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. 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 worked writing 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 an agriculture company specializing in dairy processing and food distribution. 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, and assisting in entertainment and business litigation.
Gregory also spent a semester and summer in Washington D.C., where he worked in the Office of Foods at the Food & Drug Administration, helping with draft regulations and 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, focused on business transactions. 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 an agriculture company specializing in dairy processing and food distribution. 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, and assisting in entertainment and business litigation.
Gregory also spent a semester and summer in Washington D.C., where he worked in the Office of Foods at the Food & Drug Administration, helping with draft regulations and 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, focused on business transactions. 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 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
B.S. Cornell University - Nutritional Biochemistry and Physiology
J.D. - UCLA School of Law - Business 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