Tim Longfield

Overview

Tim Longfield is a skilled and hardworking litigator who is passionate about helping clients solve their problems in appellate and complex litigation. Before joining Landmark Law, he was an Assistant Solicitor General for the State of Utah. In that role, he worked with then Solicitor General—and current FTC Commissioner—Melissa Holyoak on amicus briefs in the United States Supreme Court and federal appellate courts and defended criminal convictions in the Utah appellate courts. Tim also has experience as a constitutional litigator in two state Attorney General’s offices where he successfully defended state laws against a variety of challenges in state and federal court.

Tim attended Pepperdine Law School on a full-ride merit scholarship. There, he was a member of the Law Review and Co-Chair of Moot Court and graduated in the top 8 % of his class. He received CALI awards for the best grades in Legal Writing, Torts, and Evidence. After graduating, he clerked for Judge David Furman on the Colorado Court of Appeals.

A westerner at heart, Tim was born and raised on the Western Slope of Colorado. He and his wife met while working together at the Montana Attorney General’s office. They spend most of their free time with their 1-year-old son, George, and are bracing for parenting a toddler who has the DNA of two lawyers.

Clerkships:

Colorado Court of Appeals, Honorable David Furman Colorado Court of Appeals

Sample of Reported Decisions / Cases

Biden v. Nebraska, 143 S. Ct. 2355 (2023)

• 17-state amicus brief at certiorari and merits stage defending Missouri’s Article III standing to challenge Biden Administration’s student loan forgiveness plan.

Vincent v. Garland, 80 F.4th 1197 (10th Cir. 2023)

• Defended constitutionality of Utah’s felon-in-possession law under Bruen’s history and tradition test.

Satanic Temple v. Labrador, No. 1:22-cv-00411-DCN, 2024 WL 357045 (D. Idaho 2024).

• Successfully defended Idaho’s abortion statutes against multi-pronged constitutional challenge brought by The Satanic Temple.

350 Montana v. State, 2023 MT 87

• Successful defense of Montana’s energy project preapproval statute in Montana Supreme Court

Jarussi v. State, DV-56-2021-001523-MT (13th Jud. Dist. Ct., 2022)

• Successful defense of executive branch interpretation of Montana’s public records laws allowing agencies to charge fees for legal review of requested documents.

Idaho Community Partner Grant Investigation

• Designed and litigated civil investigation of alleged misappropriation of millions of federal COVID relief dollars resulting in nonpartisan legislative audit recommending civil and criminal investigation.

Education

2019 – J.D., Pepperdine University School of Law,

Full-ride merit scholarship
Top 8 % of class
CALI Award for Legal Writing, Torts, and Evidence
Law Review, Co-Chair of Moot Court Team

2016- B.A. History, University of Denver

Bar Admissions

Montana
Idaho
Colorado (Inactive)
Utah (forthcoming, passed February 2023 bar exam).

Federal Courts

District of Montana
District of Idaho
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals