Firm profile submitted by Crowley Fleck PLLP
Managing Partner: Benjamin T. Cory
Number of partners: 86
Number of other attorneys: 71
Crowley Fleck PLLP is a multi-service regional firm that handles a wide variety of legal matters for clients. The firm has over 150 lawyers licensed not only in Montana, North Dakota and Wyoming, but also in several surrounding states including South Dakota, Colorado, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Iowa. Currently, Crowley Fleck PLLP has offices in Billings, Bozeman, Butte, Helena, Kalispell, and Missoula, Montana, Bismarck and Williston, North Dakota, and Casper, Cheyenne, and Sheridan, Wyoming. The firm represents an impressive and wide range of clients, including national and international corporations. The firm has a commitment to provide the highest quality legal service and has built upon a strong tradition of legal experience and high ethical standards.
Main Areas of Practice:
Corporate/Banking & Finance:
The firm handles antitrust, bond offerings, public finance, public utilities, banking, business organizations, corporate, securities, financing transactions, intellectual property, employee benefits, mergers and acquisitions, non-profit corporations, creditors’ rights, real estate, agricultural, regulatory and immigration.
Intellectual Property:
The IP practice group advises clients on a wide range of matters including patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, unfair competition, litigation, license agreements, non-disclosure agreements and franchise concerns.
Labor & Employment Practice:
The firm represents management in all areas of employment law especially employee relations, wrongful discharge and discrimination claims.
Litigation:
The firm covers all aspects of litigation through its eleven offices. The litigation practice group handles a wide variety of matters for commercial clients including administrative law, arbitration, condemnation, intellectual property, mediation, insurance defense, personal injury, malpractice, products liability, worker’s compensation, commercial litigation, construction law, employment, foreclosures and bankruptcy.
Energy, Environment & Natural Resources:
The firm’s natural resources practice group is one of the largest in Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming, specializing in coal, conservation commission hearings, public land issues, regulatory matters, title examinations, utilities, oil and gas, mining, water, energy transmission, environmental compliance and permitting, and Indian law.
Real Estate:
The firm focuses mainly on commercial and business transactions including subdivision, development, finance and creditor bankruptcy proceedings, as well as resort and farm and ranch sales.
Tax & Estate Planning:
The firm has extensive experience in advising commercial and individual clients in complex probate and estate planning matters.
Clients:
Various industry, insureds, insurance and business clients.