About Patricia O'Brien Cotter
Patricia O'Brien Cotter was an American lawyer, politician and judge.
Patricia O'Brien Cotter (born 1950) was a Montana Supreme Court Associate Justice. She was first elected on November 7, 2000, filling the seat of the retired Justice William E. Hunt. She was reelected to a second term in 2008,
History Originally from South Bend, Indiana, she graduated with honors in 1972 from Western Michigan University with a B.S. in Political Science and History. Prior to law school, she worked two years as paralegal for a Chicago law firm that specialized in real estate law.
Honors Cotter received the Montana Trial Lawyers Association's Public Service Award in 1992 and 1998.
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