ABOUT THE FIRM

I began working in the area of consumer protection back in 2003, as a HUD-approved foreclosure prevention specialist and financial educator. Since that time, I have helped countless Montanans with financial legal issues including credit report problems, bankruptcy, debt collection defense, foreclosure, landlord-tenant disputes, and more. My passion is helping everyday people defend their legal rights when it comes to their finances and housing.

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My Consumer Law background includes: 

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• Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Legal Fellow with Montana Legal Services Association's Consumer Unit, overseeing MLSA's self-help bankruptcy program and helping low-income Montanans with consumer law issues.

• American Bar Association Janet Steiger Antitrust Fellow with the Office of Consumer Protection in the Montana Attorney General's Office.

• Nationally-certified financial educator and foreclosure prevention specialist with Homeword 

• Helped found the Montana Financial Education Coalition and the Montana Alliance for Responsible Finance to promote financial education and fair lending practices in Montana.

• Drafted and lobbied for anti-predatory lending laws at the Montana Legislature.

 

Other Accomplishments:

 

• Adjunct faculty at University of Montana School of Law (Products Liability)

• Clerked for Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, for Hon. James R. Browning and Hon. Sidney R. Thomas

• Editor-in-Chief of Montana Law Review 2007-2008

 

I am admitted to practice in all Montana state courts, United States District Court for the District of Montana, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.  I am proud to be a member of the State Bar of Montana, the Montana Trial Lawyers' Association, and the National Association of Consumer Advocates.