Betsy Story

Ms. Story specializes in complex water disputes and related real property matters. She serves clients across the state of Montana in water court, administrative contested cases, State and Federal District Courts, and appeals before the Montana Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit. She also helps clients navigate water right adjudications, enforcement, transfers, changes and permit applications at all stages of the process.

Ms. Story attended law school at the University of Montana, where she was the recipient of Dean of Students Award for Highest Academic Achievement in Land Use & the Environment and served as president of the Federalist Society Student Chapter; law fellow for U.S. Senator Steve Daines; and summer law clerk for the U.S. Department of Justice.

Ms. Story often returns home to Emigrant, Montana, with her husband Aaron to help on her family’s cattle ranch, and in her free time, enjoys downhill skiing, skate skiing and mountain lion hunting.