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
Illinois State Bar Association
United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Chicago Bar Association
Dillon A. Post, Of CounselGrowing up on a small horse farm and managing multiple grass-fed beef operations, instilled a strong and tireless work ethic in Dillon from an early age. Dillon is a certified and licensed arborist and ran a tree care business prior to shifting his gears to the law. Dillon now applies his strong work ethic to his pursuit of Justice for his clients and helping fellow community members navigate stressful issues. Success in litigation fulfills Dillon’s love for handling tricky situations—similar to rigging large trees, using cranes, to remove them from valuable structures.
Dillon graduated with Honors from Vermont Law School. While at Vermont Law School, Dillon served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law and as Appellate Advocacy Chair of the school’s moot court team. His participation in both taught him strong legal writing, oral advocacy, and the power of persuasion.
During and after law school, Dillon worked for Chief Justice Paul Reiber of the Vermont Supreme Court. While at the Vermont Supreme Court, Dillon found his love for the role of the trial attorney.
While his practice focuses in private litigation, Dillon continues to be published in law school textbooks, books, and law journals in various areas of the law, including Natural Resources and Environmental Law.
As a former National Science Fellow and current member of the DUI Defense Lawyer Association, National College of DUI Defense, National Academy of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and MT Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Dillon remains up to speed on arguing science and the law in Criminal Cases, Business Regulatory Compliance, and complex civil litigation.
Dillon spends his free time pushing his limits in the backcountry with his girlfriend and enjoying all that the wilderness has to offer—including backcountry skiing, mountain biking, snowmobiling, hunting, fly fishing, and just about any outdoor sport with action involved. When not in the woods, Dillon can be found sorting logs in his log yard, horseback, or making furniture in his cabinet shop.
Admissions:
Montana Bar Association
United States District Court, District of Montana
Vermont 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.
