Renee L. Coppock

Phone: (406) 252-3441

Billings, MT

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

Renee L. Coppock has practiced in the areas of agricultural law, water law, real estate transactions, bankruptcy, commercial litigation and environmental law since joining the firm in 1987. She is a Partner in the Commercial Department and has substantial experience representing landowners in disputes with government agencies. Her practice also includes commercial litigation in the Northern Cheyenne, Fort Belknap and the Crow Tribal Courts, and working with governmental and private entities on farm and ranch benefits and entitlements, land acquisitions, trades and conservation easements. She has been on the faculty at Rocky Mountain College for paralegal studies and the Land Trust Alliance’s annual National Land Trust Rally. She has authored chapters in the Montana Environmental Law Handbook and has also presented seminars on conservation easements, environmental law, land surveys, bankruptcy and collections.

Ms. Coppock received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Illinois School of Law, graduating Magna Cum Laude. While in law school, she worked as a teaching assistant in Agricultural Law. Prior to law school, Ms. Coppock graduated with Highest Honors from the University of Illinois, receiving her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Marketing.

PRACTICE AREAS

• Real Estate Development - Condominium
• Real Estate - Commercial
• Real Estate - Agricultural
• Property & Resource Acquisition
• Lease & Contract Negotiation
• Land-use Law
• Environmental
• Creditor's Rights
• Corporate Law
• Commercial & Tax
• Business Law
• Water Law
• Commercial Litigation

BAR ADMISSIONS

• State Bar of Montana, 1987
  
• U.S. District Court, District of Montana, 1987
  
• Crow Tribal Court, 1987
  
• Northern Cheyenne Tribal Court, 1988
  
• Fort Belknap Tribal Court, 1989
  
• 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1990
  
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2000

EDUCATION

• 1987 - J.D. University of Illinois College of Law, Magnum Cum Laude
  
• 1984 - B.S., Business Administration and Marketing, Highest Honors, University of Illinois

AWARDS AND HONORS

• Order of Coif, University of Illinois College of Law
  
• Phi Delta Phi
  
• Phi Beta Kappa
  
• DAR Award
  
• YWCA Salute to Women Award
  
• Strathmore’s Who’s Who

COMMUNITY AND PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT

• American Bar Association
  
• State of Montana Bar Association
  
• Yellowstone Area Bar Association
  
• President, Montana Women’s Run Board of Directors
  
• Vice-President, Montana Velo Bella Cycling Club
  
• Member, Audubon Conservation Education Center Board of Directors
  
• Member, CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) Board of Directors
  
• Member and past President, Zonta Club of Billings