David K. W. Wilson, Jr.

Practice Areas

• Consumer Rights

• Environmental and Natural Resources

• Private Land Conservation

• Right to Know and Open Meetings

Education

• Middlebury College, B.A. 1981

• University of Montana, J.D. 1985

Bar Admissions

• State of Montana, 1985

• U.S. District Court, District of Montana

• U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

• State of Massachusetts, (inactive) 1999

Voices of NCLC

Kim was recently profiled by the National Consumer Law Center for his continued excellence in consumer law. You can read the interview on the NCLC Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn, or you can download this PDF.

PARTNER

David (Kim) Wilson has been with Morrison, Sherwood, Wilson & Deola since 1985, except for a two-year hiatus practicing consumer law in Boston 1999-2001. Kim’s practice focuses on representing Montana consumers harmed or injured by unfair or illegal business or credit practices; representing Montana citizens concerned about protecting Montana’s environment and landscape, and their neighborhoods; and assuring that government is open and accountable to all citizens as required by law. He has an active litigation practice, and has settled or tried hundreds of cases. Kim was one of the lead counsel in the case of MEIC v. DEQ, 1999 MT 248, in which the Montana Supreme Court first enforced Montanans’ constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment. Kim was also lead counsel in Morrow v. Bank of America, 2014 MT 117, in which the Montana Supreme Court first ruled that banks are subject to civil liability for misstatements and fraud during the mortgage foreclosure process.

Current/Recent Positions

• National Association of Consumer Lawyers

• Helena Zoning Commission

• Montana Environmental Information Center Board Member

Distinctions

• Editor, Public Land Law Review, 1985

• Consumer Law Fellow, National Consumer Law Center, 1999

Selected Cases

• Morrow v. Bank of America

• Heffernan v. City of Missoula

• MEIC v. DEQ

• Bozeman Daily Chronicle v. City of Bozeman

Awards & Honors

• MEIC’s Len & Sandy Sargent Award