He was engaged in private practice in Helena for nearly eighteen years before being elected Attorney General. He is admitted to practice before the state and federal courts of Montana, and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Mazurek served in the Montana State Senate from 1981 to 1993, during which time he was Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee for two sessions, and was elected as President of the Senate from 1991 to 1993. He is a member of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Montana and the First Judicial District Bar Association, of which he is a past president. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Special Olympics Montana.
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Mr. Peterson graduated from the University of North Dakota School of Law with Distinction in 1994, and he is a former Law Clerk to the United States Attorney's office in Bismarck, North Dakota. Mr. Peterson handles a broad range of general civil litigation, commercial transactions and natural resources matters out of the firm's Williston office. Kristin is admitted to practice before the state and federal courts in Montana, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of the United States. She practices in the Billings office in the areas of commercial litigation and commercial transactions. Bob graduated magna cum laude in 1993 from the University of Miami School of Law, where he was a member of the University of Miami Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif.