Eric S. Hummel
MT · Justice of the Peace, Flathead County
Eric S. Hummel is a Flathead County Justice of the Peace with more than 27 years of legal work, including time as a city and county prosecutor and a Montana Supreme Court law clerk. Hummel says the goal is fair, timely decisions in every case.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 2 records
Fired the Justice Court's administrator with fellow judge Paul Sullivan, citing insubordination and poor treatment of clerks. County commissioners upheld the firing on appeal.
May 24, 2021
Source: dailyinterlake.com
Was appointed Flathead County Justice of the Peace by a unanimous vote of the county commission, replacing Dan Wilson.
November 15, 2016
Source: flatheadbeacon.com
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 1 favorable
Won a Montana Supreme Court appeal as a private lawyer for Flathead homeowners fighting a foreclosure. The court reversed a ruling for the lenders, 4-3 (Pilgeram v. GreenPoint Mortgage).
November 25, 2013Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: juddocumentservice.mt.gov
Past race Eric S. Hummel ran in:
- Justice of the Peace, Dept 1 · November 3, 2026 · Flathead County, Montana · incumbent