Renee L. Coppock is a Partner in the Billings office and a member of the Commercial Transactions Practice Group. The majority of Renee’s practice is focused on farm and ranch work, including real estate transactions; adjudicating, amending, and establishing water rights; drafting employment contracts for ranch managers; drafting conservation easements; and drafting leases for grazing and crops. Renee also assists clients in music and the arts with agreements and contracts for artists and musicians. She works with developers to buy and sell property, and on zoning issues, variances, and leases.
Renee joined Crowley Fleck in 1987 and has been able to develop long-term, recurring relationships with clients in her nearly four decades with the firm. She has been named one of the Best Lawyers in America® for Real Estate Law every year since 2013 and was named the Best Lawyers in America®, “Lawyer of the Year,” for Real Estate Law in 2023. Renee was also designated as one of the Top 5% of Women Lawyers in the U.S. by Martindale-Hubbell®. She considers working with the Tippet Rise Art Center to be a career highlight. She does work for the organization nearly every day and enjoys the different aspects of law she gets to learn about and practice through this organization.
Renee received her J.D. from the University of Illinois School of Law. While there, she served as a teaching assistant in Agricultural Law. She is an active member of her community and currently serves on the Bylaws and Resolutions committee for Zonta International, an organization dedicated to eliminating gender-based violence, educating young girls, and ending child marriage. In her work with Zonta, as an international director, she had the opportunity to travel around the world, including Nepal, Taiwan, Japan, Finland, Austria, Australia, and Italy. Renee also serves as President of the Montana Women’s Run Board of Directors, which has donated over $1,850,000 to the local community from the proceeds of its runs.
In her free time, Renee loves experimenting in the kitchen and can often be found trying out ingredients she brought back from her travels. She also enjoys Montana’s outdoors, hiking, and running.