WSBC 2025 President,

Matthew Thiel

Matthew Thiel is a sole practitioner and owner of Thiel Law Office, PLLC in Missoula, Montana, where he has been in private practice for 31 years. Matt is a Montana native and graduated with honors from the University of Montana School of Law, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Montana Law Review. His practice focuses on labor law for unions, employment law, estates and probate, and general practice litigation.  

Matt served on the Board of Trustees of the State Bar of Montana (2008-2015) and as President of the Montana Bar (2015 2016). He is a regular presenter at the Montana Arbitration Association Conference and Montana State Bar New Lawyers Seminar, a guest lecturer at UM Law School, and is an organizer of the annual Montana Justice Foundation Art for Justice fundraiser.

Matt has been a member of the American Bar Association, including the Labor and Employment Law Section, since beginning his career. He served on the ABA Standing Committee on Membership (2018 2021) and is currently the Montana State ABA delegate, the Montana State ABA Membership Chair, is an American Bar Foundation Patron Fellow and serves as the ABF Montana State Chair. Matt’s non-legal public service includes serving on the Montana Facilities Finance Authority (2008-2023), the Montana Insurance Guarantee Association (2008-2019), and the Montana Museum of Art and Culture Collections Committee (2019-2024). Matt is President of Western States Bar Conference for 2025.