Mr. Kaleczyc is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the George Washington School of Law. He is a founding shareholder in Browning, Kaleczyc, Berry & Hoven, P.C. Prior to establishing his law practice in Montana, he was Associate General Counsel of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. He is featured in the 2009 edition of
Super Lawyers of the Mountain States.
Mr. Kaleczyc has extensive experience in a wide variety of business, legislative, and regulatory matters, representing client interests before the United States Congress, the Montana Legislature, and federal courts. Mr. Kaleczyc has an active
appellate practice before state and federal courts including the United States Supreme Court, and federal and state
administrative agencies.
Mr. Kaleczyc's principal areas of practice include
commercial law,
commercial litigation in federal and state courts,
insurance defense,
insurance and securities, and
administrative proceedings.
Mr. Kaleczyc has also served as counsel to clients in disputes involving federal and state tax matters, including
property tax disputes for industrial clients and disputes over the allocation and apportionment of income of corporate income taxpayers who operate in several states, and he has represented a variety of client interests in the
transportation and
telecommunications industry before the Montana Public Service Commission.
Mr. Kaleczyc also maintains an active
lobbying practice, representing clients on tax, business, insurance and regulated industry issues before the
Montana Legislature.
Mr. Kaleczyc is currently the chair of his firm's Commercial Group. He also is general legal counsel to the Montana Municipal Insurance Authority, the group liability and workers' compensation
self-insurance pools for Montana cities and towns, and general legal counsel to the Montana Schools Group Insurance Authority, the
workers' compensation self-insurance program for Montana school districts.
In 1993 State Auditor and Insurance Commissioner Mark O'Keefe appointed Mr. Kaleczyc as Special Deputy Liquidator for Glacier General Assurance Company in Liquidation.
