He served as county attorney of Teton County from 1897 to 1905, then judge of the eleventh judicial district of Montana from 1905 to 1915. He resumed the practice of law at Kalispell, Montana in 1916.
From 1897 to 1905, he served as county attorney for Teton County, and then from 1905 to 1915, he was a judge of the eleventh judicial district of Montana. He returned to practicing law in Kalispell, Montana in 1916.