Tara started at Walker Heye in 2026 when her longtime firm, Rettig Forgette Iller Bowers, LLP, joined forces with Walker Heye, PLLC. She has been a legal assistant since 2001, learning the work hands-on alongside the attorneys she supports, and assists clients primarily with estate planning, business formation, real estate, and agricultural matters. Many of the clients she works with today are relationships she has built over two decades. Outside the office, Tara enjoys planning, gardening, and raising chickens.