Legal Representation You Can Trust
Secure your peace of mind today!
Licensed in Montana & Alaska
Legal Representation You Can Trust
Secure your peace of mind today!
Licensed in Montana & Alaska
About Morrison Law, PLLC
CONSTRUCTION / CONTRACT LAW
With over 25 years experience in the construction industry performing residential and commercial building, inspections (previously licensed associate building inspector in the state of Alaska for 8 years), permit acquisition, rezoning, replatting, planned communities, condominiums, and subdivision development and compliance has provided Morrison Law an extremely knowledgeable foundation for construction related general contractor and owner issues. It helps when the attorney understands the "ebb and flow" of being in the construction industry. If there wasn't a need Morrison Law PLLC wouldn't have existed in the first place.
REAL PROPERTY
Interested in buying, selling or need help understanding covenants, easements or HOA's? You may need a construction-real property lawyer familiar with time being of the essence, logistic concerns and the costs associated with scheduling and weather delays. Set up an appointment below and protect your investment.
ESTATE PLANNING
Do not worry about your estate going through intestacy and see our Wills and Estate Lawyer to start your Will or set up a Trust and relax, knowing you've handled your affairs.
CANNABIS LAW
Interested in navigating your dispensary through the weeds of cannabis law regulation and compliance, set up a free initial consultation appointment.
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Schedule online above or you can call 1-406-493-2993 to schedule an in-person meeting. Please leave a message on voice mail and a call back will happen during normal business hours.
If you are inside or outside the Missoula area - arrangements may be made for attorney to come to you or you can opt to save time and money with an online zoom meeting.
Ms. Shiela Morrison
Additional Information
Ms. Shiela Morrison, Esq.,
Becoming an attorney is Shiela's second career after twenty-five plus years in the construction industry.
Shiela was a general contractor with a residential endorsement; building residential and commercial structures, acquiring permits, selling homes under contract, and expediting warranty work.
Shiela became a licensed associate building inspector for eight years and dealt with multiple codes, local/state/federal government restrictions with constant changes in the state regulations, adopted Municipal building codes, and building material specifications which made her choice to go into law a good fit. Shiela has pulled over 500+ building permits within the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, subdivided land parcels into subdivisions and performed all the leg work to develop the subdivision into buildable lots.
Shiela served on the Board of Directors for the Alaska State Home Builders Association as well as the Mat-Su Home Builders Association for many years as Treasurer, Vice President, and then the first female President of the Mat-Su Home Builders Association for two years.
Shiela's construction company was approved through Veteran's Affairs to perform Special Adaptive Housing Grant remodels providing accessibility remodeling of their homes to qualified veteran's throughout Alaska. Shiela was also approved through the State of Alaska, Department of Health and Senior Services for accessibility remodels for qualified citizens through Alaska.
Add it all together and there is 30+ years of business management, bookkeeping/job costing, construction, and land development experience in the private sector before becoming a lawyer, which gives her a unique advantage over others whom have never worked directly in construction from start to finish, nor understand the responsibilities, pressure and costs that comes with being a GC, Subcontractor or Owner in construction. Shiela has that experience and she wants to help others with their legal needs with that first-hand experience and becoming an attorney was the best way to achieve that goal.
Education & License
- University of Alaska-Anchorage, B.A. Legal Studies, Magna Cum Laude
- University of Montana-Missoula, Alexander Blewett III School of Law, Juris Doctor
- Licensed to practice as an attorney and counselor-at-law in all courts of the state of Montana, Bar No: 14460
- Licensed to practice as an attorney and counselor-at-law in all courts of the state of Alaska, Bar No: 2502006
Shiela's grandparents had a ranch in the Sweet Grass Hills in Montana north of Shelby, but during her K-12 years she lived in Havre to go to school. Shiela moved to Alaska for career opportunities and moved back to Montana in 2019 because there was not a law school in Alaska which made her career change the perfect opportunity to move back to Montana and be closer to family and enjoy some adult years with her father who is retired from oilfield and taught her his excellent work ethic.
Shiela's grandmother Gladys Morrison gets the credit for showing what integrity is and should be and although she taught that to Shiela's father too, her grandmother had a way of just, saying it the way it is. Shiela appreciated and adopted grandma's straight up approach. If you like a straight talker and prefer no puffery, Shiela is a good fit as your attorney.
