney General in Montana’s Superfund program to ensure excellent results for his clients. These clients have spanned a wide range including: individuals, Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, plaintiffs, defendants, regulators, and the regulated community. For many of the environmental liabilities faced by these clients, insurance coverage and other related issues could be the difference between a successful resolution and business failure. Mr. Payne has extensive, successful experience representing policyholders in obtaining coverage from their past and present insurers to cover the costs of environmental liabilities.

Mr. Payne is a native of Libby, Montana where his family settled in the early pioneer days. Following law school he practiced law in San Francisco before returning home to Montana in 1998 and settling in Helena. He was a staff attorney for the Montana Department of Environmental Quality’s state superfund program before joining the firm in 2000. Chambers and Partners has identified Mr. Payne in the Natural Resource and Environmental field as a leading lawyer according to criteria most valued by clients. Mr. Payne has also earned an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell as a Litigation and Environmental attorney. He is an avid skier with his wife and three children and an armchair quarterback for the Rams.

Undergrad Education:

Montana College of Mineral Science & Technology Bachelor of Science – 1984
Geophysical Engineering, Montana College of Mineral Science & Technology Master of Science – 1986

Education:

Santa Clara University School of Law, Santa Clara, California Juris Doctorate – 1992

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Court-Appointed Special Advocates for children