I have earned a reputation for integrity, hard work, and professionalism. In high-consequence and stressful legal situations, high-quality legal representation and passion for service gives clients – as well as other legal professionals - a sense of relief, knowing they’re working with the intelligence, expertise, and empathy of Attorney Marta Farmer.
“I have earned a reputation for integrity, hard work, and professionalism. I mean business.”
- Marta Farmer
Rest in Peace, little buddy.
Dade is the official office dog at the law firm. A full-bred Heinz 57 Special, Dade is a true go-getter. He may have started out as a stray abandoned on the side of a country road in Southwest Virginia, but now he delights in the daily pleasure of keeping watching by the windows and sleeping in between client meetings at the office. In April 2005, Dade jumped into the sports car of a soon-to-be law student, and has never looked back.
When Dade is not sporting a tie and managing hefty legal business, he enjoys chasing cats, digging holes, barking at invisible intruders, and curling up in any cozy spot available.
Dade (2004-2020)
Office Dog
“I was sitting in my truck, looking at the courthouse, and I thought, ‘This is where I want to be.’”
- Marta Farmer
With the intention of heading to law school, I graduated from Montana State University in Bozeman with a BS in Psychology, and a minor in English Literature. I returned to the area where I grew up and attended the Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, Virginia, completing my law degree where I could be close to family.
Just days before the deadline to register for the bar exam, I decided it was time to pack up and head back to the state that captured my heart; taking the bar in Montana would allow me to practice law in big sky country. In October of that year, I moved to the hi-line. The Law Office of Carl S. White, a small firm in Havre, had offered me a position as an associate. I spent the next year practicing law from Chester to Fort Benton to Malta. It was an incredible experience for a small-town southern girl. By the following winter, Carl offered me a position as a partner in the firm. We planned on beginning the partnership in the spring of 2010.
Our plans were devastated by Carl’s sudden and unexpected passing in February 2010. The death of my mentor and dear friend not only left me heartbroken, but also unemployed. That April, I opened my own firm out of pure necessity. With only a year and a half of legal practice under my belt, and zero experience running my own business, I began to resent the career I once loved. Fate, however, had other plans. I ran into my undergrad Business Law professor while purchasing tickets to the MSU homecoming game in the fall of 2011. Thus, my career in teaching law began.
My time spent teaching undergraduate and graduate law and business classes at Montana State University will always be five of the greatest years of my life. I believed I’d teach law forever, yet once again, life has a funny way of pushing one down new paths. Personal hardship and heartache opened the door to rediscovering my passion for practicing law; teaching was no longer a sufficient substitute for the practice itself.
While sitting in my truck after taking pictures of the courthouse in Dillon, Montana, I found an ad to purchase the law practice of a retiring local attorney. A couple of visits, phone calls, and emails later, I’d not only bought the practice in Dillon; I’d also purchased my home sweet home.In August of 2017, I made the move to Dillon, along with my menagerie of rescue pets. It was time for this attorney to come out of her ‘early retirement’ and offer legal services to Beaverhead and surrounding counties.
I spent five wonderful years in Dillon, including a year as Dillon City Attorney, before returning to practice law in Bozeman in 2022. In 2024, the Appalachians called me home to help my aging parents and raise my young children around family and my southern roots. My husband and I settled in Eastern Tennessee in January of 2025. I am now a listed civil mediator for the state of Tennessee and working on my license to practice law here. I maintain active cases in Beaverhead County and offer affordable mediation and collaborative dissolution services across the state of Montana.
–Marta Farmer
“In August of 2017, I made the move to Dillon…It was time for this attorney to come out of her ‘early retirement’ and offer legal services to Beaverhead and surrounding counties.”
- Marta Farmer
Tenacity
We act with ambition, determination, and strength of purpose. We strive to bring calmness in the midst of conflict.
Compassion
We have a genuine concern for those experiencing difficulties with a legal matter, and we listen without judgment and with empathy.
Trustworthiness
We bring an honorable, ethical nature, authenticity, and level-headed strategy to every case and conversation.
Justice
Our clients and mediation parties can expect fairness and reasonableness.
Vision
We pride ourselves on innovation and resourcefulness, using creativity and wisdom to continuously rise to meet the unique needs of each legal matter.
