robin@meguirelaw.com    

                                   

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                                                     Robin A. Meguire

                                                       meguirelaw.com

                                                         P.O. Box 1845

                                                   Great Falls, MT 59403

                                                        (406) 442-8317

                                                   robin@meguirelaw.com       

                                                             

 

                                                                                  

BAR ADMISSIONS/MEMBERSHIPS

Admitted to practice, United States District Court, District of Montana

Admitted to practice, State Courts of Montana

Member, Montana Bar Association (MBA)

     Natural Resources & Environmental Law Section member

     Public Interest Law Section member

     Criminal Law Section member

Member, Montana Trial Lawyers Association (MTLA) 

Member, Montana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (MTACDL)

Member, Board of Directors of the Montana Justice Foundation (MJF)

Appointed Member, Montana Supreme Court Equal Justice Task Force (EJTF)

                                                                                                                                          

EDUCATION

University of Montana School of Law, Missoula, MT, Aug. 2001-May 2004

     Juris Doctor with Honors; Class Rank: 6th/78; Cumulative GPA: 3.62

     Environmental and Natural Resources Law Certification                                                    

Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA, Aug. 1995-Dec.1998

     B.A., majors in Biology and Psychology

 

AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS

2003 CALI Award for highest grade in Property in Law School 

2002 CALI Award for highest grade in Evidence in Law School

2001-2004 University of Montana School of Law Merit Scholarships

1998 West Coast Conference All-Academic Team Selection, Cross-Country   

1997-98 West Coast Conference All-Conference Team, Hon. Mention, Cross-Country

1996 Murdock Charitable Trust Scientific Research Grant, Biology/Ecology

                                                                                                                                                                  

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

meguirelaw.com, Solo Practitioner, Great Falls, MT

     July 2007-present 

Meloy Law Firm (formerly Meloy Trieweiler), Associate Attorney, Helena, MT

     July 2005-June 2007

Montana Supreme Court, Judicial Law Clerk to Justice Regnier, Justice Cotter,

     Justice Warner, and Justice Morris, Helena, MT

     Aug. 2004-July 2005                    

National Wildlife Federation, Legal Intern, Missoula, MT

     Sept. 2003-May 2004      

Williams Law Firm, Law Clerk, Missoula, MT

     Feb. 2002-June 2004 

Gonzaga University School of Law, Law Library, Work-Study, Spokane, WA

     Sept. 1995-Dec.1998

 

PUBLICATIONS

Susan Smith Blakely, Best Friends at the Bar: What Women Need to Know about a Career in the Law (contributor only),

     Wolters Kluwer/Aspen Legal Publications (2009).

MLRC 50-State Survey: Employment Libel and Privacy Law (co-author, Montana chapter),

     Media Law Resource Center (2006 & 2007 eds).

MLRC 50-State Survey: Media Libel Law (co-author, Montana chapter), Media Law Resource

     Center (2005, 2006 & 2007 eds).

MLRC 50-State Survey: Media Privacy and Related Law (co-author, Montana chapter), Media

      Law Resource Center (2005 & 2006-07 eds).

Open Government Guide: Access to Public Records and Meetings in the 50 States and D.C.,

     (co-author, Montana chapter), The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (5th ed. 2006).

H. Lefcort, R.A. Meguire, L. Wilson, W.F. Ettinger, Heavy Metals Alter the Survival, Growth,

     Metamorphosis, and Antipredatory Behavior of Columbia Spotted Frog Tadpoles. 35 Arch. Environ.

     Contam. Toxicol. 447-456 (1998).

 

REPRESENTATIVE LEGAL WRITING

Appellant’s Briefs, In re Mental Health of L.K., 2009 MT 366, 353 Mont. 246, __ P.3d __

     (Montana Supreme Court reversed district court), available online at: http://fnweb1.isd.doa.state.mt.us/idmws/custom/sll/sll_fn_home.htm.

Appellant’s Briefs, Bd. of Trustees, Cut Bank Public Schools v. Cut Bank Pioneer Press,

     2007 MT 115, 337 Mont. 229, 160 P.3d 482 (Montana Supreme Court reversed district court), 

     available online at: http://fnweb1.isd.doa.state.mt.us/idmws/custom/sll/sll_fn_home.htm.

Respondent’s Brief, Mont.'s for Justice v. ex rel. McGrath, 2006 MT 277, 334 Mont. 237, 146 P.3d 759

     (Montana Supreme Court affirmed district court), available online at: http://fnweb1.isd.doa.state.mt.us/idmws/custom/sll/sll_fn_home.htm. 

Good Medicine Lies All Around: the Argument Against Developing Montana's Oil and Gas Reserves

     in the Rocky Mountain Front, UM Law Advanced Writing Paper (May 2003) (available upon request).

 

PRESENTATIONS

Convention Faculty, MTLA Annual Seminar of the Masters, Sunshine in the Big Sky: A Primer on the

     Right to Know in Montana (July 26, 2007, Polson, MT).

Speaker, Montana Broadcasters Association Fall Conference, Freedom of Information Annual

     Litigation Report (Sept. 30, 2006, Bozeman, MT).