Following House Bill 913 , Yellowstone County officially has two new judges.
Gov. Greg Gianforte appointed Seth Cunningham and Edward Zink to serve on the Thirteenth Judicial District in Yellowstone County, the Governor’s Office announced Monday in a news release.
HB 913 increased the number of judges in that county from eight to 10 .
The Governor’s Office described their backgrounds and the process as follows:
Cunningham graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 2000 and from the University of Montana’s school of law in 2009. He was an Air Force reservist for almost 20 years and has been an attorney at The Brown Law Firm for 16 years.
Zink graduated from the University of Montana in 1993 and got his law degree there in 1998. He’s been in the Yellowstone County Attorney’s Offic