Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch 2025

August 15, 2024 Filed under 'News'

Crowley Fleck PLLP is pleased to announce that Dick Brekke, Ben Cory, Mike Dockery, Joe Maynard, Ian McIntosh, and Lindsay Woznick have been recognized as Best Lawyers in America© 2025 Lawyers of the Year. This designation is given to a single lawyer in a specific practice area and location.

Additionally, 56 of the firm’s attorneys have been named by Best Lawyers© to their 2025 Best Lawyers in America© and 2025 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
- Colby L. Branch
  - Native American Law
  - Oil and Gas Law
- Richard A. Brekke *Lawyer of the Year
  - Tax Law
  - Trusts and Estates
- Alan C. Bryan
  - Real Estate Law
- Renee L. Coppock
  - Real Estate Law
- Michael S. Dockery *Lawyer of the Year
  - Commercial Litigation
  - Real Estate 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
- Lance R. Hoskins
  - Corporate Law
  - Real Estate Law
  - Tax Law
  - Trusts and Estates
- Vincent G. Kalafat
  - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- David F. Knobel
  - Commercial Litigation
  - Litigation – Construction
- William D. Lamdin III
  - Banking and Finance Law
  - Financial Services Regulation Law
  - Litigation – Banking and Finance
- John R. Lee
  - Energy Law
  - Natural Resources Law
- Joe C. Maynard, Jr. *Lawyer of the Year
  - Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Robert G. Michelotti, Jr.
  - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Steven R. Milch
  - Appellate Practice
  - Civil Rights Law
- Jeffrey J. Oven
  - Commercial Litigation
  - Litigation – Banking and Finance
  - Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Eli J. Patten
  - Commercial Litigation
  - Litigation – Real Estate
- Leonard H. Smith
  - Employment Law – Management
  - Insurance Law
  - Litigation – Labor and Employment
  - Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Bozeman, MT
- Brian R. Bjella
  - Mining Law
  - Natural Resources Law
- Kelsey E. Bunkers
  - Litigation – Real Estate
- Ashley Burleson
  - Trusts and Estates
- Ian McIntosh *Lawyer of the Year
  - Commercial Litigation
  - Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Matthew F. McLean
  - Litigation – Construction
- Gina S. Sherman
  - Corporate Law
  - Real Estate Law
Butte, MT
- Brian Holland
  - Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
Helena, MT
- Bradford J. Brown
  - Commercial Litigation
  - Construction Law
  - Litigation – Construction
- Michael Green
  - Employment Law – Management
  - Litigation – Labor and Employment
  - Litigation and Controversy – Tax
- Jason P. Loble
  - Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
- Neil G. Westesen
  - Construction Law
  - Litigation – Construction
  - Native American Law
Kalispell, MT
- Scott Hagel
  - Labor Law – Management
Missoula, MT
- Benjamin T. Cory *Lawyer of the Year
  - 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
Bismarck, ND
- John W. Morrison, Jr.
  - Energy Law
  - Natural Resources Law
  - Oil and Gas Law
- Amy M. Oster
  - Labor Law – Management
  - Litigation – Labor and Employment
  - Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  - Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
Casper, WY
- James R. Belcher
  - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  - Litigation – Bankruptcy
Cheyenne, WY
- Amanda M. Good
  - Commercial Litigation
  - Employment Law – Management
  - Litigation – Labor and Employment
  - Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  - Utilities Law
- Jessica A. Schneider
  - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
  - Tax Law
- Timothy L. Woznick
  - Banking and Finance Law
  - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
  - Corporate Law
- Lindsay A. Woznick *Lawyer of the Year
  - Corporate Law
  - Oil and Gas Law
  - Real Estate Law
  - Trusts and Estates
Sheridan, WY
- James L. Mowry
  - Energy Law

Ones to Watch:

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