Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch 2024

August 17, 2023 Filed under 'News'

Crowley Fleck PLLP is pleased to announce that Ashley Burleson, Brian Holland, John Lee, Matt McLean, Len Smith, Dave Wagner, and Lindsay Woznick have been recognized as Best Lawyers in America© 2024 Lawyers of the Year. This designation is given to a single lawyer in a specific practice area and location.

Additionally, 53 of the firm’s attorneys have been named by Best Lawyers© to their 2024 Best Lawyers in America© and 2024 Ones to Watch lists.

Recognition by Best Lawyers© is based entirely on peer review. Their methodology is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area.

Best Lawyers:

Billings, MT
- Steven R. Milch
  - Appellate Practice
  - Civil Rights Law
- Kevin P. Heaney
  - Banking and Finance Law
  - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
  - Commercial Finance Law
  - Corporate Governance Law
  - Corporate Law
  - Economic Development Law
  - Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
- William D. Lamdin III
  - Banking and Finance Law
  - Financial Services Regulation Law
  - Litigation – Banking and Finance
- Robert G. Michelotti, Jr.
  - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Michael S. Dockery
  - Commercial Litigation
  - Real Estate Law
- David F. Knobel
  - Commercial Litigation
  - Litigation – Construction
- Lance R. Hoskins
  - Corporate Law
  - Real Estate Law
  - Tax Law
  - Trusts and Estates
- Steven J. Lehman
  - Employment Law – Management
  - Labor Law – Management
  - Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Leonard H. Smith *Lawyer of the Year
  - Employment Law – Management
  - Insurance Law
  - Litigation – Labor and Employment
  - Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- John R. Lee *Lawyer of the Year
  - Energy Law
  - Natural Resources Law
- Colby L. Branch
  - Native American Law
  - Oil and Gas Law
- Alan C. Bryan
  - Real Estate Law
- Renee L. Coppock
  - Real Estate Law
- Richard A. Brekke
  - Tax Law
  - Trusts and Estates
- Joe C. Maynard, Jr.
  - Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
Missoula, MT
- Benjamin T. Cory
  - Banking and Finance Law
  - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  - Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
  - Litigation – Banking and Finance
  - Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Mark L. Stermitz
  - Environmental Law
  - Natural Resources Law
Casper, WY
- James R. Belcher
  - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  - Litigation – Bankruptcy
Cheyenne, WY
- Timothy L. Woznick
  - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  - Banking and Finance Law
  - Business Organizations
  - Corporate Law
- Jessica A. Schneider
  - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
  - Tax Law
- Amanda M. Good
  - Commercial Litigation
  - Employment Law – Management
  - Litigation – Labor and Employment
  - Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  - Utilities Law
- Lindsay A. Woznick *Lawyer of the Year
  - Corporate Law
  - Oil and Gas Law
  - Real Estate Law
  - Trusts and Estates
Bozeman, MT
- David M. Wagner *Lawyer of the Year
  - Bet-the-Company Litigation
  - Commercial Litigation
  - Litigation – Real Estate
- Ian McIntosh
  - Commercial Litigation
  - Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Gina S. Sherman
  - Corporate Law
  - Real Estate Law
- Matthew F. McLean *Lawyer of the Year
  - Litigation – Construction
- Kelsey Bunkers
  - Litigation – Real Estate
- Brian R. Bjella
  - Mining Law
  - Natural Resources Law
- Ashley Burleson *Lawyer of the Year
  - Trusts and Estates
Butte, MT
- Brian Holland *Lawyer of the Year
  - Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
Helena, MT
- Neil G. Westesen
  - Construction Law
  - Litigation – Construction
  - Native American Law
- Marcia Davenport
  - Employment Law – Management
- Michael Green
  - Employment Law – Management
  - Litigation – Labor and Employment
  - Litigation and Controversy – Tax
- Jason P. Loble
  - Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
Kalispell, MT
- Grant Snell
  - Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
Bismarck, ND
- John W. Morrison, Jr.
  - Energy Law
  - Natural Resources Law
  - Oil and Gas Law

Ones to Watch:

Billings, MT
- Pamela Garman
  - Commercial Litigation
- Clayton Gregersen
  - Commercial Litigation
- Aaron W. Nicholson
  - Commercial Litigation
  - Construction Law
- Vicki Marquis
  - Environmental Law
  - Litigation – Environmental
- John W. Harkins IV
  - Litigation – Environmental
  - Litigation – Labor and Employment
  - Natural Resources Law
- Justin D. Hoskins
  - Tax Law
  - Trusts and Estates
- Kaitlin N. Taylor
  - Tax Law
  - Trusts and Estates
Bismarck, ND
- Zachary R. Eiken
  - Commercial Litigation
- Casey A. Furey
  - Energy Law
  - Natural Resources Law
- Benjamin Sand
  - Oil and Gas Law
Bozeman, MT
- Griffin B. Stevens
  - Commercial Litigation
  - Construction Law
- Mark R. Feddes
  - Health Care Law
Kalispell, MT
- Ashley A. Di Lorenzo
  - Commercial Litigation
Williston, ND
- Trevor A. Hunter
  - Commercial Litigation
Helena, MT
- Carina L. Wilmot
  - Immigration Law
  - Real Estate Law
Casper, WY
- Holly Tysse
  - Commercial Litigation
  - Health Care Law
  - Oil and Gas Law
Cheyenne, WY
- Tara B. Nethercott
  - Land Use and Zoning Law