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
John E. Bloomquist has been involved in natural resources legal matters for more than 30 years. His practice includes litigation in state and federal district courts, administrative hearings before state and federal agencies and appellate practice before the Montana Supreme Court, the Ninth and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeal and the United States Supreme Court.
Mr. Bloomquist has been involved in water adjudication matters before the Montana Water Court for decades and has been the lead attorney in numerous precedent-setting decisions shaping Montana water law. His practice in natural resources law has included important decisions affecting a variety of subjects including CERCLA liability, endangered species, federal land use management and wildlife management throughout Montana. In the course of his career, Mr. Bloomquist has represented a wide variety of agricultural clients, water supply entities, municipalities, local government entities, corporations and the State of Montana on water and natural resource issues and disputes.
Contact:
Email: jbloomquist@parsonsbehle.com
Phone: (406) 410-5020
Profile: https://parsonsbehle.com/people/john-e-bloomquist
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