Practice Areas

Litigation & Appeals

Trial and appellate representation in civil and administrative disputes across Montana. A courtroom practice built over nearly two decades — dozens of jury trials, contested motions, and appellate advocacy before courts throughout the state.

Counsel for complex discovery disputes, summary judgment practice, trial strategy, and appellate advocacy. A background as a prosecutor informs how he analyzes evidence, manages risk, and prepares for trial — whether representing plaintiff or defendant.

• •Civil trial representation
• •Appellate advocacy
• •Motion practice and discovery
• •Trial strategy and preparation

Administrative & Regulatory Law

Representation in agency proceedings, regulatory compliance, professional licensing disputes, and administrative advocacy — informed by service as Chief Legal Counsel to the Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance, the agency that regulates the state's securities and insurance industries.

Counsel on regulatory strategy, agency hearings, securities and insurance compliance, and white-collar enforcement matters. An insider's understanding of how agencies investigate, decide, and enforce.

• •Securities & insurance regulation
• •Agency proceedings and hearings
• •White-collar enforcement and investigations
• •Compliance and regulatory strategy

Criminal Prosecution

Government prosecution services for the State, municipalities, and counties, drawn from more than a decade as a state and federal prosecutor. Experience trying high-profile, complex cases across Montana — including homicides, sexual assaults, and crimes against children — as a special prosecutor for the Montana Department of Justice and a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney.

As Montana's statewide Prosecution Training Coordinator, he trained the state's prosecutors and was the lawyer they consulted on their toughest cases — while leading legislative efforts on criminal-justice reform. Available to handle complex matters, support local prosecutors, and address appellate issues in criminal law.

• •State and federal prosecution
• •Complex felony trial work
• •Special-prosecutor engagements
• •Prosecutor training and consultation

Legal Engineering & eDiscovery

Legal engineering applies an engineer's toolkit to the practice of law — the platforms, data pipelines, and AI workflows that modern legal work runs on. Ole brings an engineer's discipline to eDiscovery and data-analysis strategy, and advises on integrating artificial intelligence into legal workflows responsibly and defensibly.

Ole advised corporations and law firms on implementing AI workflows that are defensible under the rules of practice. That experience informs counsel for firms, legal departments, and litigants adopting AI-assisted tools responsibly, building and defending eDiscovery workflows, and addressing the defensibility of AI in discovery — bridging what the technology can do and what the rules and the record require.

• •eDiscovery strategy & workflow design
• •AI integration and governance
• •Defensibility of AI in discovery
• •Legal data analysis and investigations

General Legal Counsel

Beyond the specialized practice areas above, counsel to businesses, government entities, and individuals on general legal matters.

Advice on contracts, governance, risk management, and strategic legal issues. Drawing on broad litigation and regulatory experience to advise on practical legal strategy.

• •Contract review and strategy
• •Business and risk counsel
• •Governance and compliance
• •Strategic legal advice