Kurt G. Alme is an American attorney who served as the

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for the District of Montana from 2017 to 2020. After stepping down as U.S. Attorney in December 2020, Alme became the budget director in the administration of Montana's Governor-elect

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Early life and education

Alme was born in

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. After graduating from

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, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business from the

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and a

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from

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Career

Alme served as a judicial law clerk for Charles C. Lovell of the

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. He was a partner with the law firm of Crowley, Haughey, Hanson, Toole & Dietrich, PLLP. From 2003 to 2010, Alme served in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Montana, and was the first assistant United States attorney from 2006 to 2010. He also served as director of the Montana Department of Revenue. Alme has served as president and general counsel of the Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch Foundation.

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External links

Biography at Department of Justice
Living people Assistant United States Attorneys Harvard Law School alumni Montana lawyers People from Miles City, Montana United States Attorneys for the District of Montana University of Colorado alumni 21st-century American lawyers Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-law-bio-stub