Dave McAlpin was appointed by the Montana Supreme Court to serve as the Court Administrator of the Judicial Branch of State Government in October of 2024. Prior to that he was an Administrative Law Judge in

Helena, Montana Helena (; ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Montana and the county seat, seat of Lewis and Clark County, Montana, Lewis and Clark County. Helena was founded as a gold camp during the Montana gold ...

. As a member of the Montana Tax Appeal Board from 2013-2024, he was confirmed to both six-year terms by unanimous votes of the

Montana State Senate The Montana State Senate is the upper house of the Montana Legislature, the state legislative branch of the U.S. state of Montana. The body is composed of 50 senators elected for four years. Half of the Senate is up for election every two years. ...

. He was designated Chairman and presiding Judge in 2015. He is responsible for advocating that the name of the Board be changed from State Tax Appeal Board (STAB) to the Montana Tax Appeal Board (MTAB) 47 years after the Board was created by the 1972 Constitutional Convention delegates. During his tenure he presided over numerous hearings and authored dozens of opinions. Prior to that McAlpin was appointed by the MT Attorney General to direct the Montana State Crime Laboratory in Missoula from 2009 to 2012. He is the only Montana Director elected by his peers to the National Board of Directors of the American Society of Crime Lab Directors. A former Democratic member of the

Montana House of Representatives The Montana House of Representatives is, with the Montana Senate, one of the two houses of the Montana Legislature. Composed of 100 members, the House elects its leadership every two years. Composition of the House In the event that the parti ...

, he represented House District 94 in

Missoula Missoula ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Missoula County, Montana, Missoula County, Montana, United States. It is located along the Clark Fork River near its confluence with the Bitterroot River, Bitterroot and Blackfoot River (Montana), ...

during the 2005, 2007, and 2009 legislative sessions until his appointment as Director of the Crime Lab. In 2006 he was selected to join the Arthur S. Flemming Fellowship of the Institute of Progressive Leadership. While serving in the Montana Legislature, he served on the Taxation committee and was elected to House Leadership as

Minority Whip A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline (that members of the party vote according to the party platform rather than their constituents, individual conscience or donors) in a legislature. Whips ...

. He managed the Smokeless States Initiative in Montana for the

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is an American philanthropic organization. It is the largest one focused solely on health. Based in Princeton, New Jersey, the foundation focuses on access to health care, public health, health equity, ...

from 2001 to 2003 securing smoke free policies in Montana bars and restaurants for the first time in history. He was Executive Director of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) in Missoula. McAlpin also served as a congressional aide to Rep. Pat Williams (D-MT) and Sen.

Max Baucus Maxwell Sieben Baucus ( Enke; born December 11, 1941) is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Montana from 1978 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a U.S. senator for over 35 years, making him the long ...

(D-MT) in Washington, DC and Montana. He was the Chief Deputy Clerk of the Montana Supreme Court from 1995 to 1998.

External links

* https://mtab.mt.gov/Aboutmtab/Members
Montana House of Representatives - Dave McAlpin
official MT State Legislature website
Project Vote Smart - Representative Dave McAlpin (MT)
profile *''Follow the Money'' - Dave McAlpin
20062004
campaign contributions Democratic Party members of the Montana House of Representatives Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century members of the Montana Legislature {{Montana-politician-stub