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District Court, District of Montana (2014). McKeon is a member of the State Lindsey named general counsel Bar of Montana, Montana Trial Lawyers for Stone Group of Companies Association, Montana Association of Travis Ray Lindsey joined The Criminal Defense Stone Group of Companies (SCAFCO, Lawyers and CWallA, SCAFCO Grain Systems, LB Dartmouth Lawyers Stone Properties, SteelCon, Playfair Association. While Commerce Park) as general counsel in in law school he July 2019. He is experienced in business was a member leadership and management, blending of the Business business and legal perspectives. & Intellectual Lindsey joins Property Group the Stone Group in and completed Spokane, Wash., af- McKeon his clinical work ter relocating from in the Mediation Houston, where he department. was embedded in In his criminal practice, McKeon has leadership roles in represented dozens of accused clients in the energy indusall forms of criminal cases; many of them try with Encana on behalf of indigent defendant’s through Lindsey Corporation and the Conflict Division of the State of Newfield Exploration Montana’s Office of Public Defenders. Company. Prior to his work in the He will focus his practice in a variety energy industry, in private practice and of areas, including Criminal Law, Family as general counsel, he practiced law in Law, Civil Litigation, & Personal Injury. real estate, mechanics and materialman’s liens, construction, contracts, insurance, Geiszler Steele in Missoula and general civil matters. welcomes Turman to firm Lindsey obtained his Bachelor Geiszler Steele, PC is delighted to welof Science in rangeland ecology and come attorney Layla Turman. Turman management and sociology from Texas was born and raised in Gillette, Wyo., A&M University in 1997. He attended but has since made Montana her home. law school at the University of Houston, Layla She earned a bachelor’s degree in obtaining his Doctor of Jurisprudence journalism and political science from the degree in 2000. He is licensed to practice law in Montana, Washington, Texas University of Montana. She received her law degree from and Colorado. Travis is originally from the University of northwest Montana, calling Lincoln Montana School of County home, and is excited about Law. his relocation/return to the Mountain Turman’s West and the “dry side” of the Pacific practice focuses on Northwest in Spokane. general civil matters including contract McKeon joins Datsopoulos, disputes, civil litigaMacDonald & Lind law firm tion, estate planning Datsopoulos, MacDonald & Lind PC Turman and probate, propis pleased to welcome Matthew McKeon erty transactions, and as an associate attorney. advising clients on business and comMcKeon was born and raised in mercial transactions. She is also certified the mining city of Butte, America. He and experienced in collaborative law and attended Dartmouth College followed assists families going through divorce by the University of Montana School of and parenting disputes in facilitating Law. He is admitted to practice law in resolution outside of the courtroom. Montana District Courts and the U.S. 6
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Prior to joining Geiszler Steele, Turman worked for a Bozeman firm where she specialized in family law litigation, collaborative law, and provided broad legal assistance to small businesses and nonprofits. She also worked as an attorney for ASMSU Legal Services, where she provided legal representation and advice to Montana State University students and gained experience in a wide array of legal issues including consumer protection, business formation and tax issues, estate planning, criminal defense, and limited-scope legal services. During law school, she worked for the Bozeman City Attorney’s office as a trial intern and interned for Western Justice Associates in Bozeman, where she focused primarily on consumer protection law. Turman is a member of the State Bar of Montana, the Western Montana Bar Association, the State Bar’s Business, Estates, Trusts, Tax & Real Property Law (BETTR) and Family Law sections. In her down time, she enjoys floating and fishing Montana’s wild and beautiful rivers and spending time with her family and friends. Please contact her at 406541-4940, or Turman@lawmissoula.com.
Legal Aid Society for District of Columbia names Latino Deputy Legal Director Heather Latino was recently promoted to the position of Deputy Legal Director for the Legal Aid Society for the District of Columbia, the District’s oldest and largest civil legal services provider. Latino will have primary responsibility for overseeing Legal Aid’s Consumer and Housing Law practices and will continue to advocate on behalf Latino of low-income litigants to improve access to justice in the District’s high-volume courts. Prior to assuming the role of Deputy Legal Director, Latino served as a Supervising Attorney in Legal Aid’s Housing and WWW.MONTANABAR.ORG
