|

STANLEY T. KALECZYC

Browning, Kaleczyc, Berry & Hoven, P.C

825 Great Northern Blvd., Suite 105
P.O. Box 1697
Helena, MT 59627
Phone: (406) 443-6820
Facsimile: (406) 443-6883
Email: stan@bkbh.com

Professional Experience
BROWNING, KALECZYC, BERRY & HOVEN, P.C.
Helena, Montana, Partner  ·  1982-Present

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF UNITED STATES
Associate General Counsel  ·  1978-1982
Assistant General Counsel  ·  1975-1978
Consumer Affairs Attorney  ·  1974-1975

GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Legal Assistance Program
Lecturer, Civil Practice & Procedure  ·  1976 - 1982

Other Professional Experience
GLACIER GENERAL ASSURANCE COMPANY IN LIQUIDATION
Special Deputy Liquidator  ·  1993 - Present

Education
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
Juris Doctorate, with Honors  1973

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Bachelor of Arts  1970

Admission to Practice
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
U.S. Tax Court
U.S. Court of Claims
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
U.S. District Court for the District of Montana
District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Principal Areas of Practice
Commercial Transactions & Litigation; Government Relations; Administrative Law; Insurance and Business Law; State and Local Taxation; and Local Government Law

Professional and Bar Association Memberships
State Bar of Montana (Member, Federal Practice Section)
District of Columbia Bar (inactive)
American Bar Association (Member, Sections Litigation, Taxation, Trust and
Insurance Practice, Law Practice Management)

Community Activities
Last Chance Public Radio Association  ·  1983-1986
Board President  ·  1984-1985
Helena Lions Swim Club, Board Member  ·  1984-1988
Helena Area Amateur Hockey Association  ·  1994-Present
Board President  ·  1995-1996
Board Vice-President  ·  1996-1997

Biographical Sketch
Mr. Kaleczyc is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the George Washington School of Law. He is a founding partner in Browning, Kaleczyc, Berry & Hoven, P.C. Prior to moving to Montana in 1982, he was Associate General Counsel of the Chamber of Commerce of the United 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, federal courts throughout the United States including the United States Supreme Court, and federal and state administrative agencies.

Mr. Kaleczyc's principal areas of practice include corporate law, commercial litigation in federal and state courts, government contracts, administrative law, and insurance law. He 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 taxpayers who operate in several states.

Mr. Kaleczyc is currently the chair of his firm's Commercial Group.

He is general legal counsel to the Montana Municipal Insurance Authority (MMIA), the group liability and workers' compensation self-insurance pools for Montana cities and towns. In this capacity, he oversees and coordinates general liability tort defense for the 127 Montana cities and towns which participate in the MMIA's group liability program. Currently, there are approximately 100 open litigation files, including civil rights claims brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1983, errors and omissions claims against elected and appointed municipal officials, and a wide variety of general tort claims. He also serves as general 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.


 

Business Contracts Attorney Montana, Divorce Attorney Montana, DUI Attorney Montana, Environmental Attorney Montana, Health Care Attorney Montana, Immigration Attorney Montana, Insurance Attorney Montana, Property Tax Attorney Montana, Real Estate Attorney Helena / Real Estate Attorney Missoula, Trademark Attorney Montana