Paula M. Johnson-Gilchrist

Senior Partner

Paula M. Johnson-Gilchrist

Senior Partner

Educational Background:  B. A. from Oklahoma State University in 1972.  J.D. University of Tulsa in 1975.  Master of Laws in Taxation (LLM) at Southern Methodist University in Dallas in 1976.

Admitted to Practice:  Oklahoma 1975, Texas 1976, Montana 1978, and U.S. District Court 1991.

Member:  Montana State Bar Association, Northwestern Montana Bar Association.

Practice Areas:  Family Law; Real Estate, Estate Planning, Wills, Trusts and Probate; and Business Law

Paula’s Biography

Paula has been practicing law since 1976, and started a solo law practice in Whitefish, Montana in 1979, which later expanded to become Johnson-Gilchrist Law Firm, P.C. in 2006. She is President and Senior Partner of the Law Firm.

Paula was born in Oklahoma in 1952, where she grew up in a rural community working on the family farm. She attended college and law school in Oklahoma. She moved to Texas and obtained her LLM at SMU in Dallas, Texas. She has resided in Montana since 1978 and was admitted to practice in Montana in 1978.  She is married with 5 adult children and 6 grandchildren. Her interests include a love of outdoor activities including working on her ranch property, raising cattle and horses, showing, training, riding, reining lessons, caring for family, pets, golfing, camping, 4-wheeling, boating, traveling, gourmet cooking and food and wine tasting, travel and time spent with family and friends.