What I do...

I love my job. I love the challenge of it and how each day is something different and unexpected.  I practice a lot of different areas of law but my favorite is family law.  Saying that I love family law causes many people to ask "why?"  I mean, it's messy and complicated and people cry. A lot. And that is exactly what I love about it.  To me, family law is the most real kind of law there is.  It's working with people at some of their most vulnerable moments.  People going through some of the most dramatic and shattering moments in their lives.


I think my training in seminary gives me a unique perspective.   I went to seminary because I wanted to help people and I wanted to be a part of something greater than myself and I wanted to make a difference. Now. I believed I would do all those things from the pulpit and in my own church.  Suffice it to say: I don't have a pulpit.  Well, I do. The world is my pulpit (such a true Wesleyan!).  But the thing is: in my job, I'm helping people in one of their weakest moments.  And it's amazing to be able to join someone on their legal journey through a divorce or through a parenting plan.  Most of the time, my hope is to empower my clients to think about their life and structure their future in a way that feels good and empowering.  I can manage the legal system.  But more often, my clients just need someone to talk to.  And they need to know that someone will take their issues seriously. 


And that's what I'm doing to try to make a difference in north central Montana.  Somehow, I feel like all my education and experiences have lead me to a career path that I would have never imagined but somehow it right now all makes perfect sense and suits who I am...