is a government law attorney and owner of Wordal Law, PLLC. She practices primarily in the areas of local government law, church administration, criminal law, and contract law, but has handled some estate planning over the years. Ms. Wordal was a city prosecutor/assistant city attorney for the city of Bozeman, Montana for over 21 years and has been a contract City Attorney for a local government since 2015. Before going into private practice, she earned her B.A. degree from The University of Montana and her J.D. degree from The University of Montana School of Law. Ms. Wordal is a 2nd generation Montana lawyer and has been licensed to practice law in Montana for over 30 years. She is also a member of the State Bar Ethics Committee.

is a senior attorney with Gravis Law PLLC. He practiced in the Philadelphia area for thirteen years, representing Fortune 100 clients in the insurance and financial services industries. Mr. Young returned to Montana in 2014, having had enough of big cities and their corresponding stressors. He identified the medical marijuana industry as an area with a substantial unmet need for legal services and began a regulatory compliance practice, among other areas of the law. Mr. Young established the Young Law Office in 2016, where his cannabis regulatory practice grew every year. He joined Gravis Law PLLC in November 2021, in part to expand the services he could provide to his cannabis clients. Mr. Young now represents several dozen Montana marijuana businesses and provides them legal services, including business agreements and cannabis-related mergers and acquisitions. He is admitted to practice in Montana and Pennsylvania, and before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Middle districts of Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, U.S. District Court for the District of Montana, and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Mr. Young earned his B.A. degree from Carleton College and his J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from William Mitchell College of Law.

is an attorney with Hall Booth Smith, P.C., in Missoula, Montana. Her practice focuses on business litigation, health care, and medical malpractice matters. Prior to joining Hall Booth Smith, Annabelle interned with the Montana Innocence Project where she investigated changes in medical practices and forensic sciences for post-conviction relief. She also worked as a legal assistant for local law firms. She earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Montana as well as her Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, in Political Science.

is senior tax counsel at the Montana Department of Revenue's Office of Legal Services, where he handles liquor licensing matters. His practice areas also include rulemaking, property tax, and centrally assessed property litigation. Mr. Gochis earned his J.D. degree at the University of Montana School of Law.

is senior tax counsel at the Montana Department of Revenue's Office of Legal Services, where she handles liquor licensing matters. She earned her J.D. degree at Seattle University School of Law, her LL.M. degree in taxation at University of Washington School of Law, and her M.B.A. degree at Eastern Washington University.

is an attorney with Browning Kaleczyc Berry & Hoven P.C.'s Missoula, Montana office. Her legal practice is focused on workers' compensation, employment defense and counseling, insurance defense, and general litigation. Much of Emily's practice is devoted to representing employers and insurance companies in workers' compensation defense matters. She also assists employers with understanding a wide variety of state and federal employment laws, including matters related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Emily's employment defense and counseling practice also includes defending the interests of companies in connection with employment-related claims, including those involving alleged breach of contract, discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, and other matters. She also helps employers understand and take proactive measures designed to minimize or avoid litigation. In addition, Ms. McCulloch helps defend the interests of insurance companies and their insureds in healthcare and employment matters. She advises healthcare providers in corporate matters and policy advice. Ms. McCulloch graduated from the Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana with Pro Bono honors and a joint degree in Masters of Public Administration. She received the Edward A. Cremer Award for best research paper in the field of Environmental Law and the Paul Raffery Memorial Award for exceptional dedication and diligence during her clinical work with the Veteran's Advocacy Clinic.

is a partner in the law firm HKB Law, P.A. Recently, he has moved that practice into North Star Law Group in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he heads the municipal law group. Mr. Knaak has represented cities and other local units of government for more than 45 years. His practice includes real estate, zoning and land use, municipal law, public and election law, including substantial trial and appellate litigation experience state and federal courts. For ten years, Mr. Knaak served in the Minnesota Senate, representing a suburban district northeast of St. Paul. He was the Minority Floor Leader, and served during his entire tenure on the Data Practices Subcommittee, where he was directly involved in the drafting and amending of the Minnesota Data Practices Act and the Open Meeting Law of that state. People in Minnesota may recognize Mr. Knaak as a regular political panelist on the Public Television Almanac program. He was also lead attorney in the United States Senate election recount in Minnesota in 2008. In addition, Mr. Knaak was recently appointed to the Criminal and Juvenile Information Policy Advisory Group.

is a deputy county attorney for civil matters for Mineral County, Montana. His legal career includes special deputy county attorney from Lincoln to Prairie County and numerous places in-between. Across the state, Mr. Congdon is known as the guy to call, about any help with federal agencies regarding preserving grazing, timber, agricultural opportunities as well as water quality and availability, recreation, wildlife and multiple use. He authored the state and federal laws for certified natural and certified grass-fed beef that are in existence today. Mr. Congdon also created the template that is used for every right to farm ordinance in Montana, and numerous other states. He served on the Missoula Conservation District for ten years. He continues to assist and support conservation districts whenever and however he can. Mr. Congdon is a member of the Agriculture Committee for the Missoula Chamber of Commerce. He earned his J.D. degree at University of Montana Law School and returned to teach Agricultural Law and Land Use Law and Regulation. Mr. Congdon teaches Natural Resources-Environmental Law at University of Montana Western in Dillon as well. His BS is in geography and economics from the University of Montana and graduate diploma is in rural land use planning from Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. He owns and operates Big Sky Natural Beef, a beef company and ranches in western Montana. He is proud to be a "dirt lawyer.& Land-water rights easements, rights-of-way, and estates in real property. His focus is protection, preservation, prevention of damage and promotion of use and utilization of our natural resources. He doesn't run an email, answers the phone 24/7 and believes what he was taught- "The fastest way to move cows... is slow." That theory is incorporated in the planning efforts he helps local government work on.