Joseph P. Cosgrove
Partner
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Mr. Cosgrove has earned an AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell™, the highest recognition possible in the legal industry, for his professionalism and ethics.
Practice areas
- Personal Injury
- Trucking & Auto Accidents
- Brain Injury
- Wrongful Death
- Product Liability
- Insurance Bad Faith
- Railroad Law
- Class Actions
- Bicycle Accidents
- Motorcycle Accidents
Admitted
- Montana and U.S. District Court, District of Montana, 1995
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1999
Education
- University of Montana, J.D., 1995
- Montana State University, B.S., with honors, 1991
Associations and memberships
- State Bar of Montana
- Montana Trial Lawyers Association
- The American Association for Justice
Notable Cases
- Seltzer v. Morton, Gladwell and Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher: Co-counsel in malicious prosecution trial obtaining a verdict for $21,350,000.00 for client
- Estate of Theresa Messick et al v. Patrol Helicopters, Inc.: obtained a $2,505,000 jury verdict for clients in wrongful death case
- Baker et al v. State of Montana: obtained a $2,100,000 settlement from state on behalf of state employees for loss of retirement benefits
- Gilchrist v. Dick Anderson Construction and Cooper Construction: obtained a $1.4 million jury verdict on behalf of electrician injured at work site
- Mayo v. Montana Rail Link and BNSF: represented over 100 clients from western Montana in a toxic tort claim following the derailment of a Montana Rail Link train and subsequent chlorine gas spill.
- Duff and Milton v Bohannon Auto Repair: obtained $1,000,000 settlement for clients injured in single vehicle auto accident alleged to have been caused by faulty tire arrangement
- Rackley v. Anderson: obtained a $700,000 jury verdict in federal court for wrongful death of an infant
- Mangini v. United States and Timberline Bicycle Tours: obtained a $650,000 judgment in federal court for a client injured in a bicycle fall in Glacier National Park
- Brown v. Burlingtion Northern, Inc.: represented first railroad worker in Montana found by court to be in the “zone of danger” without significant physical contact; obtained $200,000 jury verdict
Biographical details
- Fellow into the International Society of Barristers
- Mountain States Super Lawyer, 2010 - 2015, 2020
- Best Lawyers in America, 2005 - Present
- 2007 co-recipient of the Appellate Advocacy Award by the Montana Trial Lawyers Association
- Who’s Who and Millennium Edition