Company Description

The law firm of Tipp Coburn Schandelson PC in Missoula, MT, has a storied heritage, and began in 1959. Our founding partner, Ray Tipp, started his practice from a single homemade desk set on a staircase landing of a downtown Missoula office building. Shortly thereafter, he teamed up with Vernon Hoven, and the firm name changed to Tipp & Hoven and was located at 123 West Broadway in downtown Missoula. Vern stayed with the firm until shortly before his death in 1983.

Over the years several other attorneys have been associated or partnered with the firm. The firm moved to its present location on the South Side of Missoula in 1972. Since that time, Tipp Coburn Schandelson PC has gradually grown to its present size of five full time attorneys, and our legal team has represented more than 7500 clients over the years. Even so, we strive to provide the same level of careful attention to the needs of our clients that we have from the beginning. In 2013 the Firm received the “Outstanding Law Firm” award from the Montana Innocence Project for our work with the wrongly convicted.
Over the years several other attorneys have been associated or partnered with the firm. The firm moved to its present location on the South Side of Missoula in 1972.

Rich Buley came to the firm as a Legal Intern when he was still attending the University of Montana School of Law. Rich joined the firm as an Associate immediately after his graduation in 1981. Rich became a partner with the firm in 1985.

Bryan Tipp joined the firm in 1994. Since that time, Tipp & Buley has gradually grown to its present size of six full time attorneys. Even so, we strive to provide the same level of careful attention to the needs of our clients that we have from the beginning.