Your legal team in
the Flathead Valley.

Managing Partner

Chad Cannon

Managing Partner · Personal Injury & Civil Litigation

Chad has been practicing law since 1998. A graduate of Baylor University and Texas A&M School of Law, he started his own law firm immediately after law school and later worked briefly as an associate with a commercial litigation firm in Dallas, Texas.

Chad has over 27 years of experience as an attorney. Early in his career he learned from experienced attorneys at firms across the Dallas–Fort Worth area. His primary focus is on personal injury and civil litigation. In this arena, he has secured several multi-million-dollar settlements on behalf of his clients. For the past 20 years he has successfully operated his own practice, serving clients across Parker, Palo Pinto, Tarrant, and surrounding counties in Texas. He is licensed in Montana and serves clients through Cannon Breck in the Flathead Valley.

Mr. Cannon is known for his honesty and straightforward, yet compassionate approach. He believes in giving clients realistic expectations about their case rather than making empty assurances. He is also recognized for his aggressive negotiation style and his dedication to thoroughly researching and fact-checking each case to reach the best possible outcome for each client.

Also licensed in Texas — Cannon Law Firm · Weatherford / Parker County

• Personal Injury
• Civil Litigation
• Licensed TX
• Licensed MT

Attorney

Benjamin J. Hammer

Employment Law · Business & Transactions · Estate Planning & Probate · Real Estate

Benjamin J. Hammer has practiced law in the Flathead Valley since 2012 and is licensed in the courts of the State of Montana and the United States District Court for the District of Montana. His practice centers on employment law and HR compliance, business and real estate transactions, and estate planning, the day-to-day legal work of Montana employers, families, and closely held businesses.

On the employment side, Ben counsels both employers and employees on hiring and separation decisions, employment and independent contractor agreements, non-competition and confidentiality terms, handbooks, and workplace policies. He has drafted and implemented employment policies and procedures for public entities, nonprofits, and private employers across northwest Montana, and he advises management on the compliance questions that come up before a dispute does, classification, leave, accommodation, discipline, and documentation.

His transactional practice covers business formation and governance, mergers and acquisitions, lending and commercial real estate transactions, and contract drafting and review. Ben spent the first decade of his career in insurance defense and workers' compensation litigation, representing municipalities, contractors, timber and energy companies, and special districts, and he brings that litigator's eye to every agreement he drafts. The goal is a document that holds up if it is ever read by someone other than the parties who signed it.

In estate planning, Ben prepares wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and health care directives, with attention to asset protection and the orderly transfer of family land and closely held business interests. He also guides personal representatives and families through Montana probate from appointment through closing.

Ben earned his Juris Doctor from the Shepard Broad College of Law at Nova Southeastern University in 2012 and his Bachelor of Arts in History and Religion from Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon. He has served since 2013 as a volunteer board director for Flathead Industries, which provides residential, employment, recreational, and medical support services to individuals with disabilities in the Flathead Valley and statewide. Since 2012 he has been a volunteer board director and coach for the Northwest Lacrosse Association, helping build a valley-wide league that now serves more than 200 youth players.

• Employment Law
• Business & Transactions
• Estate Planning & Probate
• Real Estate

Of Counsel

Stephanie M. Breck

Mediation · Employment Law · Civil Litigation

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Stephanie M. Breck is Of Counsel at Cannon Breck, focusing on mediation, employment law, and civil litigation. Her career spans big-firm employment counsel, corporate HR investigations, and more than fifteen years of Montana civil litigation. She mediates employment and general civil disputes (excluding family law) and earned a 2025 certificate in Traumatic Stress Studies from the Trauma Research Foundation.

• Mediation →
• Employment Law
• Civil Litigation
• Trauma-Informed

Of Counsel

Justin G. Breck

Real Estate · Land Use · Business Law · Estate Planning

Justin G. Breck is Of Counsel at Cannon Breck. His practice focuses on real estate, land use, business law, and estate planning. Since 2007 he has represented individuals and businesses in purchase and sale transactions, easements, leases, entity formation, and probate matters. For more than 17 years he served as City Attorney for Columbia Falls. A lifelong Montanan with deep Flathead Valley roots, he is known for practical, straightforward counsel.

• Real Estate
• Land Use
• Business Law
• Estate Planning

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Paralegal

Marcy Hall

Marcy Hall serves as paralegal for Cannon Breck, managing the administrative backbone of the firm. Born in Whitefish and raised in Columbia Falls, Marcy earned an A.A.S. in Secretarial Science from FVCC and a B.S. in Secondary Education from the University of Montana. She brings a wealth of judicial and administrative experience, including work at the Columbia Falls Aluminum Company, service as Deputy Clerk for the Clerk of District Court, Judicial Assistant to retired Judge Kitty Curtis, and Court Administrator for the Eleventh Judicial District Court.