Partner, Moore, O’Connell & Refling, P.C., BozemanMs. Brown practices primarily in the area of water law. She represents individuals and entities from all corners of Montana in water rights adjudication proceedings before the Montana Water Court, administration proceedings before the Montana DNRC, enforcement actions in Montana district courts and water rights issues in real estate transactions. She is a member of the Montana State Bar Dispute Resolution Committee and was recently appointed as co-chair of the Montana Supreme Court’s Standing Committee on Self-Represented Litigants.

Hydrologist, WGM Group, MissoulaMs. Clark has over five years of experience managing water resources in government, academic, and private settings, and has a strong educational background in Watershed Hydrology. She has designed and conducted surface water, groundwater, and soil investigations to ensure that comprehensive and accurate information is available for management decisions.

Shareholder, Doney Crowley P.C.
Mr. Connors is a shareholder with Doney Crowley P.C. His practice areas include environmental litigation, regulations, permitting, construction law, natural resource development, real property and easement litigation, administrative law and appeals from agency actions, water law and Water Court litigation. Mr. Connors is a member of the Montana Bar Association. He brings a unique perspective to the practice of law. After obtaining a degree in Mathematics from Montana State University, he founded and operated Connors Construction, LLC, which specialized in building multi-million dollar custom residences in Big Sky, Montana. He always had an interest in the complex nature of the law and chose to couple his ten years of small business, real estate, and natural resources expertise with a Juris Doctorate degree. In 2013, Mr. Connors graduated with honors from the University of Montana School of Law. Since then he has focused on construction litigation, real property disputes, environmental litigation, business disputes, and water law.

Associate Attorney, Worden Thane, P.C. in MissoulaMr. Keogh’s practice focuses on issues of corporate formation, natural resources, business planning and succession, and taxation. He previously worked as a planner and analyst supporting the development of renewable energy projects across the western United States. Mr. Keogh has a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Montana and is licensed to practice law in Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming.

Hydrogeologist, HydroSolutions, BillingsMr. Meredith has a decade of professional geologic, hydrogeologic and environmental experience in Wyoming and Montana. In his current position, he focuses on the application of field studies, analytical models and statistical methods. Mr. Meredith’s work involves investigating property damage associated with groundwater or surface water, water rights permitting, construction dewatering plans and modeling, groundwater and soil contamination investigations, and analysis in support of energy and natural resource projects.

Water Resource Specialist, WGM Group, MissoulaMs. Merritt has spent more than 19 years working closely with private property owners involved in state and federal water conservation programs and preparing water right analyses for public and private organizations. Her experience includes locating and analyzing historical documents, maps and aerial photographs, analyzing Montana Water Court decrees for water right clients, and preparing water right permit and change of use applications with the Montana DNRC.

DNRC Water Resources Regional Manager, MissoulaMr. Nave has 19 years of experience working in water resources. He worked for five years with a local water rights consulting firm before taking a position with DNRC as a water resource specialist. In that position Mr. Nave maintained water right ownership records, performed claims examination and processed water right permit and change applications. He was promoted to deputy regional manager and to regional manager, and he oversees Mineral, Granite, Ravalli and Missoula Counties.

Pepper Law Firm, PLLC, BozemanMs. Pepper served as a water master at the Montana Water Court for six years before opening her own law practice in 2014. This experience resulted in a unique knowledge of the water adjudication system and the distribution of water across the state. Ms. Pepper received her JD and M.B.A. degrees from the University of Montana.

Montana Assistant Attorney General, HelenaMr. Weiner spent nine years as a staff attorney for the Montana Reserved Water Rights Compact Commission before becoming an assistant attorney general. He represents the State of Montana in the Montana Water Court on issues relating to the non-perfection or abandonment of state law-based water rights claims filed in the Montana General Stream Adjudication and other issues of state-wide importance, including the decree of compacts settling the reserved water rights claims of Indian tribes and federal agencies in Montana. Mr. Weiner also serves on the Water Adjudication Advisory Committee.