Montana Lawyer February/March 2025

MEMBER NEWS

member of the Moot Court Team, and worked as a teaching assistant. After law school, Tyler clerked for Justice Jim Rice of the Montana Supreme Court and Judge N. Randy Smith of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Having previously interned with Boone Karlberg P.C., Tyler returned to the firm as an associate in 2018. Before pursuing law, Tyler served in the United States Marine Corps Infantry and worked in information technology. His legal practice focuses on commercial litigation and arbitration, state and federal appeals, insurance defense, and professional negli gence and malpractice defense. Outside of work, Tyler spends his free time with his wife, Tia, and their six children. Boone Karlberg P.C. announces New Shareholder and Partner, Cynthia L. Walker. Boone Karlberg P.C. GUIDELINES FOR SUBMITTING MEMBER NEWS The Montana Lawyer welcomes news from mem bers including announcements of new positions, ad vancements, 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 it to montanala wyer@montanabar.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.

CAREER MOVES Garlington, Lohn and Robinson announce

Michael D. Bybee as our firm’s newest partner. Michael has been practicing for over 12 years. His practice includes both litigation and transactional work. Mike has experience advising clients prospectively on issues such as estate planning, probate and

trust administration, business formation, land use, and con tract drafting and review. Mike also has diverse experience in litigating insurance defense, probate and trust matters, real estate matters, and other civil matters. Additionally, he has experience with full jury and bench trials to verdict, and with appellate briefing. Mike is admitted to practice in Montana and Idaho State Courts, the United States District Court for the Districts of Montana and Idaho, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Boone Karlberg P.C. announces New Shareholder

and Partner, Elizabeth W. Lund. Boone Karlberg P.C. introduces our new shareholder and partner, Elizabeth W. Lund. Lilla was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. She began work ing at a guest ranch in Montana in the summers starting in 2002. She moved to Montana full-time upon

announces that Cynthia L. Walker has been named our newest shareholder and partner. A native of Butte, Cindy brings extensive experience in employment and labor law, municipal liability law, civil litigation defense, and appellate work. Cindy graduated with honors from the University of Montana School of Law in 1999, where she served as an editor

graduating from Suffolk University Law School in 2009. Lilla was previously a partner at Moore, O’Connell and Refling, P.C. and Berg Lilly, P.C. in Bozeman. Lilla joined Boone Karlberg as a shareholder in 2025 in conjunction with Boone Karlberg opening an office in Bozeman. Her legal practice fo cuses on insurance defense and coverage, commercial litiga tion, personal injury, construction law and litigation, equine law, premises liability, products liability, real estate litigation, and trust and estate litigation. Currently serving as the presi dent of the Montana Defense Trial Lawyers Association and formerly serving as the past-president of the Gallatin County Bar Association, Lilla remains an active leader in her profes sion. In her free time, Lilla enjoys horseback riding, tennis, cooking, hiking, and trail running. Boone Karlberg P.C. announces New Shareholder and Partner, Tyler M. Stockton. Boone Karlberg P.C. introduces our newest partner and shareholder, Tyler Stockton. Tyler graduated summa cum laude with highest honors from Patrick Henry College with a B.A. in Government and earned his J.D. with highest hon ors from the University of Montana Law School in 2016. During law school, he was an editor for the Montana Law Review, a

of the Montana Law Review and a teaching assistant for the legal research and writing program. Following her clerkship with Justice Jim Regnier at the Montana Supreme Court, Cindy practiced as an associate attorney with Datsopoulos, MacDonald & Lind, P.C. in Missoula for two years and with Church, Harris, Johnson & Williams, P.C. for four years. In 2006, she returned to Butte to join Poore, Roth & Robinson, P.C., where she worked until the firm’s dissolution. Cindy became part of Boone Karlberg’s talented team in September 2021. We are honored to have Cindy’s leadership and exper tise guiding our firm into the future. Measure Law, P.C. announces that Bridger Dolan

has joined the firm , bringing his expe rience in real estate disputes and transac tions, business law, and estate planning/ probate. A proud double alumnus of the University of Idaho, Bridger graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of

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