Benjamin T. Cory

Phone: (406) 523-3600

Missoula, MT

Working together with a well-qualified staff, firm lawyers strive to provide each client with prompt, personalized service of the highest caliber.

Benjamin Cory is an Associate in the firm's Commercial Department. His practice focuses on Creditor's Rights, Banking Business Entity Formation, Business Transactions Probate, Wills and Trusts, Real Estate Transactions and Homeowners Associations. Mr. Cory is admitted to practice before the State and Federal Courts in Montana and Wyoming, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Mr. Cory grew up in Missoula and is actively engaged in the Missoula community. Mr. Cory received his undergraduate degree from the University of Montana and his law degree from the University of Montana School of Law. While in law school he served as Executive Editor of the Montana Law Review and interned for the Honorable Donald W. Molloy, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Montana.

PRACTICE AREAS

• Real Estate Development - Residential
• Real & Personal Property Foreclosures
• Estate Planning
• Estate Administration & Probate
• Creditor's Rights
• Business Law
• Banking Law
• Trusts & Trust Administration

BAR ADMISSIONS

• Montana, 2005
  
• U.S. District Court, District of Montana, 2005
  
• Wyoming, 2008
  
• United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit, 2007

EDUCATION

• 2005 - J.D., University of Montana School of Law
  
• 2000 - B.A., University of Montana

AWARDS AND HONORS

• Amos v. Commissioner: "The Ambiguous and Ever-Changing Definition of What Constitutes a Personal Physical Injury under Internal Revenue Code Section," 104(a)(2), 66 Mont.L.Rev. 247, 2005
  
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• 1st Place American Bar Association Northwest Regional Client Counseling Competition, 2003

COMMUNITY AND PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT

• Vice President Loyola Sacred Heart Foundation, Board of Directors, 2008 - 2009
  
• Loyola Sacred Heart Foundation Board Member, 2006 - Present
  
• Rotary Club of Missoula