Hedman Hileman & Lacosta

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e-mail: law@whitefishlaw.com
Established in 1969 Hedman, Hileman & Lacosta is Whitefish's Premier Law Firm With Practice Emphasizing:
Personal Injury, Real Estate, Taxation and Estate Planning, Business Law, Family Law, Wills & Probate.

DONALD E. (GENE) HEDMAN, born Whitefish, Montana, September 28, 1934; admitted to bar, 1967, Montana and U.S. District Court, District of Montana. Education: B.A., 1965, LaSalle University (J.D., high honors, 1967). Whitefish City Attorney, 1990 --. Member: Northwest Montana Bar Association (President, 1974 - 1975); State Bar of Montana. [U.S. Army, 1953-1956].
PRACTICE AREAS: Civil and Trial Practice; Social Security; Real Estate; Municipal Law.

WILLIAM E. HILEMAN, JR., born Kalispell, Montana, May 24, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Montana, U.S. District Court, District of Montana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of Montana (B.A., with high honors, 1974; J.D., with honors, 1977). Phi Delta Phi. Associate Editor, Montana Law Review, 1976-1977. Author: "In the Army Now", 37 Montana Law Review, 191; "Statutes of Limitation in Montana", Montana Law Review, Winter 1977. Member: Northwest Montana Bar Association (President, 1981); State Bar of Montana; Montana Trial Lawyers Association.
PRACTICE AREAS: Personal Injury; Worker's Compensation; Real Estate; Banks and Banking.

SUSAN M. LACOSTA, born Miles City, Montana, February 22, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Montana and U.S. District Court, District of Montana. Education: University of Santa Clara (B.S., 1974); University of Paris, Paris, France; University of Montana (J.D., 1978); Boston University (L.L.M., in Tax, 1979). Phi Delta Phi. Associate Editor, Montana Law Re- view, 1976-1978. Member, Governor's Public School Finance Advisory Council, 1988. Member: Northwest Montana (President, 1985) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Montana.
PRACTICE AREAS: Pro-bate; Estate Planning; Taxation; Corporations; Partnerships.

JOHN M. PHELPS, born Wichita, Kansas, November 30, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, California; 1994, Montana. Education: Wichita State University (B.A., 1973); University of Kansas (J.D., 1977). Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi. Member of Staff, 1975-1976 and Research Editor, 1976-1977, Kansas Law Review. Member: State Bar of California; State Bar of Montana; Northwest Montana Bar Association.
PRACTICE AREAS: Real Estate and Business Law; Municipal Law.

WILFRIED L. "FRITZ" ROYER, born Missoula, Montana, January 14, 1941; admitted to bar, 1971, Montana and U.S. District Court, District of Montana. Education: Montana State University (B.S., 1965); University of Montana (J.D., 1971). Member: American Bar Association; State Bar of Montana.
PRACTICE AREAS: Real Estate Law; Business Law.