For almost three decades, Laurence Stinson has championed the little guy against the corporate goliaths. An aggressive, conscientious fighter and strategist for his clients, Laurence has spent the majority of his long career as a trial lawyer. As a young lawyer, Laurence tried all kinds of cases – breach of contract, products liability, easements and land use, and construction disputes. These days his practice is mostly limited to personal injury and insurance law, with a focus on tractor-trailer crash cases. Laurence has remarkable success as a personal injury attorney and is known by others for his impressive command of injury medicine and examinations of doctors and corporate representatives.
Laurence was an early adopter and pioneer of using “jury focus groups” in all cases to understand how a jury will react to facts and circumstances in any case. Laurence participates in more than 40 jury focus groups annually and credits this approach to securing so many significant wins for his clients – particularly in big truck crash cases.
Laurence is a 1995 graduate of the University of Montana School of Law and was a partner in two larger law firms before forming Stinson Law Group with his brother, Scott. Laurence has served on both the board and the executive board of the state Trial Lawyers Association, was appointed by the state supreme court to the Permanent Rules Committee – Civil Division on which he served for over 15 years, and served 5 years on the State Bar Fee Dispute Committee.
Whenever and wherever he can be, he is on a mountain bike – and loves pedaling his single speed in the middle of nowhere.
