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Kimball joins as associate attorney at Berg Lilly PC Kasey Kimball joined Berg Lilly, PC as an associate attorney in January 2022. A Bozeman native, Kimball graduated from Montana State University with high honors in 2015 before moving to New York City where she enrolled in the Honors Program at New York Law School. While in law school, she authored a case comment published by the Law Review and served as the journal’s managing editor. Kimball graduated cum laude from New York Law School in 2018, receiving the Dean’s Award for Student Leadership and the Faculty Award for Outstanding Service to the Law Kimball Review. Following graduation, Kimball returned to Montana where she practiced with Browning, Kaleczyc, Berry & Hoven, P.C. prior to joining Berg Lilly. Kimball is licensed to practice in Montana state and federal courts and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. As part of the firm’s litigation and defense team, she will be serving clients in the areas of general litigation, insurance defense, and business and commercial transactions. Kasey has extensive experience in contract and tort litigation, coverage determinations, employment actions, and commercial disputes. She looks forward to continuing to build her practice in Bozeman and around the state. Away from work, Kasey enjoys spending time with her family, staying
active outdoors with her dog, reading a variety of literature, and cheering on Bobcat athletics. In addition, Kasey fulfills her passion for humane and ethical treatment of animals by supporting the Heart of the Valley Animal Shelter and the Humane Society of the United States. Since moving back to Montana, Kasey has enjoyed giving back to the community by serving as a CAP Mentor in the Bozeman Public Schools through Thrive, and looks forward to continued volunteer involvement.
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VonLangen joins Bilstein, Monson & Small
Bilstein, Monson & Small in Billings has announced that John VonLangen has joined the firm as an associate attorney. VonLangen received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the State University of New Talia returns to Church, Harris, York at Buffalo. Johnson & Williams in Helena After graduation, After an eight-year break for service he earned his JD, with the Montana National Guard, cum laude, from Mike Talia hung up his fatigues and the University of returned to Church, Harris, Johnson & Dayton School of Williams, P.C. as a shareholder in the Law. Helena office. VonLangen At the Montana National Guard, has practiced law Talia’s practice focused on compliance, VonLangen in Billings since federal contractDecember of 2010 ing, government as Senior Counsel relations, and for GE Capital US Holdings, Inc. handefensive cyberse- dling a wide variety of legal matters incurity operations. cluding commercial contracts, secured He was a founding transactions, real estate, business and content developer corporate law matters, employment isand instructor sues, licensing, data privacy, operations, of the National internal investigations and regulatory and compliance matters. Prior to joinGuard Bureau’s Talia Cyber Law Course, ing GE Capital, in private practice he teaching military represented large and small lenders and lawyers nationwide about the legal borrowers in finance transactions inaspects of public-private partnerships in cluding real estate based loans and asset incident response. based loans together with loan workTalia resumes a litigation practice outs and restructures. He also reprefocused on commercial, real property, sented individuals, businesses, corporatrust, and estate matters, and he will tions, real estate developers, landlords, support the firm’s growing personal in- tenants, investors and agribusiness jury practice. He will also take Federal owners handling all of their business, commercial and real estate needs. Acquisition Regulation-based contract litigation, government relations VonLangen is licensed to practice
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