While the process of a divorce is stressful and not at all fun, having Chris working with me to help navigate it made all the difference. Chris is knowledgeable and professional and you know as his client he is always there for you. His staff is also wonderful.

Chris Gillette is a true talent in family law. His ability to sympathise with the client (me) and the unique challenges children of divorce face is unmatched. Chris has always been obviously professionally and personally invested in his clients. Unfortunately my case had to go to trial, and while Chris is a gifted writer, that accolade can't even begin to give his ability justice in the courtroom. A trial lawyer with sensibility and heart is a tall order, though, Chris re-defines expectations and continues to exceed them out of the courtroom. He has and will continue to be my family law lawyer until my children are no longer minors. If you and or your children need the best family lawyer, cross your fingers that he agrees to take your case.

Chris Gillette's professionalism, experience, knowledge and compassion was critical during my divorce. He was my biggest advocate and champion during this emotional, lengthy, toxic process and was able to navigate me to successful outcome . As a result, my family are in a better place due to his efforts. I would highly recommend his Law Office for anyone in need of help. 5 STARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chris is an extremely knowledgeable and thorough family law attorney. Chris and his entire staff have worked hard and diligently for our family, and not only do an amazing job, but care about their clients. I can’t say enough about what a good job Chris has done to get our family through our issues. Highly recommend!!

Hands down the best family law attorney in Gallatin County. If you want to protect yourself and have your best chance for a positive outcome, go with Chris.

Chris Gillette, while charming and personable, is prone to some of the sleazy and pathetic antics that many other lawyers I've met engage in. Here was my experience one morning in the Spring of 2008: he invited me to meet him at the courthouse for our hearing, but he got the time wrong and we had to wait more than an hour until the courtroom session began. When I contacted him to discuss a discount on the bill because of the time that he had wasted due to HIS mistake he had his staff simply stiff arm me. Just to recap: here was the policy he enforced: no concessions for his office's mistakes and no you don't even get to discuss the mistakes with him. No regard for anybody else's time! Never again, Chris, and I wish you the worst of luck.

PS: After quiet reflection, I have edited the above to remove any phrases that were unfair. Also, I have increased the rating from 1 star to 2 stars because, although I did have a bad customer experience and he refused to make it right or even apologize, he was actually competent. I have rated 2 other lawyers in the area as 1 star because of rudeness and irrefutable incompetence, but my previous rating of 1 star made no sense because I did actually find Chris Gillette to be competent.

PPS: I totally refute the remarks Chris has made in the response to the above criticism. I have in fact dealt with Chris personally. It was in 2008; multiple meetings for multiple hours.

Short version: Chris seems like a busy attorney and unless you have something simple, he probably won't devote much time to your case.

My first obvious disappointment was to discover the attorney Chris Gillette was a different individual than the famous alligator wrestler Chris Gillette. However, after receiving the bills for Chris' time at $300 /hr, I understand why he studied law rather than tangle in the rowdy ring with a writhing reptile.

I found the divorce process extremely confusing and Chris really didn't help make it any clearer. I would imagine most people would find the process confusing unless they've done it a few times; in which case they would probably have other issues. I had very, very specific questions and I didn't get many clear answers other than some maybes. I never felt like I understood the process or how it would work. I emailed Chris several times asking for an update and never received one. It felt like I was pestering him more than anything, except, oh, wait, I was paying him $300 /hr. I will say, the office staff is amazing at forwarding email attachments with little to no explanation of what they mean. Them: "Attached is a document for your records." Me: "Oh, of course it's for my records because you're sending it to me. It would be really strange if it were for Rowdy Roddy Piper's records. What the hell does it mean and do I need to do something?" Them:

We had other issues as well, for example mediation. It was rescheduled not once, not twice, nor even thrice. That's right, we had 4 reschedulings. Oh well, I'd like to think that's not Chris' fault, except it kind of was. Had I known it was going to take that long, I might have considered joining the Gillette Shave Club to see if they could organize a mediation. (Alas, more disappointment to discover that Chris Gillette was not the founder of the Gillette Shave Club.)

We had a small issue regarding billing. I was willing to be charged for discussing RC planes; I sort of initiated that conversation. I was also ok with being charged time for mediation, despite the fact there was a lot of downtime and Chris attended to some other issues throughout that afternoon. However, the one tiny thing that annoyed me was when I was charged $165 for a boilerplate letter that contained 32 unique words, most of which were my name and address. Whoa.. it took an hour and a half to type 32 words and mail an envelope?! They ended up correcting that, but it was kind of annoying.

There were several other issues as well. All in all, the it seems as if there is not enough time available for the staff to properly manage the caseload.

Great family law firm who represents their clients in a way all firms should. Family law is a tough business but Chris is up to the task. He was there for me when I needed him most. Thanks!

If you want a lawyer who lies and manipulates in court, and draws out a case for several years on his lies, costing you thousands and thousands of dollars, this is your guy...I have zero trust or respect for this unethical "attorney"...his lies are finding him out...

He engages in defamation of character online and in court documents, stating lies about others to further his cause...

I have worked closely with Chris and his staff though a very long and difficult divorce. Chris and his staff have always been extremely helpful, professional, and knowledgeable throughout the whole situation. The bottom line is that Chris is one of the finest family law attorneys in the State of Montana.

Absolutely great people that were always helpful will definitely recommend to people

While their calendar was full, the office staff was very helpful with recommendations.

Chris is a lazy attorney!! He is not worth your hard earned money. I was also told that I would be getting back 600.00 dollors, of the $14000.00, I paid him. The check was for $6.00. When I called him about why it was only $6.00 not the $600.00 he told me, he would not take my call!!!
Your better on your own, then to hire this guy!!!! Feel free to message me on FB if you would like to know how bad he is. I know know of two single mothers in court with the same guy over rights of their kids. Turns out one using Chris has paid thousands and gotten no where the other is going it alone, and is finished and started over a year later!!!