Background
Ostby, Carolyn S. was born on October 30, 1951 in Wolf Point, Montana, United States.
Ostby, Carolyn S. was born on October 30, 1951 in Wolf Point, Montana, United States.
Macalester College (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1972). University of Montana (Juris Doctor, with high honors, 1977).
Worked at Crowley, Haughey, Hanson, Toole & Dietrich, P.L.L.P. (Billings, Montana) specializing in General Civil Practice. Litigation, Insurance, Workers Compensation, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Malpractice, Bankruptcy, Financing Transactions, Administrative, Immigration, Antitrust, Banking, Corporate, Commercial, Real Estate, Public Utilities, Securities, Tax, Municipal and Tax Exempt Bonds, Entertainment, Health Care, Agricultural, Estate Planning, Probate, Pension and Profit Sharing, Natural Resources including Oil and Gas, Mining, Environmental and Water Law, Employment Law, Indian Law and Intellectual Property. Admitted to the bar, 1977, Montana.
1980, United States.
Supreme Court. 1982, United States. Tax Court. Editor-in-Chief, Montana Law Review, 1976-1977.
Law Clerk to Judge Russell East. Smith, Chief Judge, United States. District Court of Montana, 1977-1979.
Attorney Advisor, Office of Legal Counsel, United States.
Department of Justice, 1979-1981. Author: "The Right to Effective Trial Counsel," 37 Montana L. Review 387 (1976). Company-author: "Company-Habitation of Wilderness and Mining," 38 Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute 11-1 (1992).
Faculty Member, University of Montana School for Advanced Trial Advocacy (1991).
Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Past Chairman: Montana Supreme Court Commission on the Unauthorized Practice of Law.
Vice Chair, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference Lawyer Representatives (1996-1997). Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 1993-1997.
Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.
Member: State Bar of Montana. American Bar Association. American Judicature Society.
Crowley, Haughey, Hanson, Toole & Dietrich is the largest firm in Montana and its adjoining states.
lieutenant provides a full range of legal services throughout the region, offering expertise in nearly all areas of law. Since its founding in 1895, the firm has continued in its tradition of exercising high ethical standards and leadership in community and professional affairs
The firm maintains four fully staffed offices, one in Billings, the largest city in Montana, one in Helena, the capital of Montana, one in Williston, North Dakota and one in Kalispell, Montana. Crowley, Haughey, Hanson, Toole & Dietrich is the reviser of the Martindale Hubbell Law Digest.
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Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: State Bar of Montana. American Bar Association.
American Judicature Society.