Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Products Liability, Workers' Compensation; view more
Licensed in Montana since: 2008
Education: The University of Montana School of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2023 - 2024 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2018 - 2022 Call today:
406-205-3307
Free Consultation Kovacich Snipes Johnson PC
21 3rd Street NorthSuite 301
Great Falls, MT 59401 Visit website
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A shareholder and partner at Kovacich Snipes Johnson PC, Ben A. Snipes serves clients from its office in Great Falls, Montana. Focusing on lending legal assistance and counsel to those who have been harmed by the negligence of others, his practice covers all aspects concerning:
- Trucking accidents
- Construction injuries
- Toxic tort cases – asbestos and mesothelioma
- Work-related injuries
- Qui tam/false claims
- Whistleblower claims
- Workers’ compensation
At The University of Montana Western, Mr. Snipes completed his Bachelor of Science degree in business administration magna cum laude in 2005. In 2008, he obtained his Doctor of Jurisprudence from The University of Montana Blewett School of Law in Dillon. Since the time he got licensed in 2008, he has been committed to fighting for those he stood for, helping them get the justice they deserve for covering the loss they have incurred.
Over the years, Mr. Snipes has achieved success in helping recover settlements and verdicts worth millions of dollars. In 2021, he was instrumental in obtaining a $65 million verdict for 24 Montana farmers (2nd highest verdict in Montana state court history). Owing to his remarkable achievements in the field, he has been recognized with:
- 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers by the Lawdragon
- Best Lawyers in America
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 and Top 40 Under 40
- Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Montana Trial Lawyers Association
- Peer-review rating of AV Preeminent* through Martindale-Hubbell
- 10.0 rating on Avvo
Along with the other Montana state courts, Mr. Snipes has also been admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. He also holds memberships in the State Bar of Montana, the American Association for Justice, and the board of directors of the Cascade County Bar Association, the Montana Trial Lawyers Association and the Federal Bar Association.
*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer-review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff, Workers' Compensation: Claimant, Class Action/Mass Torts: PlaintiffFocus areas
Asbestos, Brain Injury, Construction Accident, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Motor Vehicle Defects, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death
- 50% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 20% Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff
- 20% Workers' Compensation: Claimant
- 10% Class Action/Mass Torts: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 2008, Montana
Professional Webpage: https://justicemt.com/ben-snipes/
- Montana Trial Lawyers Association, Member/Board of Directors, 2008 – Present
- Cascade County Bar Association, Member/Executive Officer, 2009
- Federal Bar Association (Montana Chapter), Board of Directors, 2016 – Present
- American Association for Justice, Member
- Montana State Bar, Member, 2008 – Present
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2010
- U.S. District Court District of Montana, 2008
- Montana, 2008
- Estate of DuPuis v. Montana State Fund- $425,000 settlement, 2016
- Estate of Knoepfle v. St. Peter's Hospital- Medical malpractice/wrongful resuscitation jury verdict $409,000., 2019
- DuPuis v. Yellowstone County- $650,000 settlement, 2015
- Parkey v. MUS settlement -$482,000, 2018
- Hysell v. ASARCO Asbestos Personal Injury Trust- confidential settlement, 2016
- Big Brothers Big Sisters, Great Falls, Board of Directors, President, 2012-2014
- Great Falls Youth Tackle Football League (Founder, Board of Directors)
- West Side Little Leage (Board of Directors, Vice President)
- Cascade County Law Clinic (Board of Directors)
- Best Lawyers in America, 2024
- AV (Preeminent) Peer Review Rated
- MTLA Trial Lawyer of the Year, 2019, 2023
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers, 2023
- Super Lawyers, 2023
- For Outstanding Trial Advocacy- Awarded to Mr. Snipes and his partner, Mark Kovacich, Trial Lawyer of the Year, Montana Trial Lawyers Association, 2019
- Ben Snipes has been rated as one of the Top 40 trial lawyers under 40 years of age by the National Trial Lawyers. Mr. Snipes has held this distinction from 2014-2016., Top 40 Under 40, The National Trial Lawyers
- The Rising Stars list recognizes no more than 2.5 percent of attorneys in each state. To be eligible for inclusion in Rising Stars, a candidate must be either 40 years old or younger, or in practice for 10 years or less., 2018 - 2022, Rising Star (Mountain States), Super Lawyers
- Ben Snipes received the peer review rating of AV Preeminent in 2015. The AV Preeminent Rating is the pinnacle of professional excellence earned through a strenuous Peer Review Rating Process that is managed and monitored by the world's most trusted legal resource Martindale-Hubbell®., AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell
- Ben Snipes has been rated as one of the Top 100 trial lawyers in Montana. He has held this distinction from 2014-2016., Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers
- C.M. Russell High School
- University of Montana, B.S. Magna Cum Laude, Major: Business Administration, Honors: With Honors, & Football Scholarship
- Provided insight on Montana's Medical Legal Panel process., Speaker, Administrative Venues and Your Client- Montana Medical Legal Panel, Montana Trial Lawyers Association, 2020
- CLE presentation on damages and argument at trial, Speaker, Compensatory and Punitive Damages- Closing Arguments and the Trial After the Trial, 2022
- Host, MTLA Spring Seminar- Strategies for Success, 2014
- Montana's workers' compensation system was designed to allow a claimant to speedily obtain benefits for a work-related injury. When these claims are handled improperly, to the claimant's detriment, Montana law recognizes a remedy in tort known as bad faith. This article discusses the development and progression of bad faith actions precipitating from the handling of Montana workers' compensation claims., Author, Montana Workers' Compensation Bad Faith Claims, Trial Trends, Montana Trial Lawyers Association, 2015
- Federal Bar Association (Montana Chapter) CLE- Missoula, Montana 2017, Speaker/Moderator, Trying Your Case In Montana Federal Courts, 2017
- Using Workers' Compensation as a Springboard for Tort Actions- Trial Trends (MTLA), 2018
- Asbestos
- Mass Torts
- Mesothelioma
Office location for Ben A. Snipes
21 3rd Street North
Suite 301
Great Falls, MT 59401
Phone: 406-205-3307
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2023 - 2024
- Rising Stars: 2018 - 2022
