Crowley Fleck PLLP is the largest firm in Montana and its adjoining states. It provides a full range of legal services throughout the region, offering expertise in nearly all areas of law. Since its founding in 1895, the firm has continued in its tradition of exercising high ethical standards and leadership in community and professional affairs. The firm maintains seven fully staffed offices, one in Billings, the largest city in Montana, one in Helena, the capital of Montana, as well as offices in Kalispell, Bozeman and Missoula, Montana and Bismarck, the capital of North Dakota, and Williston, North Dakota. Crowley Fleck PLLP is the reviser of the Martindale- Hubbell Law Digest; please refer to the firm's complete profile therein.

Reviser of the Montana Law Digest for this Directory.

Statement of Practice

General Civil Practice. Litigation, Insurance, Workers Compensation, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Malpractice, Bankruptcy, Financing Transactions, Administrative, Immigration, Antitrust, Banking, Corporate, Commercial, Real Estate, Public Utilities, Securities, Tax, Municipal and Tax Exempt Bonds, Entertainment, Health Care, Agricultural, Estate Planning, Probate, Pension and Profit Sharing, Natural Resources including Oil and Gas, Mining, Environmental and Water Law, Employment Law, Indian Law and Intellectual Property.

Representative Clients:

First Interstate Bank of Commerce
General Motors Acceptance Corp.
Noranda Minerals Corp.
Montana Power Company
MDU Resources Group, Inc.
Chevron U.S.A., Inc.
Farm Credit Bank
Northwest Farm Credit Services, ACA
Conoco Inc.
Pegasus Gold Corp.
Mid-Rivers Telephone Cooperative
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Inc.
Norfolk Energy Inc.
United Parcel Service
Sinclair Oil Corp.
Deaconess Medical Center of Billings
Peabody Coal Co.
Billings Clinic
John Deere Co.
Decker Coal Co.
Kennecott Corporation
Manufacturer's Hanover Trust
General Electric Co.
AT&T
General Mills
Holly Sugar Corp.
The Western Sugar Co.
Grace Petroleum Corp.
Arch Minerals Corporation
Turner Enterprises, Inc.
Natural Gas Processing Company
Yellowstone Banks
American State Bank & Trust Co. of Williston
First National Bank & Trust Co. of Williston
Mercy Hospital
Triangle Electric, Inc.
Farmers Union Lumber Co.
Valley Chrysler & Marine, Inc. Coca Cola Bottling Co.
Black Hills Trucking Inc.
Northwest Grain Co-Op Terminal
Medical Center of Williston, ND
Source Energy, LLC
American State Bank & Trust Co. of Williston, ND
Craven-Hagan Clinic
Frontier Insurance Group
Millers First Insurance Co.

Clients

INSURANCE CLIENTS: Aetna
CNA Insurance
Connecticut Mutual Life
Crawford & Co.
Employers Casualty
Farmers Insurance Group
Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.
Kemper Insurance Group
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
Mutual Life Insurance Co., N.Y.
New York Life Insurance Co.
Prudential Insurance Co.
Federated Insurance Co.
Petroleum Casualty Co.
Washington National Insurance Aetna
St. Paul Insurance Cos.
The Doctor's Co.
The Home Insurance Cos.
The Travelers
Transamerica Insurance Co.
Underwriters Adjusting Co.
Montana State Compensation Insurance Fund
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
Chubb Insurance
Nodak Mutual Insurance Co.
U.S.F.& G.
National Farmers Union Property and Casualty Co.

Address

111 East Broadway P.O. Box 1206
Williston, ND 58801, (Williams Co.)

Phone

Phone: 701-572-2200
Fax: 701-572-7072

Website

http://www.crowleyfleck.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

PARTNERS

Kenneth G. Hedge (Partner) born Glendive, Montana, July 11, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, North Dakota; 2001, Montana; U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota. Education: Montana State University (B.A., highest honors, 1995); University of Wyoming (J.D., with honors, 1999). Order of the Coif. Managing Editor, Land & Water Law Review (now Wyoming Law Review), 1999. Member: State Bar Association of North Dakota; State Bar of Montana; American Bar Association; Northwest Estate Planning Council. Practice Areas: Natural Resources; Estate Planning; Business Law; Real Estate; Commercial Law; Debtor and Creditor.Email: Kenneth G. Hedge

Fred C. Rathert (Partner) born Wolf Point, Montana, July 8, 1940; admitted to bar, 1965, Montana and North Dakota. Education: St. Olaf College (B.A., 1962); Montana State University (LL.B., with honors, 1965). Listed in Best Lawyers in America (Oil and Gas), 1991—. Associate Editor, Montana Law Review, 1963-1965. Author, "Use of the Model Form Operating Agreement for the Creation and Enforcement of A Security Interest," 62 North Dakota Law Review, 1986. Co-Author, "North Dakota Mineral Title Standards," State Bar Association of North Dakota, 1989. Member: State Bar of Montana; State Bar Association of North Dakota (Member, Mineral Title Standards Committee); American Law Institute; Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute. Practice Areas: Natural Resources; Oil and Gas; Banking; Real Estate; Probate; Regulatory and Administrative Proceedings.Email: Fred C. Rathert

Kent Reierson (Partner) born Devils Lake, North Dakota, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, North Dakota. Education: University of North Dakota (B.S., 1976; M.S., in Public Administration, 1980; J.D., 1980). President, UND Law School Moot Court Board, 1979-1980. Law Clerk, Supreme Court of North Dakota, 1980-1981. State's Attorney, Williams County, 1983-1984. President, North Dakota Trial Lawyers Association, 2001-2002. Member: State Bar Association Board of Governors, 2002-2004; SBAND Ethics Committee 2005-2006; SBAND Disciplinary Board, 2006—. City attorney for Williston, ND, 1994-2006. Member of several civic and habitat conservation organizations. President North Dakota Bowhunters Association 2009—. Member: Williams County Bar Association; State Bar Association of North Dakota; North Dakota Trial Lawyers Association; American Association for Justice; American Association of Professional Landmen; Landmen's Association of North Dakota. (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocacy Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation(70%); Oil and Gas Law(30%).Email: Kent Reierson

Garth H. Sjue (Partner) born Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada, September 12, 1953; admitted to bar, 1982, North Dakota; 2002, Montana. Education: University of North Dakota (B.S.B.A., 1977; J.D., with distinction, 1982). Beta Alpha Psi. Certified Public Accountant, North Dakota, 1978. Member: Upper Missouri (President and Secretary) and American Bar Associations; State Bar Association of North Dakota (Former Member, Continuing Legal Education Committee); American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; North Dakota Society of Certified Public Accountants (Former Member, Taxation Committee). Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Commercial Litigation; Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Business Formation; Real Estate; Oil and Gas Law; Creditor Bankruptcy.Email: Garth H. Sjue

ASSOCIATES

Jennifer Nasner (Attorney) born Billings, Montana; admitted to bar, 2005, Montana and U.S. District Court, District of Montana; 2006, North Dakota. Education: Jamestown College (B.A., Accounting and Business Administration, summa cum laude, 2000); Gonzaga University (J.D., summa cum laude, 2005). Member, Gonzaga Law Review, 2003-2005. Author: "The Unexpected Tax Consequences of 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition'," 40 Gonzaga Law Review 481, 2004-2005. Inactive Certified Public Accountant, Minnesota, 2001. Member: Upper Missouri (President) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Montana; State Bar Association of North Dakota. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Estate Planning; Business Formation; Probate Administration; Oil and Gas Law.Email: Jennifer Nasner

Adam Olschlager (Associate) born Breckenridge, Minnesota, January 25, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Montana; 2008, North Dakota. Education: University of North Dakota (B.S., Information Systems, 2003; J.D., with distinction, 2007). Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Adam Olschlager

OF COUNSEL

Fred E. Whisenand (Of Counsel) born Williston, North Dakota, February 11, 1929; admitted to bar, 1957, North Dakota; 1965, California; 1995, Montana. Education: University of North Dakota (Ph.B., 1956; J.D., with distinction, 1957). Phi Alpha Delta. Associate Editor, North Dakota Law Review, 1956-1957. Assistant States Attorney, Williams County, 1957-1959. Municipal Judge, Williston, 1961-1964. Member, Disciplinary Board of North Dakota Supreme Court, 1974-1980. Member, Judicial Conduct Commission of North Dakota Supreme Court, 1983-1989. Member: Upper Missouri and American Bar Associations; State Bar Association of North Dakota; The State Bar of California; State Bar of Montana; American Board of Trial Advocates (Chapter President, 1991; National Director, 1995-1996). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Commercial Litigation; Family Law; Real Estate; Natural Resources-Oil and Gas.