Montana Lawyers Michael Usleber to Molly S.

Firm: Haffey Vap, PLLC

100 Ryman St. , Missoula , Montana 59806 Zip code: 59806

Practice Areas: Personal Injury

Mitch was born and raised in Manchester, Iowa where he graduated from West Delaware High School. Mitch attended undergraduate school at Wartburg College where he played football, and majored in Biology. Even though a bit undersized for the job, Mitch played center his entire football career. Mitch was honored by both his high school and college teammates by being elected a captain for his respective senior seasons.. Mitch’s interest in science, and particularly anatomy and physiology led him to Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska to study physical therapy. Mitch’s love of hiking, fishing, and skiing drew him to Anaconda, Montana, where Mitch completed his final clinical internship for physical therapy school. Mitch was honored by being inducted into Alpha Sigma Nu during his final year at Creighton. After earning his Doctorate of Physical Therapy degree, Mitch was fortunate enough to practice physical therapy all over the northwest, including Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Northern California. Mitch’s practice included treating patients in rural Montana, to treating patients in a large HMO in the San Francisco Bay area, and everything in between. Mitch’s experience in the health care field sparked his interest in law, policy, and intellectual property.. Mitch attended law school at the University of Montana School of Law. While in law school, Mitch interned with the respected Missoula based, Phillips Bohyer & Hedger Firm, and Phillips Law Firm during his second and third years. Mitch also interned for the University of Montana Office of Technology Transfer, where Mitch gained valuable experience in intellectual property protection and licensing. In his third year of law school, Mitch was the winner of the Nathan Burkan memorial competition for meritorious scholarly writing in the field of copyright law. Upon graduating from law school, Mitch continued working for the Phillips Law Firm. Mitch became a shareholder in 2013 with the then Phillips Haffey firm. Mitch became a registered patent attorney in 2013.. Mitch has been lead or co-lead chair in multiple civil jury trials. All trials achieved favorable outcomes for the clients represented. Mitch has prosecuted multiple patent and trademark applications before the USPTO. Mitch has achieved an AV® rating from Martindale Hubbell for his legal abilities and ethics. In November of 2015, Mitch and John Haffey formed Haffey Vap PLLC to realize their desire to provide efficient, excellent service to their clients in a modern law practice. Mitch currently represents a wide variety of clients ranging from large corporations involved in complex litigation, to single inventors seeking to protect intellectual property.. Mitch enjoys spending time with his wife, Angela, and two young boys Logan and Levi, in the Montana outdoors. The Vaps can be found hiking, skiing, fishing, floating, and just generally enjoying Missoula in their spare time.

Firm: VanEngen Law Office, PC

2825 Stockyard Rd , Missoula , Montana 59808 Zip code: 59808

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Miva VanEngen is a Montana native.  She has a passion for helping others in a time of crises and rises to the occassion when met with adversity.

Firm: Datsopoulos, MacDonald & Lind, P.C.

201 W Main St Ste 201 , Missoula , Montana 59802 Zip code: 59802

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Sex Crime, Sex Crime

Firm: Patten, Peterman, Bekkedahl & Green, PLLC

Po Box 1239 , Billings , Montana 59103

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy & Debt

1 N Last Chance Gulch Ste 1 , Helena , Montana 59601 Zip code: 59601

Practice Areas: Family

Firm: Gravis Law, PLLC

1830 3rd Ave. E. , Kalispell , Montana 59901

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Corporate , Divorce, Elder , Guardianship and Conservatorship, Trusts, Wills, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation

Ms. Finch opened her law office in 1994 and has represented individuals, families, children, incapacitated and protected persons, developmentally disabled persons, guardians, conservators, trustees, personal representatives and family members in family law, divorce, custody, property settlement, elder law, guardianship and conservatorship, trust formation and administration, supplemental needs trusts, estate administration, guardianship and trust litigation, and estate planning. She also serves as a pre-litigation screening panel chairperson in nursing home claims.. Ms. Finch practices in Kalispell and Western Montana and in Boise, Idaho and surrounding southwestern Idaho.. Growing up in a small town in northwestern Montana, Ms. Finch was active in 4-H, community activities, and sports which provided her with the opportunity and privilege of working side by side with multiple generations. Ms. Finch draws upon these life experiences in her practice which caters to the legal needs of families, often spanning several generations.. Ms. Finch is known for her advocacy, compassion, and dedication to her clients’ interests. Ms. Finch recognizes that legal issues involving family members is personal and can be emotionally charged and works to resolve the legal issues at hand outside of the courtroom when possible. In cases where resolution is not possible without the assistance of the Court, Ms. Finch advocated for her clients in contested family law, guardianship, probate, and trust cases in southwestern Idaho.. In her spare time, Ms. Finch enjoys sport and lead rock climbing, traili running, nordic skiing, mountain biking, running, contra dancing and spending time with her family. Ms. Finch has coached youth soccer for over 13 years and holds her "E" license. She is an avid fan of the Boise State Women's Soccer Team, where her younger team plays Goal Keeper for the Broncos.

Firm: Moira Murphy Law Office, PLLC

2722 3rd Ave. North, Suite 240 , Billings , Montana 59101 Zip code: 59101

Practice Areas: Family

Firm: Meridian Law, PLLC

100 North 27th Street, Suite 320 , Billings , Montana 59101

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Michele Braukmann is the Founding Member of Meridian Law, PLLC. She is passionate about representing the rights of victims and advocating for families and children. She has almost twenty years of extensive experience in civil disputes and litigation. Michele founded Meridian Law with the vision of changing the traditional model of legal practice by providing focused and personalized services, with a modern approach, for those most in need of legal representation.. Michele attended the University of Montana in Missoula, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, High Honors. Immediately after undergraduate school, Michele enrolled in the Law School of the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana. After spending several years in the South Bend and Chicago area, she graduated from Notre Dame's Law School, earning a Juris Doctorate Degree, Magna Cum Laude. Upon her return to Montana, Michele began practice at a large civil defense firm, where she gained extensive experience managing and litigating complex civil claims. While in her practice at that firm, Michele handled cases at both the State and Federal District Court level, as well as within various administrative agencies, including the Montana Human Rights Bureau. She also represented clients at the appellate level, arguing in front of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Michele became a Shareholder and Board Member of the firm, continuing to handle a diverse case-load for various clients throughout the State of Montana.. Towards the close of almost twenty years in practice at the same firm, coupled with some significant life changes she experienced, Michele began to seriously evaluate her professional direction. It became apparent to her that her passion for practicing law lie in close one-on-one relationships with individual clients – clients for which she felt like she was making “a real difference” in their lives. One such case solidified for Michele that her career needed to take a different direction.. Kreilaus v. Colorado Tubular was a case in which Michele represented a former Veteran suffering from PTSD, who was wrongfully discharged from his employment. Michele brought claims against the employer on behalf of the Veteran, which were ultimately tried in front of the Montana Human Rights Bureau. This case resulted in a verdict in favor of Michele’s client, including the recovery of substantial attorneys’ fees and required affirmative relief for the employer who had wrongfully discriminated against and discharged Michele’s client. It was one of the first reported PTSD and Veteran-related discrimination cases reported in Montana.. During the course of this litigation, Michele began to fully understand and appreciate the challenges faced by individuals who have been discriminated against in the workplace, as well as those that have been wrongfully terminated. She also saw, first-hand, the emotional and physical toll that victims and their families experience as a result of unlawful conduct by others.. At the same time as she was handling this discrimination case, Michele was also representing a disabled woman who had been sexually assaulted within an assisted living facility. This case also greatly impacted Michele, as she helped the family navigate both a complicated legal situation and a highly-emotional victimization. Both of these cases, as well as others in which she represented various individuals gravely in need of help, solidified for Michele that her legal skills had to be, moving forward, more consistent with her values and passions.. These values and passions are ones that Michele developed at an early age. Growing up in the foster care system, herself a victim of abuse and assault, Michele decided early on that she was not going to be “one of the statistics.” Her singular goal was to build a life for herself, and eventually, her own family, that was dramatically different than what she herself had experienced as a child. She also realized that she wanted to work with others fighting to survive their own traumatic experiences and, collectively, build a better future for victims and their generations to follow.. Michele chose the University of Notre Dame for law school largely for this reason – because of its exceptional legal advocacy programs, trial preparation courses, legal aid assistance, and focus upon values, strength, and integrity. While there, Michele was fortunate to gain experience representing families, children-in-need, low-income populations, and the elderly. This strong foundation of client-focused, need-based, selfless advocacy that she was taught at Notre Dame has never left Michele. She brings those values to her representation of clients at Meridian Law.. Michele has not just experienced the legal challenges that others face through her advocacy only as a lawyer, however. She has had intimate personal experience that helps her to fully understand what someone is going through when they are involved in the judicial system. She herself has had to hire attorneys to represent her as a result of challenging legal situations. She herself has been through dissolution and parenting disputes. She herself has witnessed discrimination in various settings.. Experiencing the legal system “from the other side” – not as a lawyer, but simply as a human being -- has given Michele a sense of compassion that is unique. When she represents her clients and is strategizing for the best possible outcome, Michele is able to “see them” through her own experiences. She is able to share personal insights about the process ahead in a legal dispute. She is able to empathize with the challenges they are facing. This type of shared understanding creates a level of trust and vulnerability between Michele and her clients that she believes is infinitely valuable.. Outside of her legal practice, Michele keeps busy raising four beautiful children, all of whom attend school in the Billings Catholic School System. Her two boys are avid golfers and basketball players. Her two daughters love art, dancing, and anything “sparkly.” Michele is also very active in the recovery community, and she enjoys writing, sharing, and speaking about her four-year sobriety and recovery journey with others. She has learned to be a wholly-authentic and transparent person about the joys life brings and the challenges it poses. In doing so, Michele has found a shared community of survivors, fighters, lovers of life, doers, and givers that she is blessed to call friends.. Michele is humbled to live in the majestic beauty of “the Big Sky State,” and there is no other place she would rather call home. If she’s not practicing law or with her kiddos, she likely somewhere in the mountains.

Firm: Lake County Attorney's Office

106 4th Ave E , Polson , Montana 59860

Firm: Litzen Law PLLC

1940 W Dickerson St Ste 205 , Bozeman , Montana 59718 Zip code: 59718

Practice Areas: Environmental and Natural Resources

Firm: Crowley Fleck PLLP

1915 South 19th Avenue , Bozeman , Montana 59718

Practice Areas: Energy & Minerals Projects & Transactions, Oil and Gas, Title Examination, Pro Bono, Trusts & Estates, Estate Planning, Guardianships, Conservatorships and Disability Planning, Probate, Estate and Trust Administration

Firm: Michael Usleber

993 Solita Drive , Billings , Montana

2717 Skyway Dr Ste F , Helena , Montana 59602

Firm: Moore Cockrell Goicoechea & Johnson PC

Po Box 7370 , Kalispell , Montana 59904

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor , Contracts & Agreements

Firm: Hedger Moyers, LLP

201   1555 Campus Way Drive  59102 , Billings , Montana 59102 Zip code: 59102

Practice Areas: Labor ,Transportation

Firm: Knight, Dahood, Everett & Sievers

113 E Third St 240 , Anaconda , Montana 59711 Zip code: 59711

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy,Criminal Defense ,Family ,Government Agencies,Health Care & Hospitalization,Insurance ,Personal Injury,Social Security Benefits & Disability,Workers Compensation

Firm: Montana Legal Services Assoc.

616 Helena Ave Ste 100 , Helena , Montana 59601

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

, Helena , Montana

Firm: Moulton Bellingham PC

P.O. Box 2559 , Billings , Montana 59103 Zip code: 59103

Practice Areas: Civil Litigation, Insurance Defense, Employment Law, Municipal Law

Firm: Crowley Fleck PLLP

490 North 31st Street , Billings , Montana 59103 Zip code: 59103

Practice Areas: Pro Bono, Taxation, Tax Audits and Controversies, Trusts & Estates, Elder Law Planning, Estate Planning, Guardianships, Conservatorships and Disability Planning, Probate, Estate and Trust Administration