Bill Fulbright
Republican · MT · Ravalli County Attorney/Public Administrator
Bill Fulbright is the Ravalli County Attorney and public administrator. The county attorney's office prosecutes criminal cases for the state and serves as legal counsel to county government.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 7 records
After his office's years-long prosecution, pain clinic doctor Chris Christensen began a 10-year prison sentence for illegally giving out opioids. The state Supreme Court had upheld 20 felony convictions and reversed two homicide counts.
March 26, 2021
Source: newstalkkgvo.com
His office won a jury conviction of Joseph McNamara for negligent homicide and four other felonies in the 2019 hit-and-run death of a 9-year-old boy near Hamilton.
June 19, 2020
Source: newstalkkgvo.com
The Montana Supreme Court upheld a district judge's money sanction against the State for discovery abuse by Fulbright's office in the Pope case, and denied Pope a new trial.
August 20, 2019
Source: juddocumentservice.mt.gov
A federal judge struck down Montana's criminal defamation law in Myers v. Fulbright. Former judicial candidate Robert Myers had sued Fulbright and the attorney general after a criminal defamation complaint was filed over his campaign ads.
March 18, 2019
Source: reason.com
A federal judge dismissed former treasurer Valerie Stamey's $20 million lawsuit against Ravalli County officials, including Fulbright, finding it had no merit.
December 8, 2017
Source: newstalkkgvo.com
Settled the Roaring Lion Fire arson cases with deferred prosecution deals. The three young men agreed to pay restitution and do 300 hours of community service each.
August 28, 2017
Source: newstalkkgvo.com
The Montana Supreme Court ruled that Fulbright's office wrongly withheld a videotaped witness interview in the Jody Pope assault trial. It sent the case back to set sanctions for this discovery abuse.
January 18, 2017
Source: juddocumentservice.mt.gov
Past race Bill Fulbright ran in:
- County Attorney/Public Administrator · November 3, 2026 · Ravalli County, Montana · incumbent