Mr. Browning, one of the firm's founders, retired from Browning, Kaleczyc, Berry and Hoven, P.C. as a shareholder on January 1, 2004.  While Mr. Browning formally retired from the practice of law in 2005, he continues to provide consulting services to the firm on non-legal matters on a contractual basis.  Mr. Browning earned degrees in Chemistry and Law from Indiana University and City Planning from Harvard University. For nearly eight years, he was Chief of Staff for Congressman and now Senator Max Baucus, charged with management of the Senator's office in Washington, D.C. and his field offices in Montana. In addition, Browning specialized in the legislative work of the Senate Budget Committee for Senator Edmund Muskie and the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees on behalf of Senator Baucus. Mr. Browning served as an appointee of various Montana governmental boards, including the Montana State Board of Science & Technology [Chairman], the Montana Historical Society Board, and the Montana Power Authority Board. When he was actively practicing law, Mr. Browning's principal areas of practice included lobbying, legislative services, banking and financial institutions, health care and hospital law, and federal and state government contracts.