Abigail R. Brown is a member of Parsons Behle & Latimer’s environmental and natural resources team and the firm’s water law practice groups. She has more than a decade of experience representing a diverse range of water users, from small individual family farms to large irrigation districts, in water law and real property matters. Ms. Brown holds an L.L.M. in Water and Environmental Law from McGeorge School of Law, where she focused on contemporary water law and environmental issues facing the greater Intermountain West region.
In her water law practice, Ms. Brown represents water users through all stages of water rights adjudication proceedings in the Montana Water Court, water rights distribution and enforcement conflicts in state district courts and administrative permitting in state agencies. Ms. Brown also represents clients in a wide range of transactional matters, including water rights due diligence investigations for clients’ existing water portfolios or for clients who are purchasing water rights or real property with appurtenant water rights.
Contact:
Email: abbybrown@parsonsbehle.com
Phone: (406) 410-5022
Profile: https://parsonsbehle.com/people/abigail-brown
Betsy Story
Prior to joining Parsons Behle & Latimer, Betsy Story worked as an associate attorney at the Bloomquist Law Firm, P.C. for three-and-a-half years, serving clients across the state of Montana in Water Court, State District Court and Federal Court. Ms. Story received her Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Montana School of Law in 2019. During her time as a law student, Ms. Story served as president of the Federalist Society Student Chapter and was the recipient of the Dean of Students Award for Highest Academic Achievement in Land Use & the Environment.
While in law school, Ms. Story served as a law fellow for U.S. Senator Steve Daines, where she gained experience working on federal lands litigation reform and legislation. She also worked on several pre-indictment cases as well as a successful appeal brief to the 9th Circuit Court while a summer law clerk at the U.S. Department of Justice.
Contact:
Email: bstory@parsonsbehle.com
Phone: (406) 410-5021
Profile: https://parsonsbehle.com/people/betsy-story
Diana J. Abbott received her J.D., cum laude, from Vermont Law School in 2022. During her first two summers of law school, Ms. Abbott interned for the Trout Unlimited legal team based in Bozeman, Montana, assisting their attorneys in the water rights adjudication process before the Montana Water Court and DNRC water permit actions. Ms. Abbott also participated in unprecedented Clean Water Act issues while interning at Trout Unlimited and as a student clinician at the Environmental Advocacy Clinic at Vermont Law School.
During her final year of law school, Ms. Abbott worked as a judicial extern and intern for Chief Water Judge Russell McElyea, Associate Water Judge Stephen Brown and various Water Masters at the Montana Water Court. As the top student in an Environmental Dispute Resolution course focusing on negotiation and mediation, Ms. Abbott received the Academic Excellence Award.
Contact
Email: dabbott@parsonsbehle.com
Phone: (406) 317-7242
Profile: https://parsonsbehle.com/people/diana-j-abbott