“We sold the home place after forty years. Arne read every page of the buyer's offer with us at our kitchen table and found the water right they'd left out.”
Vernon and Bev T.Ranch sale near Clyde Park
Attorney at law · Livingston
The law office on Callender Street
Arne Sorensen handles the legal side of ordinary life in Park County: the will you keep meaning to write, a ranch changing hands, a divorce, a house sale. One lawyer, one upstairs office, and when you call, he answers.
- Montana bar, 2011
- U.S. District Court, Montana
- Park, Sweet Grass and Gallatin counties
- Home and hospital signings
- 214 West Callender StreetUpstairs, above the hardware store
- (406) 555-0167Leave a message any hour
- Weekdays 8:30 to 5Saturday mornings by appointment
- Video meetingsFor clients up the valley
For clients
Three kinds of work, done close to home
Each has its own page: what it covers, how it goes and what to bring to the first meeting.
Wills and estates
A will or trust, powers of attorney, and probate after a parent or spouse dies.
Wills and estates
Land and ranch
Buying or selling acreage, grazing leases, easements, water rights and passing the place on.
Land and ranch work
The first meeting
Half an hour across his desk, or on a screen
Most matters start with a thirty-minute conversation. You tell Arne what happened or what you want to happen; he tells you what the law asks of you, what it will likely cost, and whether you need a lawyer at all. If you live out past Wilsall or up toward Gardiner, the same meeting works by video.
What to expect
Bring a deed, a decree or a letter, whatever started this
A written fee quote before any work begins
A plain answer if a lawyer isn't what you need
Arne Sorensen
Attorney at law
For lawyers
Your hands in Park County
When a client's case, estate or closing lands in Livingston, out-of-town firms bring Arne in as local counsel. He runs a conflict check the day you call.
Hearings and appearances
Status conferences, uncontested hearings and short settings at the Park County courthouse.
Filings and record pulls
Filing at the clerk's counter, court-stamped copies and pulling an old probate or divorce file.
Title and recording
Recording deeds and easements, and a first look at the abstract before your closing.
Signings and depositions
A conference room, a notary and witnesses for a signing or a deposition in town.
From clients and colleagues
Heard on Callender Street
“He came to the hospital so my mother could sign her will and power of attorney while she still could. I hadn't known that was something a lawyer would do.”
Loretta B.Estate plan for her mother
“I'm three hours away in Billings. Arne covered two hearings for my client, sent me notes the same afternoon, and billed exactly what he'd quoted.”
Anneliese R.Attorney, Billings
Each client's matter is different, and what happened in theirs says nothing certain about how yours will go.
Before you call
What people ask on the phone
Do I have to come into town?
No. Many meetings happen by phone or video, and Arne will drive out for a signing when someone can't travel.
How do you charge?
Plans and closings are quoted as one price in writing at the first meeting. Court matters are billed by the hour against a deposit, and you get an itemized statement each month.
What if I'm not sure my problem is a legal one?
Call and describe it. If it's something a lawyer can't fix, or not worth the cost, you'll hear that plainly.
Can you help with something not on this site?
Sometimes. If it's outside what Arne handles, he'll give you the names of lawyers in Bozeman or Billings who do it.
Climb the stairs, or call first
Write a line about what's going on, and the office will call back to set a time.