Best Lawyers 2021 Lawyers of the Year and Best Lawyers in America

August 20, 2020 Filed under 'News'

Crowley Fleck PLLP is pleased to announce that Marcia Davenport, Peter F. Habein, Kevin P. Heaney, Steven J. Lehman,and Ian McIntosh have been recognized as Best Lawyers in America© 2021 Lawyers of the Year.

Additionally, 33 of the firm’s attorneys have been named by Best Lawyers© to their 2021 Best Lawyers in America© list.

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.

Additional recognitions are also awarded to individual lawyers with the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region. Only one lawyer is recognized as the “Lawyer of the Year” for each specialty and location.

Recognized Crowley Fleck Attorneys:

Montana

Billings, MT
- Steven R. Milch
  - Appellate Practice
  - Civil Rights Law
- Kevin P. Heaney *Lawyer of the Year – Banking & Finance Law
  - 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
- Lance R. Hoskins
  - Corporate Law
  - Real Estate Law
  - Tax Law
  - Trusts and Estates
- Steven J. Lehman *Lawyer of the Year – Litigation – Labor & Employment
  - Employment Law – Management
  - Labor Law – Management
  - Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Leonard H. Smith
  - Employment Law – Management
  - Insurance Law
  - Litigation – Labor and Employment
  - Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- John R. Lee
  - Energy Law
  - Natural Resources Law
- Christopher Mangen, Jr.
  - Energy Law
  - Natural Resources Law
  - Oil and Gas Law
- Steven P. Ruffatto
  - Energy Law
  - Mining Law
  - Natural Resources Law
  - Oil and Gas Law
- Peter F. Habein *Lawyer of the Year – Litigation – Insurance
  - Insurance Law
  - Litigation – Insurance
- 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 – Employer

Bozeman, MT
- David M. Wagner
  - Bet-the-Company Litigation
  - Commercial Litigation
  - Litigation – Real Estate
- Ian McIntosh *Lawyer of the Year – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  - Commercial Litigation
  - Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Neil G. Westesen
  - Construction Law
  - Litigation – Construction
  - Native American Law
- Gina S. Sherman
  - Corporate Law
  - Real Estate Law
- Matthew F. McLean
  - Litigation – Construction
- Brian R. Bjella
  - Mining Law
  - Natural Resources Law
- Ashley Burleson
  - Trusts and Estates

Butte, MT
- Brian Holland
  - Commercial Transactions / UCC Law

Helena, MT
- Marcia Davenport *Lawyer of the Year – Employment Law – Management
  - Employment Law – Management
- Michael Green
  - Employment Law – Management

Kalispell, MT
- Richard W. Casey
  - Antitrust Law
  - Commercial Litigation
  - Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
  - Securities / Capital Markets Law

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

North Dakota

Bismarck, ND
- Malcolm H. Brown
  - Commercial Litigation
  - Corporate Law
- John W. Morrison, Jr.
  - Energy Law
  - Natural Resources Law
  - Oil and Gas Law
- Michael C. Waller
  - Health Care Law
  - Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants

Williston, ND
- Kent A. Reierson
  - Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Wyoming

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
- Amanda M. Good
  - Commercial Litigation
  - Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Lindsay A. Woznick
  - Real Estate Law
  - Trusts and Estates