- Revenue 2024
- $515,159
- Expenses 2024
- $494,910
Program services were 74.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 06
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- PO BOX 838
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE NBSP;MONTANA NBSP;TRIAL NBSP;LAWYERS NBSP;ASSOCIATION NBSP;IS NBSP;A NBSP;MEMBER NBSP;ORGANIZATION NBSP;FOR NBSP;MONTANA NBSP;ATTORNEYS NBSP;WHO NBSP;REPRESENT NBSP;LITIGANTS NBSP;TO NBSP;SECURE NBSP;A NBSP;JUST NBSP;RESULT NBSP;FOR NBSP;THE NBSP;INJURED NBSP;AND NBSP;THOSE NBSP;WHOSE NBSP;RIGHTS NBSP;ARE NBSP;JEOPARDIZED
Activities or mission (Part I)
A MEMBER ORGANIZATION FOR MONTANA ATTORNEYS WHO REPRESENT LITIGANTS.
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MONTANA TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION SPONSORS PREMIER CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION SEMINARS. IT ALSO ACTIVELY INFORMS EDUCATES AND LOBBIES ELECTED OFFICIALS TO PRESERVE THE CIVIL JURY TRIAL SYSTEM AND ON OTHER ISSUES OF CONCERN TO ITS MEMBERS AND THEIR CLIENTS.
Expenses $91,992 · Revenue $164,917
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MONTANA TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION PROVIDES SUPPORT AND SERVICES TO HELP ENABLE ITS MEMBERS TO EXCEL IN THEIR PROFESSION AND IN THEIR SERVICE TO CLIENTS.
Expenses $275,980 · Revenue $279,004
As filed on the 2024 return.
Officers and directors · 2024
As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
-
Allen SmtihALLEN SMTIH
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $128,984
- From this org
- $128,984
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Anders BlewettANDERS BLEWETT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Hillary P CarlsHILLARY P CARLS
PRESIDENT-AAJ DELEGATE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Domenic CossiDOMENIC COSSI
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
E Kiel DuckworthE KIEL DUCKWORTH
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Patrick FoxPATRICK FOX
EX OFFICIO - EX PRES
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John HeenanJOHN HEENAN
EX OFFICIO - EX PRES
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Tanis HolmTANIS HOLM
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Anthony JacksonANTHONY JACKSON
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dustin LeftridgeDUSTIN LEFTRIDGE
SECRETARY-TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jenna LyonsJENNA LYONS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jinnifer MarimanJINNIFER MARIMAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Michael J McKeonMICHAEL J MCKEON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Veronica ProcterVERONICA PROCTER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Justin R StarinJUSTIN R STARIN
PRESIDENT-ELECT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Keif StorrarKEIF STORRAR
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Samantha TravisSAMANTHA TRAVIS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Nathan WagnerNATHAN WAGNER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mark KovacichMARK KOVACICH
AAJ GOVERNOR-EX OFFICIO-EX PRES
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
J Ben EverettJ BEN EVERETT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Justin StaplesJUSTIN STAPLES
EX OFFICIO-EX PRES
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Stacy Tempel-St JohnSTACY TEMPEL-ST JOHN
EX OFFICIO-EX PRES
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sydney BestSYDNEY BEST
OUSTANDING NEW LAWYER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
William RossbachWILLIAM ROSSBACH
AAJ GOVERNOR EMERITUS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Caitlin Boland AarabCAITLIN BOLAND AARAB
AAJ GOVERNOR-REJUV
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
The first 25 listed. Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
-
2024
- Revenue
- $515,159
- Expenses
- $494,910
- Contributions
- $350,004
- Grants paid
- $2,000
-
2023
- Revenue
- $464,369
- Expenses
- $430,059
- Contributions
- $285,180
- Grants paid
- $3,000
-
2022
- Revenue
- $607,585
- Expenses
- $568,566
- Contributions
- $439,261
- Grants paid
- $134,000
The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.
Other returns filed
-
2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $417,476
- Expenses
- $428,308
- Assets (EOY)
- $206,170
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $416,451
- Expenses
- $365,372
- Assets (EOY)
- $225,156
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $390,651
- Expenses
- $326,432
- Assets (EOY)
- $175,262
-
2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $388,062
- Expenses
- $405,440
- Assets (EOY)
- $108,627
-
2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $393,816
- Expenses
- $411,096
- Assets (EOY)
- $122,665
-
2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $373,635
- Expenses
- $390,479
- Assets (EOY)
- $142,267
-
2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $383,995
- Expenses
- $371,305
- Assets (EOY)
- $159,713
-
2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $357,796
- Expenses
- $363,186
- Assets (EOY)
- $145,649
-
2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $349,172
- Expenses
- $342,143
- Assets (EOY)
- $149,642
-
2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $342,101
- Assets (EOY)
- $142,922
Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.
Grants made
-
MONTANANS FOR LIBERTY & JUSTICE
$132,500
2022
-
MONTANA DEMOCRATIC PARTY
$1,500
2022
Grants received
-
$130,000
2022 GENERAL PURPOSE
-
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE
$14,160
2022 PARTNERSHIP FOR PROGRESS
-
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE
$14,160
2024 PARTNERSHIP FOR PROGRESS
-
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE
$14,160
2023 PARTNERSHIP FOR PROGRESS
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Not present in the most recent drop.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.