Episode Twenty-Three - Rylee Sommers-Flanagan

The State of Montana

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Episode Twenty-Three - Rylee Sommers-Flanagan

Founder of Upper Seven Law Firm

Russell Rowland

May 27, 2024

Transcript

Rylee Sommers-Flanagan was born and raised in Montana, where her parents split time between Missoula and a ranch near Absarokee. Rylee attended Stanford Law School, and right out of the gate managed to procure very good jobs, including as Deputy Chief Counsel to Governor Steve Bullock. After that, she served as a clerk for several reputable judges in DC before deciding she wanted to return to Montana. In 2020, Rylee founded Upper Seven, a law firm that is dedicated to ‘holding the powerful accountable.’

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The State of Montana

Montana has a long history of very complicated politics, often influenced by major corporations, as with the Copper Kings in our early history, or oil money. But we also have a strong track record of very progressive milestones, the most significant of which was the election of the first woman to ever serve in Congress, Jeanette Rankin. We also have what most constitutional historians consider one of the strongest state constitutions in the country. We have always boasted a very significant balance of power as well, but recently that has changed, and I want to understand why, and what can be done about it. So I'm going to interview some of our more high-profile citizens, not necessarily politicians, to explore this issue. My first guest will be Dorothy Bradley, who was the first woman to run for governor of the state. Dorothy just barely lost to Marc Racicot in 1992.

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