Sarah M Clerget is of counsel and government affairs director at Holland & Hart in Billings, Montana. Her practice focuses on Montana government affairs, environmental litigation, federal lands permitting. Ms. Clerget leverages insider knowledge of how business is done with Montana government to help companies navigate regulatory, policy, and litigation issues. Drawing on relationships with legislators, elected and appointed officials, government agencies and directors, private interest groups, and industry leaders, she knows what issues are on the horizon and provides access to key decision makers. Ms. Clerget helps clients anticipate legislative, policy, and political developments that may affect their business interests and proactively develop strategies ranging from up-front liaison and advocacy, engagement on regulatory initiatives and rulemakings, drafting legislation, and lobbying. She has extensive experience handing complex, high-profile civil litigation in all levels of state and federal courts and administrative proceedings. As Assistant Attorney General in Montana's Department of Justice, Ms. Clerget managed the litigation needs of 42 state agencies and presided over state agencies as a hearing examiner (ALJ). She also served as agency in-house litigation counsel for the Montana Department of Environmental Quality and as Chief Legal Counsel to the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks. Ms. Clerget served as a law clerk for Magistrate Judge Carolyn S. Ostby of the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana. Ms. Clerget earned her J.D. degree at University of Colorado Law School.
Sarah M Clerget's Courses
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