He grew up in Columbia Falls, Montana, and graduated from Gonzaga University in 1992 and the University of Montana School of Law in 1996. He clerked for Hon. W. William Leaphart of the Montana Supreme Court in 1997. His practice focuses on personal injury litigation with an emphasis on industrial accidents and traumatic brain injury. He is Past-President of the Brain Injury Association of Montana and served on the Governor’s Advisory Council on Traumatic Brain Injury.