The Hon. Madeleine Weisz is a senior water master for the Montana Water Court. She joined the bench in 2014.
The Water Court has exclusive jurisdiction over the adjudication of water rights claims, including within the state and Indian and Federal reserved water rights claims. The Court is divided into four water divisions formed by the natural boundaries between drainages and the state’s borders. They include the Yellowstone River Basin, the Upper Missouri River Basin, the Lower Missouri River Basin, and the Clark Fork River Basin.
Weisz received a B.S. in economics from Montana State University-Bozeman. She then completed a J.D. at the University of California, Davis School of Law, in 2014. While a law student, Weisz served as a student extern for the United States Attorney’s Office in Boise, Idaho (2013).