Michael James Tennant is a lawyer practicing business organizations, governance, mergers, acquisitions & other business transactions and 29 other areas of law. Michael received a Masters in Accountancy degree from University of Montana in 2008, and has been licensed for 18 years. Michael practices at Crowley Fleck PLLP in Billings, MT.
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Areas of Law
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Business Law 5
- Business Organizations
- Mergers, Acquisitions & Other Business Transactions
- Joint Ventures
- Business Entities
- Business Succession Planning
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Corporate Governance 1
- Governance
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Taxation 5
- Tax
- State and Local Taxes
- Tax Audits and Controversies
- Wealth Transfer Taxes
- Tax Planning
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Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures 3
- Mergers and Aquisitions
- Mergers
- Mergers and Acquisitions, Spin-Offs, and Reorganizations
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Real Estate 1
- Real Estate Transactions
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Leases and Leasing 1
- Commercial Real Estate Acquisition, Sales and Leasing
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Agricultural Law 1
- Farm and Ranch Transactions
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Energy 1
- Natural Resource and Energy Taxes
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Trusts and Estates 6
- Trusts & Estates
- Charitable Giving
- Estate Planning
- Guardianships, Conservatorships and Disability Planning
- Probate, Estate and Trust Administration
- Retirement Planning
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Elder Law 1
- Elder Law Planning
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Litigation 1
- Fiduciary Obligations and Estate and Trust Litigation
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Family Law 1
- Premarital Agreements
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Other 3
- Acquisitions and Dispositions
- Due Diligence
- Public Finance & Tax Exempt Finance
Practice Details
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Firm InformationPositionPartnerFirm NameCrowley Fleck PLLP
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Representative Cases & TransactionsCasesReported Decisions / Cases: Scottrade v. Davenport, 873 F.Supp.2d 1306, D.Mont., June 05, 2012
Scottrade v. Davenport, 590 Fed.Appx. 657, 9th Cir.(Mont.), Oct. 23, 2014
Representative Matters: Served as counsel on a sale of substantially all of the assets of an auto parts business to a multinational corporation
Served as counsel on the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of an instrumentation
electrical business from a private entity
Served as counsel on a purchase of stock relating to a ranch tied up in estate
trust litigation
Served as counsel for a construction company on various amendments
modifications of a large loan facility
Served as counsel on the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of a technical institute from a private entity
Served as local counsel on the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of a construction business from a private entity
Served as counsel on the acquisition of commercial real property for exp
ing business
Served as counsel on the acquisition of agricultural real property involving negotiation of various covenants
Served as counsel on the acquisition of commercial real property to be used for several group homes for a nonprofit entity
Served as counsel on the acquisition
sale of various airplane hangars
Served as counsel in acquisition of commercial real property involving environmental contamination
remediation issues
Served as counsel in structured sale of l
(including current sale
various options to purchase
involving IRC Section 1031 issues)
Served as counsel in acquisition of large ranch (including issues with mineral rights/recreational
hunting leases/state
BLM grazing leases/water rights)
Served as counsel to high net worth clients in formation of estate plan
various revocable
irrevocable trusts (for use with income/estate
gift/GST tax planning purposes)
entities for succession planning (including limited liability companies/S corporations
QSUBs/limited partnerships)
the formation
implementation of gifting programs)
Served as counsel to high net worth clients in formation of estate plan
various revocable
irrevocable trusts (for use with income/estate
gift/GST tax planning purposes)
restructuring entities to facilitate succession planning
Served as co-counsel of high net worth estate involving various tax
non-tax issues (including estate
gift tax issues/disclaimers/possible GST tax issues/trusts issues/estate tax return)
Served as counsel to beneficiary of an estate in identifying a failed portability election
assisted counsel for personal representative in seeking a private letter ruling to obtain relief to file a late portability election
Served as counsel to beneficiary of an estate involving dispute among beneficiaries
fiduciaries
negotiated settlement of estate
Served as co-counsel to beneficiary of estate
transfer on death account involving multiple claims for contract to make a will/undue influence/duress/murder/breach of contract/fraud/ tortious interference/
others.
Experience
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Bar Admission & MembershipsAdmissions9th Circuit Appellate Courts
U.S. District Court, District of Montana
2008, Montana
MembershipsProfessional Affiliations
State Bar of Montana
American Bar Association -
Education & CertificationsLaw SchoolNew York University School of Law
Class of 2013
LL.M.
Taxation
University of Montana School of Law
Class of 2008
JD.
Other EducationUniversity of Montana
Class of 2008
Masters in Accountancy
University of Montana
Class of 2008
Masters in Business Administration
Montana State University
Class of 2005
B.S.
Accounting
Flathead Valley Community College
Class of 2003
A.S.
Accounting
Michael James Tennant
500 Transwestern II, 490 North 31st StreetBillings, MT 59103U.S.A.
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