Education:

Yale Law School, J.D.

University of Oxford, M.Phil., Rhodes Scholar

Columbia University, B.A.

 

Judicial Clerkship:

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Hon. Sidney R. Thomas

 

Biography:

Raph Graybill is a nationally-recognized advocate who helps clients win complex disputes at trial. Raph represents plaintiffs in high-stakes civil litigation, focusing on large damages claims, class actions, business disputes, litigation against the government, and constitutional claims.

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In 2026, he was selected by his peers as the Montana Trial Lawyers Association's Trial Lawyer of the Year, stemming from one of the state's largest jury verdicts in recent years.
 

Raph joined Graybill Law Firm after serving as Chief Legal Counsel to the Governor of Montana. ​He heads the firm’s Helena office.

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Raph currently serves as court-appointed Plaintiffs' Co-Lead Counsel in In re: Snowflake Data Security Breach Litigation, MDL No. 3126, and maintains an active consumer class action and data privacy practice, representing clients across the United States in a variety of cases.

 

He also has an active constitutional practice. Since 2021, Raph’s clients have obtained injunctive relief against over a dozen new statutes in Montana on constitutional grounds. Raph’s other notable courtroom wins for clients include:

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• Defeating the IRS and U.S. Department of the Treasury in suit challenging unlawful federal tax regulation.

• Removing the Acting Director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management for violating the U.S. Constitution.

• Protecting Montana’s leading conservation program in original proceeding before the Montana Supreme Court, which led to the protection of up to 200,000 acres of open spaces in Montana.

• Winning first-in-the-nation trial defending mail ballot voting. Successfully defended trial judgment before the Ninth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court.

• Successfully defending emergency public health rules against challenge by tobacco industry in nationally-significant win for youth nicotine prevention.

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Raph has litigated appeals before the Montana Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He frequently advises other attorneys on complex issues and appeals.

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Raph was selected by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to serve as an Appellate Lawyer Representative and is a recipient of the Montana Trial Lawyers Association's Appellate Advocacy and Public Service Awards. 

 

Previously, Raph trained as an attorney with the nation’s leading trial litigation boutique and as a law clerk on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He lives in Helena with his wife and three children.

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Practice Areas:

Complex civil litigation

Trials

Negligence claims

Commercial and business litigation

Data privacy

Class actions

Litigation against government agencies

Insurance disputes

Contract disputes

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