The Hon. Mike Menahan is a judge for the 1st Judicial District Court of Montana. He was elected to the bench on November 6, 2012.
The 1st Judicial District encompasses Lewis & Clark County and Broadwater County.
Prior to his election, Menahan was a deputy county attorney for the Lewis & Clark County Attorney’s Office, a position he held for seventeen years.
Menahan earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Montana in 1987. He then completed a J.D. at the University of Montana, Alexander Blewett III School of Law, in 1994.
Born and raised in Helena, Montana, Menahan attended Anaconda High School.
Menahan is registered as a Democrat. From 2009 to 2013, he represented the 82nd District in the Montana House of Representatives, holding assignments in the Judiciary Committee, the Natural Resources Committee, and the Local Government Committee.