About Hilary Joan Oitzinger
Hilary Joan Oitzinger Betson trained and labored in Montana from her earliest studies through her legal career. She earned a J.D. from the University of Montana School of Law in 2005 and holds multiple degrees from the University of Montana, including a Master of Public Administration and bachelor's degrees in sociology, print journalism and psychology.
Her early legal work covered a clerkship with the highest court of Montana in 2008. She then moved into personal practice and a series of roles that combined legal proceedings, client intake and dispute resolution. In 2010 she worked at both Oitzinger Law Offices and the Law Offices of David Gallik, and by 2013 she was running her own practice because the Law Offices of Hilary Oitzinger. Subsequent years noticed her at Doggett Law Offices in 2014 and launching Insight Law and Mediation, PLLC in 2017. She also served as an intake expert for Montana Legal Services Association in 2018 and worked as an affiliate at Harshbarger Law Office in 2020.
In 2021 she established Wholehearted Family Law, LLC, the place she serves as lawyer, mediator and proprietor. Her practice records shows a steady motion towards alternative dispute decision and household regulation things. She has formal mediator training and numerous complementary certifications that reflect that orientation.
Betson has completed education as a Holistic Divorce Coach thru the Holistic Divorce Coach Training Institute and holds mediator credentials from the Montana Mediation Association and the Center for Understanding in Conflict. She has additional training in collaborative practice from the Sacramento Collaborative Practice Group. Those credentials align with leadership roles she has taken in the local dispute decision network. She has been a member of the State Bar of Montana since 2008 and served on the Montana Collaborative Professionals board, which includes a time period as secretary in 2015–2016. In 2022 she assumed the presidency of the Montana Mediation Association and continues in that role.
Colleagues describe her work as centered on facilitated negotiation, collaborative processes and family law things that advantage from problem-fixing outside the courtroom. Her background in journalism and public administration informs a practice fashion that values clear communication and case control.
She keeps an office beneath the call Whole Heart Matters, LLC while operating Wholehearted Family Law, LLC, offering mediation, collaborative practice and family law services. Her recent practice makes a speciality of family law, facilitated negotiation and collaborative practice.
