About Bluebird Law
Founded by Ariel Overstreet-Adkins in Billings, Montana, Bluebird Law primarily focuses on comprehensive and personalized estate planning. The firm also assists clients with estate and trust administration including probates. We have additional expertise in business, agricultural, water, and real estate law. Bluebird Law serves individuals, families, small business owners/entrepreneurs, and agricultural clients all across Montana.
About Ariel Overstreet-Adkins
After graduating from law school at the University of Montana, Ariel spent an intensive year clerking for the Honorable Brian Morris, U.S. District Court for the District of Montana in Great Falls, Montana where she assisted the Judge with research, drafting opinions, and preparing for trials, both criminal and civil. Then Ariel was hired by one of Billings largest and best respected law firms, Moulton Bellingham P.C. At Moulton Bellingham, Ariel worked closely with other attorneys on matters including a high-profile complex class action lawsuit and a large ranch sale transaction with over 300 water rights. She also took the lead on representing her own clients in agricultural, water rights, and property disputes. Ariel was able to assist a client in obtaining a nearly $1 million judgment in a dispute over a cattle management contract.
“The incredible experience I gained in my time with Judge Morris and Moulton Bellingham, combined with my prior communications and government affairs work for the Montana Stockgrowers Association, gave me the knowledge and confidence I needed to open up my own firm. I am so excited to focus on the areas of law—and the clients—that I care most deeply about.”
Ariel is a product of her deep Montana roots. Ariel was born and raised near Big Timber. She graduated from Reed Point High School and then Princeton University. Ariel was Communications Director for the Montana Stockgrowers Association. She lobbied for MSGA and the Montana Cattlewomen during the Montana legislative sessions in 2009, 2011 and 2013 and with Montana’s Congressional Delegation in Washington, D.C. During this time, she saw an opportunity to further her education and experience and decided to go to law school.
During law school, Ariel served on the Public Land and Resource Law Review. She published an article in Montana Law Review examining the potential for an amendment to the State Constitution to guarantee the right to farm and ranch in Montana called “Extraordinary Protections for the Industry That Feeds Us”.
She spent a summer as an intern for Chief Water Judge Russ McElyea at the Montana Water Court. She worked as a research assistant to Michelle Bryan, professor of water and land use at the law school. During this time, she also served on the Montana Milk Control Board. At graduation, Ariel received the award for her “exceptional dedication and diligence” for her work in the Land Use and Natural Recourses Clinic.
Ariel is very involved in the community. Ariel graduated from the Leadership Montana program in 2013 and currently sits on its Board of Governors. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame & Western Heritage Center, and a past long-serving Vice President. She volunteers to interview local applicants for Princeton University. She is a supporting member of the MSGA, the Montana Cattlewomen, and the Montana Farm Bureau.
Ariel and her husband, Zac Adkins, welcomed their daughter, Elianna, in 2020. The family includes two corgis, Finn and Poe. Ariel enjoys spending time at her family’s small horse ranch near Big Timber and at the family cabin up the Boulder Valley.
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