Education
Legal Education
- University of Montana School of Law, Missoula, Montana, 2011
- J.D.
- Honors: With Honors
- Honors: Certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law
Non Legal Education
- Whitman College, 2006
- B.A.
- Major: Environmental Studies
- Major: Chemistry
Past Positions
- Helena City Commissioner, 2015-2018
Representative Cases
- Morrow v. Bank of America (2014) (Amicus Counsel - Established that a bank is subject to the Montana Consumer Protection Act for its loan modification application errors)
- Lewis and Clark County v. Hampton (2014)
- MEA-MFT v. State (2014) (Removed LR-127 from the ballot and protected our election integrity)
- Matter of the Adoption of A.W.S. and K.R.S. (2015) (Established the right to an attorney for an indigent parent in an termination of parenting rights through adoption )
- DiFrancesco v. Fox (2017) (Challenge to constitutionality of suspending driver license based on failure to pay fines)
- Montana City Meats v. State of Montana (2018) ($75,000 settlement for civil rights violations)
- Gersh v. Anglin (2019) (Co-counsel, $14 million judgment against Andrew Anglin & the Daily Stormer)
- Reavis v. Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (2020) (Upholding right of student loan borrowers to sue servicers for misrepresenting/miscalculating borrower payments).
- Commissioner of Political Practices v. Western Tradition Partnership (2020) ($1.76 million default judgment for violations of Montana’s campaign finance laws)
Pro Bono Activities
- Awareness Network, Board member, 2019
- Montana State Representative, HD 79, 2019
- Member Domestic Violence Fatality Review Commission, 2019
- Board Chair, MontPIRG, 2011
Published Works
Articles
- Morrow v. Bank of America, and the Further Development of Consumer Law in Montana (with Kim Wilson), James Browning Symposium, Sept. 25, 2020.
- Helping Consumers in Foreclosure in Light of Morrow v. Bank of America, Trial Trends, Apr. 4, 2020
Bar Admissions
- Montana State Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court District of Montana
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
Attorney Details
| Full Name | Robert Farris |
| Firm | Morrison Sherwood Wilson Deola PLLP |
| Address | 401 North Last Chance Gulch Street, Helena, MT 59601 |
| Phone | 406-998-2809 |
| Website | www.mswdlaw.com |
| New Clients | ✓ Currently accepting |