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Hertha L. Lund
Lund Law, PLLC
502 South 19th Street, Ste. 306
Bozeman, MT 59718
Tel:(406) 586-6254 | Fax:(406) 586-6259

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Hertha Lund has more than 19 years experience working on agriculture, natural resource, and environmental policy issues at the State and Federal levels. She has practiced law for more than 16 years and represents property owners in matters involving property rights, water rights, and wind energy development. Ms. Lund has argued before the Ninth Circuit and the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, various Federal Circuit Courts, and the District Courts in Montana, and she served as Law Clerk to Chief Judge Loren A. Smith at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. She received her Juris Doctor Degree at the University of Montana School of Law, where she was Co-Editor-In-Chief of the Montana Law Review. She also has a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Temple University with a minor in Business Communications and studied Animal Science, Range Management, and Pre-Veterinary Medicine at Montana State University. She has served on non-profit boards and is actively involved in the leadership of her church.

Publications

  • "Kelo in the Country...HB 198 and the taking of rural property," Western Ag Reporter, February 17, 2011
  • "Eminent Domain effort threatens farm and ranch property," Great Falls Tribune, March 27, 2011
  • "Rural property rights at stake in Helena debate," Billings Gazette, January 20, 2011
  • "Correct court ruling kicks MATL's appeal to State Legislature," Great Falls Tribune, December 30, 2010
  • "Saving Our Streams: Harnessing Water Markets" (with Brandon Scaroborough) 2007
  • Chapter in Land Rights: The 1990's Property Rights Rebellion (Bruce Yandle ed.) 1995
  • "Property Rights Legislation in the States: A Review" (PERC Policy Series No. 1) 1995
  • "Montana Supreme Court Unnecessarily Misconstrues Takings Law," 55 Mont. L. Rev. 455 (with Professor John Horwich) 1994
  • "Protection Species and Property," The Journal of Commerce, July 22, 1994, @ 6A
  • "Private Property Rights Hinge on Supreme Court," Farm Bureau News March 2, 1992 (Recipient of Master Writer's Award)
  • "Matador Ranch: Proves Environment & Agriculture are One in the Same," National Wool Grower, April, 1990
  • "Today's Embattled Cowboys," National Review December 31, 1989
  • "Passionate Plea to Save Our National Parks, the Suburban and Wayne Times," October 20, 1988