Attorney Gregory Costanza has a diverse background in nutritional biochemistry, laboratory research, economic development, food biotechnology, and agriculture. Mr. Costanza received a Bachelors of Science with Honors in Nutritional Sciences from Cornell University, where he researched the role of phospholipid and cholesterol composition in cellular membranes using confocal fluorescence microscopy and fluorescence resonance energy transfer. After working at the UC San Diego School of Medicine for several years, Gregory joined the Peace Corps and spent over two years in Kazakhstan, where he wrote grants for community organizations, specifically helping to launch a wheelchair factory for the Association for Disabled Persons, securing financial and material resources for an American Corner at the Aktobe Library (supplying American literature and media to Russian and Kazakh speakers), and other projects.
After the Peace Corps, Gregory helped manage the intellectual property and new business development for Ithaca, New York based biotechnology companies working on microbial and probiotic development and for an agriculture company specializing in dairy processing and food distribution with dairy cows and water buffalo. Gregory then studied business law at the UCLA School of Law, where he clerked for a Los Angeles district court judge, drafting and researching complex issues for the court involving entertainment and business litigation.
During his time at UCLA, Gregory also spent a semester and summer in Washington D.C., where he worked in the Office of Foods at the Food & Drug Administration (FDA), helping to review and draft regulations in conjunction with working groups implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). After law school, Gregory launched a food company with his uncle at their organic, diversified family farm in Powell, Wyoming, while starting his law practice in the Mountain West. Gregory juggled farm and legal work for a time, but has now turned his full attention to his growing legal practice, which focuses on business litigation and company life-cycle needs.
After the Peace Corps, Gregory helped manage the intellectual property and new business development for Ithaca, New York based biotechnology companies working on microbial and probiotic development and for an agriculture company specializing in dairy processing and food distribution with dairy cows and water buffalo. Gregory then studied business law at the UCLA School of Law, where he clerked for a Los Angeles district court judge, drafting and researching complex issues for the court involving entertainment and business litigation.
During his time at UCLA, Gregory also spent a semester and summer in Washington D.C., where he worked in the Office of Foods at the Food & Drug Administration (FDA), helping to review and draft regulations in conjunction with working groups implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). After law school, Gregory launched a food company with his uncle at their organic, diversified family farm in Powell, Wyoming, while starting his law practice in the Mountain West. Gregory juggled farm and legal work for a time, but has now turned his full attention to his growing legal practice, which focuses on business litigation and company life-cycle needs.
Education:
B.S. Cornell University - Nutritional Biochemistry and Physiology
J.D. - UCLA School of Law - Business Law Concentration
Bar Memberships:
Licensed to practice law in Wyoming & Montana
Federal Bar:
Admitted to U.S. District Court for the Districts of Wyoming and Montana
Admitted to the Ninth and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeals
Admitted to U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Districts of Wyoming and Montana
B.S. Cornell University - Nutritional Biochemistry and Physiology
J.D. - UCLA School of Law - Business Law Concentration
Bar Memberships:
Licensed to practice law in Wyoming & Montana
Federal Bar:
Admitted to U.S. District Court for the Districts of Wyoming and Montana
Admitted to the Ninth and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeals
Admitted to U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Districts of Wyoming and Montana