Jeana R. Lervick

Counsel

Jeana Lervick is a seasoned litigator who provides counseling and defense through every step of conflict prevention and resolution. Ms. Lervick focuses primarily on employment and health care law, from day-to-day operations to large-scale litigation.  She handles all aspects of employment management and defense, including contract negotiation and drafting, as well as appearing regularly in administrative proceedings before the Montana Human Rights Bureau. Ms. Lervick also has extensive experience in public entity defense and intellectual property, including both trademarks and patents, and routinely leads general litigation matters across all areas of the law.

Ms. Lervick began her career as a litigator in Chicago focusing on patents and trademarks for more than a decade. She returned to Montana to raise her family and became In-house Counsel for a Montana school district before serving as Chief of the Civil Department of Montana’s largest county. Prior to joining Hall & Evans, Ms. Lervick was Senior Counsel at a large litigation firm in Montana.

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois, 2002
  • Montana, 2014
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, District of Montana
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois

Location

Billings Office

Education

JD: DePaul University College of, 2002
BS: Montana State University, 1999, Directed Interdisciplinary Studies

Contact

lervickj@hallevans.com

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Jeana

Professional Associations
  • Yellowstone County Bar Association

Articles & Publications // Presentations // Webinars
  • Speaker, “Trial Preparation for Montana Legal Assistants,” Half Moon Seminar, 2024

  • Speaker, “Montana Employment Law: Hiring, Firing, and Disciplining Employees,” NBI Seminar, 2023

Business & Community Service
  • Yellowstone Soccer Association, Vice President
Other Activities
  • Outside of work, Jeana is a coach and team mom for numerous youth athletic programs and can often be found cheering on her son with their Bernese Mountain Dog, Rosie, and rescue pup, Bandit.​

Nourin Abourahma

Senior Associate

Nourin Abourahma joined Hall & Evans as a Senior Associate in 2026.  Her practice focuses on medical malpractice, insurance defense, and premises liability.  

Ms. Abourahma earned her law degree from Sandra Day O’ Connor College of Law (ASU Law). During law school, she served as a Research Assistant to a Human Rights Professor, contributing to research and advocacy efforts addressing global human rights issues. She further expanded her international legal experience by participating in the United Nations Universal Periodic Review Project in partnership with Birmingham City University’s School of Law in the United Kingdom. Prior to joining Hall & Evans, Ms. Abourahma practiced medical malpractice defense at a small firm in Salt Lake City, UT.

Bar Admissions

  • Utah, 2021
  • U.S. District Court, District of Utah

Location

Salt Lake City Office

Education

JD: Arizona State University, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, 2020
BS: University of Utah, 2017, Philosophy

Contact

abourahman@hallevans.com

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Nourin

Articles & Publications // Presentations // Webinars
  • Co-Author, “The Human Right to Suicide Under International Law,” Human Rights Law Review, Vol. 21, No. 3, 2021
Languages
  • Arabic, elementary proficiency

Al Wheeler

Associate

Alfonso Wheeler joined Hall & Evans, LLC as a generalist associate in 2025.  Mr. Wheeler handles matters involving transportation, premises liability, and medical malpractice.

While earning his law degree, Mr. Wheeler was a Judicial Intern with Honorable Chief Justice Boatright at the Colorado Supreme Court, a Legal Intern with the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, a Law Clerk at a small real estate firm in Denver, and a Summer Associate with Hall & Evans.

Location

Denver Office

Education

JD: University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 2025
BA: University of Iowa, 2022, Psychology, Minors in Philosophy and Human Relations, Dean’s List, President’s List

Contact

wheelera@hallevans.com

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Al

Career Distinctions & Honors
  • Robert B. Yegge Memorial Scholarship
Professional Associations
  • Colorado Bar Association

  • Denver Bar Association

Professional Experience
  • Judicial Intern, Hon. Chief Justice Boatright, Colorado Supreme Court, Denver, CO, 2024

  • Legal Intern, Colorado Attorney General’s Office, Business and Licensing Section, Denver, CO, 2023

Chandler B. Helvey

Associate

Chandler Helvey’s practice includes healthcare and medical malpractice, professional liability, and premises liability. 

During law school, Mr. Helvey was a clerk for the Honorable Justice Gray with the Wyoming Supreme Court, clerked at Hall & Evans, and was a library and research assistant for the George Hopper Library.  He also was an Associate Justice for ASUW Student Government, Vice President of the John Burman Student Government Association, and Treasurer of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society.

Bar Admissions

  • Colorado, 2025
  • U.S. District Court, District of Colorado

Location

Denver Office

Education

JD: University of Wyoming College of Law, 2025
BA: Brigham Young University, 2021, History, Minor in Spanish Speaking

Contact

helveyc@hallevans.com

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Chandler

Career Distinctions & Honors
  • Eagle Scout – Boy Scouts of America
Professional Experience
  • Law Clerk, Hon. Justice Gray, Wyoming Supreme Court, Cheyenne, WY, 2024
Professional Associations
  • Colorado Bar Association

  • Denver Bar Association

  • Colorado Defense Lawyers Association

  • Colorado Healthcare Associated Risk Managers

Languages
  • Spanish

Briana K. Smith

Associate

Ms. Smith provides general civil litigation defense to individuals, businesses, and insurers. Her practice includes transportation, hospitality & retail, premises liability, business law, and administrative law. Ms. Smith also has a background in family law and general civil litigation.

Before joining Hall & Evans, she was an attorney with the State of Wyoming’s Office of the Public Defender, providing criminal defense for indigent clients. She was also an Adjunct Professor at the Park University-Warren Air Force Base, where she taught the course American Government.

Bar Admissions

  • Wyoming, 2020
  • Montana, 2020
  • Arizona, 2024
  • Colorado, 2024
  • U.S. District Court, District of Arizona
  • U.S. District Court, District of Montana
  • U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming

Location

Phoenix Office
Billings Office
Cheyenne Office

Education

JD: University of Wyoming College of Law, 2018
BA: University of Wyoming, 2015, Criminal Justice

Contact

smithb@hallevans.com

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Briana

Career Distinctions & Honors
  • Student of the year, University of Wyoming Family & Immigration Justice Clinic, 2017-2018
  • M.F. Blackstone Scholarship Recipient, University of Wyoming Foundation, 2015-2018
Professional Associations
  • Wyoming State Bar

Professional Experience
  • Attorney, State of Wyoming Office of the Public Defender, Cheyenne, WY, 2021-2022

Business & Community Service
  • Wyoming Towing & Recovery Professionals, President, 2019-2021