Master Note Lawyers for Montana

Helping small business owners meet their legal needs.

With more than 20 years of nonprofit, small business, and government experience, Niki can assist you on a wide range of legal issues, including creating new entities and avoiding compliance pitfalls.

Attorney Tim Baldwin is the founder of Property Management Law Solutions, PLLC, a Florida law firm that specializes in representing landlords, property owners, apartments, and property management companies in a variety of property related legal matters, like evictions, security deposit disputes, fair housing matters, civil defense, damages actions, risk mitigation, partition, code violation, lease enforcement, and other real property litigation. Starting as a prosecutor from 2004 to 2006, Tim Baldwin gained invaluable experience as a courtroom litigator and to date has tried nearly 60 jury trials. When he opened his law practice in 2006, Tim focused his law practice on helping landlords in the Florida Panhandle. Since then, Tim Baldwin has expanded his law practice across Florida and become known as one of the premier Florida attorneys in landlord and property law. Tim regularly speaks at events for real estate groups, such as apartment and property management associations and real estate investment groups. Tim also hosts his own podcast, Property Management Law Solutions Podcast, where he discusses a wide range of landlord and property management related topics, and is frequently asked to be a guest on other podcasts nationwide.

Richard "Rick" Mortensen has practiced law continuously in Utah since 2006. For most of that time, he worked in-house, including stints at two international mining companies, two direct selling/MLM companies, a large ecommerce retailer, and an accounting/fintech firm. He also has extensive litigation experience, having represented plaintiffs and defendants in every stage of litigation, including jury trials and appeals. His current role is as a fractional general counsel for businesses of all sizes.

Hello, my name is Matt Shelton and I am a transactional attorney with about 3 years of legal experience, mainly consisting of drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts. I have a background in real estate, with experience drafting and negotiating a wide range of real estate contracts, including purchase agreements, operating agreements, leases, easements, property management agreements, development agreements, deeds, NDAs, and others. Additionally, I have experience working on a variety of commercial agreements, including sponsorship agreements, shareholder agreements, indemnities, sales contracts, and others, as well as drafting persuasive letters, such as demand letters, cease and desists, and notices.

Jeanne is a trusted and approachable legal advisor for contractors, developers, architects, and owners navigating the complexities of construction projects and serves as the founding attorney at Harrison Litigation Team, PLLC. Jeanne has a deep legal knowledge with a genuine understanding of the people and projects behind every build, bringing over a decade of experience to each dispute and transaction. She focuses her practice on construction litigation, business litigation, and complex transactions, guiding clients through the full lifecycle of their projects — from contract negotiation and risk management to dispute resolution and litigation. Capabilities: * Drafting and negotiating AIA and custom construction and business contracts * Managing claims involving delays, defects, and payment disputes * Representing clients in mediation, arbitration, and court proceedings * Advising on regulatory compliance and lien enforcement * Guiding business transactions and partnership agreements

Fractional general counsel and transactional attorney with 25 years of experience serving small and mid-size businesses. Particular depth in AEC, environmental consulting, and professional services industries. Commercial contracts, business formations, corporate governance, M&A support, NDAs, and commercial leases. Admitted in New York and Colorado.

Ryan Darby is a California attorney and commercial real estate developer with more than a decade of civil litigation experience. From 2010 through 2024, he operated the Law Office of Ryan T. Darby. His practice initially focused on landlord-tenant matters and later shifted to defamation defense and First Amendment litigation, including anti-SLAPP motion practice. He served as co-counsel for the plaintiff-appellant in a published Ninth Circuit opinion that reversed the dismissal of First Amendment claims and established precedent protecting speech and press rights against retaliatory government action. Ryan founded Quintessential Capital in 2019 to pursue multifamily acquisitions and later shifted the company’s focus to flex-industrial development. He has since completed a ground-up flex-industrial project in Sparks, Nevada. As a real estate principal, he has negotiated letters of intent, purchase agreements, a loan agreement and related extension, and listing agreements. His legal experience includes drafting and negotiating leases, settlement agreements, and releases, and advising clients on contract disputes. Ryan earned his J.D. from Chapman University’s Fowler School of Law, where he served as a Senior Staff Editor of the Chapman Law Review. His current practice focuses on real estate and lease agreements, settlements and releases, and contract-related disputes. His experience as both counsel and client helps him distinguish between theoretical concerns and risks that matter in practice. Ryan lives in San Diego with his wife, young son, dog, and cat.

I handle litigation, trial, and appeal of civil rights, torts, breach of contract, and family law matters.

Former Kirkland & Ellis litigator. 3x business owner before law school. Motivated to solve commercial disputes using legal tools from a business lens.