About Alexander Christopher Edwards
Christopher Edwards was born and raised in Billings, Montana, and graduated from Billings West High School in 1994. He graduated with honors from the University of Montana with a B.A. in Communications in 2001 and completed law school at the University of Montana in 2005.
Growing up, Chris worked summers on his family's ranch and ranched full time for several years after high school before deciding to follow his father into law. He joined the firm alongside his brother John, and together with their father Clifford they practice as Edwards & Culver. The family also shares other business interests, including Edwards Jet Center of Montana, a full service FBO with nearly 70 employees, along with real estate and ranching operations.
A fourth generation Montanan, Chris enjoys hunting, fishing, and skiing, and lives in Montana with his wife Kelly and their two children.
Proven verdicts and settlements
Ralph Hutt worked 18 months at W.R. Grace's asbestos-contaminated vermiculite mill in Libby, Montana in the late 1960s and developed asbestosis decades later. A Cascade County jury found the mill's workers' compensation insurer, Maryland Casualty Company, breached an independent duty to warn him about hazards it tracked through undisclosed chest X-rays, and awarded $36.5 million in February 2022. The trial judge completed Montana's mandatory review of the punitive portion in January 2023 and declined to reduce it, calling the insurer's conduct reprehensible. Maryland Casualty appealed, but the appeal ended in a confidential settlement in 2024, so the verdict itself, not any later court reduction, is what stood.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
