Crowley Fleck PLLP is pleased to announce that Renee Coppock, Ben Cory, Kevin Heaney, Steve Lehman, Chris Mangen, Ian McIntosh, Kent Reierson, David Wagner, and Neil Westesen have been recognized as Best Lawyers in America© 2023 Lawyers of the Year. This designation is given to a single lawyer in a specific practice area and location.
Additionally, 57 of the firm’s attorneys have been named by Best Lawyers© to their 2023 Best Lawyers in America© and 2023 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
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Steven R. Milch
- Appellate Practice
- Civil Rights Law
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Kevin P. Heaney *Lawyer of the Year
- 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
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William D. Lamdin III
- Banking and Finance Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Litigation – Banking and Finance
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Robert G. Michelotti, Jr.
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
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Michael S. Dockery
- Commercial Litigation
- Real Estate Law
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Lance R. Hoskins
- Corporate Law
- Real Estate Law
- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates
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Steven J. Lehman *Lawyer of the Year
- Employment Law – Management
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
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Leonard H. Smith
- Employment Law – Management
- Insurance Law
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
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John R. Lee
- Energy Law
- Natural Resources Law
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Christopher Mangen, Jr. *Lawyer of the Year
- Energy Law
- Natural Resources Law
- Oil and Gas Law
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Peter F. Habein
- Insurance Law
- Litigation – Insurance
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Colby L. Branch
- Native American Law
- Oil and Gas Law
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Alan C. Bryan
- Real Estate Law
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Renee L. Coppock *Lawyer of the Year
- Real Estate Law
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Richard A. Brekke
- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates
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Joe C. Maynard, Jr.
- Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
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- Missoula, MT
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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
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Mark L. Stermitz
- Environmental Law
- Natural Resources Law
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Joel Kaleva
- Health Care Law
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- Casper, WY
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James R. Belcher
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
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- Cheyenne, WY
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Timothy L. Woznick
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
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Jessica A. Schneider
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
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Amanda M. Good
- Commercial Litigation
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
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Lindsay A. Woznick
- Corporate Law
- Real Estate Law
- Trusts and Estates
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- Bozeman, MT
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David M. Wagner *Lawyer of the Year
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Real Estate
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Ian McIntosh *Lawyer of the Year
- Commercial Litigation
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
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Gina S. Sherman
- Corporate Law
- Real Estate Law
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Matthew F. McLean
- Litigation – Construction
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Brian R. Bjella
- Mining Law
- Natural Resources Law
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Ashley Burleson
- Trusts and Estates
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- Butte, MT
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Brian Holland
- Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
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- Helena, MT
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Heidi Goettel
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Trusts and Estates
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Neil G. Westesen *Lawyer of the Year
- Construction Law
- Litigation – Construction
- Native American Law
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Marcia Davenport
- Employment Law – Management
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Michael Green
- Employment Law – Management
- Litigation and Controversy – Tax
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Jason P. Loble
- Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
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- Kalispell, MT
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Grant Snell
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
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- Bismarck, ND
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John W. Morrison, Jr.
- Energy Law
- Natural Resources Law
- Oil and Gas Law
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Michael C. Waller
- Health Care Law
- Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
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- Williston, ND
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Kent A. Reierson *Lawyer of the Year
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
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Ones to Watch:
- Billings, MT
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Pamela Garman
- Commercial Litigation
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Aaron W. Nicholson
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
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Vicki Marquis
- Environmental Law
- Litigation – Environmental
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John W. Harkins IV
- Litigation – Environmental
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
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David F. Knobel
- Litigation – Real Estate
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Devin W. Hecht
- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates
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Justin D. Hoskins
- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates
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Kaitlin N. Taylor
- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates
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Adrianna Potts
- Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
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- Bismarck, ND
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Zachary R. Eiken
- Commercial Litigation
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Casey A. Furey
- Energy Law
- Natural Resources Law
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- Bozeman, MT
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Griffin B. Stevens
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
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Mark R. Feddes
- Health Care Law
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- Kalispell, MT
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Ashley A. Di Lorenzo
- Commercial Litigation
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- Williston, ND
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Trevor A. Hunter
- Commercial Litigation
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- Helena, MT
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Carina L. Wilmot
- Immigration Law
- Real Estate Law
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- Cheyenne, WY
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Tara B. Nethercott
- Land Use and Zoning Law
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