Montana Lawyer February/March 2024

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CAREER MOVES Sedivy opens mediation and arbitration business Lynda Sedivy, partner at Berg Lilly P.C. in Bozeman, has announced her departure from the firm to start her own business focused on mediation and arbitration services. Sedivy has

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it to montanalawyer@mon tanabar.org. Please direct any questions to the same address. We will include firm name, location, the change that is being announced, attorney’s name, law school, practice areas, and a high-resolution photo. of Arts in Political Science from Marquette University. Snyder, Beaudry & Cook welcomes Mansch to firm’s Missoula office The Bigfork firm of Snyder, Beaudry & Cook, P.C. is pleased to announce the opening of its Missoula office. Larry D. Mansch will staff the office in the Florence Building. A 1983 graduate of the Creighton University School of Law, Mansch served as law clerk counties. He was a Senior Attorney for the Missoula County Public Defender’s office, and then was managing partner for Mansch, McLaverty and Associates. For nine years he served as Adjunct Professor of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Montana. He was a Judge Advocate General for the Montana Army National Guard, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel in 2011. Mansch served as Legal Director of the Montana Innocence Project for six years. Working with Tobias Cook, the Project secured the exoneration of seven individuals who had been wrong fully convicted, and who had collectively Mansch for Judge Russell McDonough in Glendive. He then served as Public Defender in Richland, McCone, and Wibaux

comes news from members including announcements of new positions, advance ments, honors, appointments and publications. There is no charge for Member News submissions. If you have news you would like to submit to the Member News section, you can email matters. Previously, she worked as a law clerk with HBS. She also has prior experience as an in-house paralegal in Fresno, California, for a regional industry leader in land acquisition, development, and home building. Smith practices

practiced law in Gallatin County for over 32 years in a general civil practice focused on all areas of family law, education law and business law. Before joining the Berg Law Firm she was a partner with Sedivy, White and

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White P.C. Her new business is You Choose Solutions LLC. Sedivy earned a degree in economics from Montana State University in 1987 and graduated from Gonzaga School of Law in 1991. She is a fourth-gener ation Montanan and third-generation attorney. Sedivy also served as Gallatin County Bar President and as Area G Trustee (Gallatin, Park and Sweetgrass counties) for the State Bar of Montana. She can be reached at lynda@ youchoosesolutions.com or 406-223-4312. Hall Booth Smith welcomes 3 attorneys to Missoula office Hall Booth Smith Atlanta is

in business litiga tion, health care, and medical mal practice matters. Prior to joining HBS, she interned with the Montana Innocence Project, where she inves tigated changes in medical practices and forensic sci ences for post conviction relief and helped obtain parole for a man who had been in carcerated for over

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three decades for a crime he is still in the process of overturning. She also worked as a legal assistant for local law firms. Fraser practices in appellate, general liability, government affairs, insurance coverage, and medical malpractice. Prior to joining HBS, he was an as sociate for a local firm. He also clerked for the Montana Supreme Court with Justices Beth Baker and James Rice. Britton earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Montana, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Montana Law Review. He earned his Bachelor Fraser

proud to welcome attorneys Marisa Wahlstrom, Annabelle Smith, and Britton Fraser as it continues to grow to serve its clients in the state of Montana. Wahlstrom focuses her practice

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on business litigation, business trans actions, corporate and partnership, health care, and medical malpractice

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