Crowley Fleck Banking and Finance Practice Group attorneys assist federal and state chartered banks and other regulated lenders on matters affecting their daily operations. Our state capital offices in Montana and North Dakota enhance our access to state banking regulators and permit us to provide efficient lobbying services. In addition, we are experienced in dealing with mergers, acquisitions, and sales of financial institutions.

Our extensive group of experienced attorneys routinely handles multi-state and multi-national financing transactions involving commercial property, oil and gas interests, mining interests, raw land, and agricultural property. We serve as bond counsel, as well as counsel to issuers, borrowers, purchasers and letter of credit issuers in connection with the issuance of tax-exempt and taxable bonds and notes.

Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy Practice Group attorneys' varied specialties and experience allow Crowley Fleck to provide our clients with the most effective up-to-date representation in creditors' rights and bankruptcy law.

Our extensive group of experienced attorneys handles a full range of creditors' rights work, including judicial and non-judicial foreclosures of real property, self-help remedies under the Uniform Commercial Code, workouts and loan restructures, and creditors' rights in bankruptcy. We have the experience and resources to handle bankruptcy and reorganization projects of any size and complexity and are efficient, pragmatic, and result-driven in our approach to handling credit problems.

The Employment and Labor Practice Group attorneys focus on federal labor and employment law as well as the state and local variations governing clients operating throughout our region. Our attorneys coordinate efforts within the group and with other firm attorneys to provide the depth and breadth of services our clients need. The geographic distribution of our practice group members allows us to provide full services to businesses operating throughout the region, and to provide attorneys familiar with local as well as cross-border issues, in and among Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming, and the surrounding states. The Crowley Fleck Employment and Labor Practice Group is uniquely positioned and qualified to help businesses manage the special challenges of doing business in Montana. We help clients develop and manage a strong workforce through proactive policy development and advice regarding employee evaluations and discipline. We strive to help clients avoid claims and disputes, but provide experienced counsel and representation in all forms of employment disputes and litigation, including internal grievances, administrative investigations and hearings, and federal and state district court lawsuits and appeals.

Healthcare providers, managed care providers, and healthcare vendors, including medical products and equipment suppliers, are heavily regulated, and keeping up with continual changes to the law can be difficult and complicated; yet, the potential liability for not adhering to new regulations can be devastating to any healthcare organization.

Crowley Fleck PLLP's Healthcare Practice Group continually keeps abreast of complex regulations affecting the healthcare industry. Our clients include hospitals, physician groups and organizations, community health centers, dental providers, medical associations, hospital foundations, ancillary service providers, for-profit and nonprofit affiliates, pharmaceutical and medical products manufacturers and vendors, and managed care organizations. Our attorneys' varied practices and experiences allow us to provide our clients with coordinated, up-to-date legal healthcare representation. When litigation becomes necessary, Crowley Fleck litigators possess substantial experience in complex commercial litigation and medical malpractice defense, as well as representation before peer review panels, medical legal panels, Professional Licensing Boards, and other State and Federal regulatory agencies.

Intellectual property includes trademarks, copyrights, patents, and trade secrets. Crowley Fleck attorneys have a wide range of experience helping our clients to protect and maximize the value of their intellectual property and technology. We also assist clients in purchasing or licensing technology from third parties.

Our attorneys are experienced in handling a wide range of transactions involving intellectual property and technology, including software, patent, trademark, and merchandise licenses; franchise agreements, website terms and conditions, and software development agreements.

We have extensive experience helping our clients to develop and register effective trademarks, and, if necessary, enforce them. Crowley Fleck attorneys assist clients in protecting their trade secrets and other confidential information through the use of appropriate nondisclosure agreements, employee manuals/policies, and employment/independent contractor agreements (including customer non-solicitation provisions).

Crowley Fleck's Lobbying, Regulatory and Administrative Affairs practice group includes professionals with diverse backgrounds who have vast experience working with multi-level governing agencies, bodies, and commissions - a complex and ever-changing process. Our attorneys keep apprised of the latest developments that affect our clients. We work closely with our business and litigation attorneys to ensure our services in this practice area are consistent with our clients' general business goals.

Crowley Fleck’s tax attorneys provide a full range of services to a variety of clients in different industries regarding state, local, and federal taxation. Our services include dispute resolution (administrative and judicial), business and transactional planning and structuring, tax policy and legislative advice, business and tax incentives, and business and property valuation issues for federal and state tax purposes. We represent clients at all stages of a tax dispute, from the earliest contacts with a tax agency to the highest available judicial appeals.