Our Team
Caitlin T. Pabst, Attorney
Caitlin Pabst is an attorney and the founder and owner of Pabst Law Firm. Caitlin is passionate about helping clients navigate and resolve their complex legal issues. She understands that legal disputes, especially family law disputes, can be emotional and stressful, and strives to guide her clients through the legal process with an empathetic and informative approach. She takes great care in maintaining a high level of advocacy and professionalism in each of her cases both in and out of the courtroom.
Caitlin grew-up in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York, and later moved to Chicago, Illinois where she graduated from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana (UIUC) in 2011 with bachelor’s degree in political science. Caitlin went on to earn her law degree from The John Marshall Law School at University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC) in 2014, where she spent time in the Business Enterprise Law Clinic helping individuals from underserved communities start and grow their own businesses. Caitlin moved to Montana in 2016. Caitlin’s practice primarily focuses on family law, estate planning and civil litigation.
Outside the office, you can find Caitlin spending her time skiing, mountain biking, hiking with her two black labs, and attempting to fly fish. She also enjoys playing the piano and reading a good book (recommendations welcome).
Caitlin is licensed in Montana (2017) and Illinois (2015).
Admissions/Membership:
Montana Bar Association
United States District Court, District of Montana
Gallatin County Bar Association
Montana Fifth Judicial District Bar Association
Illinois State Bar Association
United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Chicago Bar Association
Chris Bly, Paralegal
Chris Bly has come full circle since he graduated from paralegal school in 1992 in Los Angeles, CA. After working for a large, corporate law firm in Santa Monica, he decided that he was more interested in social work at that stage of his life. While working for various adolescent runaway shelters, a gang abatement program, and the L.A. Free Clinic, he went back to school to pursue a B.A. in psychology at the age of 30. After graduation from Cal State Northridge, Chris became an elementary school teacher for Los Angeles Unified School District teaching 3rd and 5th graders, while at the same time attending night school to earn his teaching credentials.
While working and attending school, Chris became heavily involved in volunteering. He spent most of his volunteer time at the Wildlife Waystation in the foothills of Los Angeles, where he met his future wife, Miranda. At WW, Chris and Miranda gave tours of the facility, helped build and repair animal enclosures, and provided animal enrichment by training, walking, and interacting various animals, such raccoons, mountain lions, coyotes, opossums, birds of prey, and the occasional lion or tiger (pictures available upon request). It was during this time that Chris and Miranda started following the reintroduction of the wolves in Yellowstone.
After falling in love with Montana, Chris and Miranda moved here in 2006 where Chris worked for Child and Family Services investigating child abuse and neglect reports for for over 15 years. Chris applies his eclectic background, compassion for people, and immense knowledge of family dynamics to his work as a paralegal.
