Montana Lawyer October/November 2024

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CAREER MOVES Karell Kimmet Beddow PLLP, lo cated in Billings, announces that Brooke E. Catalano has joined the firm as an associate attorney. Brooke received a B.S. degree from Utica College in May of 2019 and earned her Juris Doctor from Vermont Law School in May

montanabar.org. Please direct any questions to the same address. We will include firm name, loca tion, the change that is being an nounced, attorney’s name, law school, practice areas, and a high resolution photo. Karell Kimmet Beddow PLLP, located in Billings, announces that Cole A. Derks has joined the firm as a partner. Cole received his B.S. degree with a concentration in Finance at Montana State University – Bozeman and his law degree from the University of North Dakota School of Law, cum laude. Prior to joining Karell Kimmet Beddow PLLP, Cole was a partner with Moulton Bellingham PC

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2023. During law school, Brooke served in the following capacities: Managing Editor on Vermont Law Review, Intellectual Property Teaching Assistant, In-House Counsel

Contracts intern at a turbomachinery company in Vermont, Trademark extern at a private law firm with offices in Vermont and New Hampshire, and Student Clinician in the Vermont Law School Entrepreneurship and Legal Lab focusing on commercial law. While at Vermont Law, Brooke was also a visiting student at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law in Spring of 2022 to focus on Intellectual Property law. After graduating from law school, Brooke served as the Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Colette B. Davies, Thirteenth Judicial District Court, before joining the Karell Kimmet Beddow team. Brooke can be reached at (406) 294-8487 or bcatalano@kkblaw mt.com.

of Billings. Cole’s practice areas include estate planning and administration, business succession planning, agriculture and commercial real estate acquisitions and sales, and mergers and acquisitions. He is admitted to practice in Montana and North Dakota. Cole can be reached at (406) 294-8486, or cderks@ kkblawmt.com.

Welcome Jessica to Holland & Hart’s Montana Team

Jessica approaches clients’ real estate, construction, and business needs with a tailored, solutions-oriented approach to deliver effective legal solutions that support their goals. She leverages dispute resolution and litigation experience to help clients evaluate risk and make pragmatic decisions in negotiations and transactions.

JESSICA P. HODGES Of Counsel Real Estate | Construction | Finance | Bankruptcy

401 North 31st Street, Suite 1500, Billings, MT 59101 | www.hollandhart.com BRIANNE MCCLAFFERTY | Billings Office Administrative Partner | 406.896.4642

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