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Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Products Liability Law; Insurance Defense; F.E.L.A. Law; Toxic Exposure; Commercial

Additional Information: RANDY J. COX was raised on a cattle ranch on the Smith River in west-central Montana and graduated from Cascade High School and Montana State University. A 1979 graduate of Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, Randy returned to Montana and served two years as law clerk to Senior U.S. District Judge W. D. Murray in Butte, Montana. In the fall of 1981, he joined this firm, then known as Boone, Karlberg & Haddon. Since that time, Randy has developed a statewide litigation practice focusing on defense of claims relating to toxic exposure, product liability, professional negligence, complex commercial litigation and railroad litigation. Randy has briefed and argued dozens of cases in the Montana Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Randy holds an “AV” rating in the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, is listed in Best Lawyers in America, in Mountain States Super Lawyers, in Chambers USA and in the Benchmark Litigation Guide titled "America's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys". In 2001, Randy and co-counsel, David Potter of Minneapolis, obtained a defense verdict in a toxic tort lawsuit arising from the derailment of a freight train in western Montana. The National Law Journal selected that verdict as one of the top 20 defense wins of the year. The litigation arising from that disaster, which resulted in a major chlorine release and evacuation of the town of Alberton for 19 days, occupied much of Randy’s professional attention for several years and provided invaluable experience related to mass disasters, class actions, toxic exposures and the management of high-stakes litigation. The derailment triggered nearly a hundred lawsuits and more than 2,000 claims. Three cases were successfully tried to verdict before all remaining cases eventually settled.

In addition to his litigation practice, Randy has served as President of the Montana Defense Trial Lawyers (1990-91), as member and now Chair of the Montana Board of Bar Examiners (1988-present, chair since 2001) and as member of the Supreme Court Advisory Commission on Rules of Civil and Appellate Procedure (1993-present). Randy was principal draftsman of the local rules of the Fourth Judicial District Court. Randy has been an adjunct professor at the University of Montana Law School, teaching Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code (1985-87) and Remedies (1990). He regularly guest lectures on trial practice topics. Randy is the co-author of a law review article on emotional distress claims (53 Mont. L. Rev. 197 (1992)) and has given presentations at more than 50 continuing legal education programs across Montana, the western states and Canada. He also serves on the faculty at the Advanced Trial Advocacy program held each year at the University of Montana Law School.

Contributing author, Montana section, "Use of Toxicology in Tort Litigation", ABA Monograph, Products Liability Committee (2005) (published electronically).

Randy and his wife, Theresa, have raised their sons, Jason and Jamie, and daughter, Jessica, in Missoula. They both are actively involved in the Missoula community, particularly in the development and ongoing operation of A Carousel for Missoula, one of the first fully hand-carved carousels built in the United States since the Great Depression. The Carousel and the adjoining Dragon Hollow Playground are marvelous additions to the community. Randy and Theresa are very proud of both. If you are in Missoula, please stop and enjoy. Randy’s other passions are wine and tennis. He plays competitively in tournaments around and outside Montana and enjoys collection and consumption of fine wines.

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Firm Members: William Crowley Thomas Leonard Jeffrey Roth Scott Stern Randy Tanner Scott Stearns Zachary Franz Tyler Stockton