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Milodragovich,
Dale, Steinbrenner
& Nygren P.C.
620
High Park Way
P.O. Box 4947
Missoula, Montana
59806-4947
Telephone:
(406) 728-1455
Fax:
(406) 549-7077
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Areas
of Practice
Personal
Injury and Trucking Liability Defense
Corporate
Litigation
Corporate
Transactions
Employee
Benefits
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 Perry
J. Schneider
Shareholder
Email:
Mr. Schneider is a
litigation and transaction attorney with over ten years of
experience and has represented clients in Missoula, Montana,
throughout the State of Montana and surrounding areas. Mr.
Schneider's areas of practice include personal
injury and trucking liability defense, corporate
litigation, corporate transactions,
and employee benefits.
As a lawyer with
over 10 years of experience, Mr. Schneider strives to provide
unparalleled personal service, to apply his expertise and
experience to solve problems with innovative thinking, and to
obtain positive results for his clients.
Reported
Cases
Mr. Schneider served as lead attorney on the following cases
reported by the Montana Supreme Court:
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Coleman
Construction, et. al. v. Kudrna, 2006 MT 98, 332 Mont.
112, 136 P.3d 970.
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Good Schools
Missoula, Inc. v. Missoula County Public School Dist. No. 1,
2008 MT 231, --- P.3d ----, 2008 WL 2582928.
Practice
Areas and Experience
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Personal
Injury and Trucking Liability Defense - Mr. Schneider
represents individuals and corporations insured by national
and regional insurance carriers, both in state and federal
court, in matters involving personal injury, premises
liability, products liability, and trucking liability.
Mr. Schneider has
also defended insurance carriers from first and third party
claims arising under the Montana Unfair Trade Practices Act
and common law theories of bad faith. Mr. Schneider has
negotiated settlements and received favorable verdicts on
behalf of his client and strives to provide the maximum
benefit at a reasonable cost.
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Corporate
Litigation - Mr. Schneider represents corporations and
individual shareholders, both in state and federal court, in
matters involving contract disputes, shareholder disputes,
labor disputes, patent and trademark infringements, and
claims of fiduciary liability. Mr. Schneider has also
represented corporations in workers= compensation matters.
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Corporate
Transactions - Mr. Schneider represents new businesses
forming partnerships or incorporating in the State of
Montana, and existing business with succession planning,
contracts, employee policy and procedures, and regulatory
compliance.
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Employee
Benefits - Mr. Schneider represents individuals,
corporations and employee benefit plans in matters arising
under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended (ERISA). Mr. Schneider has successfully
represented both individuals and employee benefit plans in
matters involving benefit claims and claims of fiduciary
breach.
Mr. Schneider also
provides legal advice regarding the creation and ongoing
administration of employee benefit plans, including compliance
with the federal statutory and regulatory provision under
ERISA.
Bar
Admissions
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State Bar of
Montana - 1995 (all state district/county courts)
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State Bar of
Connecticut - 1996
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District of
Columbia (Washington, D.C.) Bar - 1998
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Montana Supreme
Court
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United States
District Court of Montana
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United States
District Court of Colorado
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United States
Tax Court
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United States
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Education
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J.D. from the
University of Montana School of Law in 1995
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M.B.A. from the
University of Montana in 1992
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B.S. with an
emphasis on Marketing from Montana State University in 1989
Awards
and Recognitions
Memberships
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Defense Research
Institute (DRI)
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State Bar of
Montana
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Connecticut Bar
Association
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D.C. Bar
Association
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Western Montana
Bar Association
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Montana Defense
Trial Lawyers Association
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Harmonie Group
Personal
Mr. Schneider was
raised in Helena, Montana. Upon completing his
undergraduate studies, Mr. Schneider worked as a consumer loan
officer in Seattle, Washington. He returned to Montana for post
graduate work.
Mr. Schneider began
his career as a lawyer in Stamford, Connecticut, serving as
general counsel for The Evergreen Group, a financial consulting
firm specializing in employee benefit funding programs. He
continued his work in this area with The Hartford, a member of
the Fortune 100, before moving to private practice with the
Groom Law Group, the nations largest employee benefits specialty
law firm, located in Washington, D.C. Mr. Schneider returned to
Missoula, Montana as a practicing attorney with Milodragovich,
Dale, Steinbrenner & Nygren P.C.
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