People who know me will tell you that I began reading the Internal Revenue Code at a young age and that spreadsheets and pivot tables bring me joy. I am unequivocally passionate about tax law. In my niche  practice of Employee Benefits Law, I enjoy helping employers and associations develop cutting edge techniques to reward employees while taking advantage of tax benefits or avoiding penalties. Benefits Law is one of the few areas where two taxpayers can achieve favorable tax results, which I affectionately call “tax nirvana.”

My career has its roots in banking, including a brief period at a local branch office of the Federal Reserve. I have been uniquely shaped by my time as an accountant, in which I had the opportunity to audit Fortune 500 companies and large non-profit organizations like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. However, 17 years of my career have been in tax law and employee benefits at a large regional firm. I founded Buckley Maxwell Dixon Dolezal with other talented benefits attorneys to focus, singularly, on clients.

I am admitted to the bar in Montana, Wyoming, Florida, U.S. District Court, and U.S. Tax Court. My undergraduate education is from Montana State University, with dual degrees in Business & Accounting and Sociology & Legal Studies. I then earned my Master of Professional Accountancy from MSU and passed the CPA exam. I moved to Florida for law school, earning both my J.D. and a Master of Laws in Taxation from the University of Miami School of Law.

I grew up in Helena and now live in Bozeman with my husband and our two sons. We enjoy spending time in the unparalleled Montana outdoors, typically fishing on a lake or exploring the mountains.