| ERICA R. GRINDE |
| ERICA R. GRINDE Professional Experience BROWNING, KALECZYC, BERRY & HOVEN, P.C. Missoula, Montana Associate 2008 - present Areas of Practice: General Litigation, Health Care Law, Employment Law, and Insurance Defense UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT Missoula, Montana Intern for Judge Donald Molloy January 2008 - May 2008 Researched legal issues and drafted and submitted research memorandums to the judge. BEAL LAW FIRM Missoula, Montana Legal Intern January 2008 - May 2008 Responsibilities included researching legal issues concerning railroad defense and construction defense, drafting legal memorandums, drafting discovery, pleadings and supporting briefs, and assisting in trial preparation. UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA SCHOOL OF LAW - ACADEMIC SUPPORT PROGRAM Missoula, Montana Civil Procedure Teaching Assistant August 2006-May 2008 Responsibilities included preparing and teaching weekly review sessions, assisting in the development of academic support workshops, and offering tutoring sessions for individual students. PHILLIPS, BOHYER & HEDGER, P.C. Missoula, Montana Legal Intern May 2006-January 2008 Responsibilities included legal research focused on insurance defense and railroad defense, drafting legal memorandums, pleadings, and supporting briefs. Education UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA SCHOOL OF LAW, Missoula, Montana Juris Doctor May 2008 Honors: 2nd Place Region XIII National Moot Court Competition, Order of the Barrister Award Activities: Montana Law Review Executive Editor, National Moot Court Team, Student Bar Association Business Manager, Rural Advocacy League, American Association for Justice Vice-President CONCORDIA COLLEGE, Moorhead, Minnesota Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Communications, 2003 Honors/Activites: Dean’s List, Excellence Scholarship, Alpha Society, Orientation Committee Member ST. OLAF COLLEGE, Northfield, Minnesota 2000-2001 Honors/Activites: America Reads/Counts Tutor, Relay for Life participant Admission to Practice State of Montana Legal Memberships Montana State Bar Association American Bar Association - ABA Young Lawyers Division 30th District Representative for Montana and Idaho. |