Background
Bender, Jeanne Matthews was born on February 18, 1943 in Great Falls, Montana, United States. Daughter of John Jay and Helen M. (Pettibone) Matthews.
Bender, Jeanne Matthews was born on February 18, 1943 in Great Falls, Montana, United States. Daughter of John Jay and Helen M. (Pettibone) Matthews.
University of Montana (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1965. Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, 1985).
Worked at Holland & Hart LLP (Denver, Colorado) specializing in Advanced Technology, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Banking and Finance, Bankruptcy, Business Transactions, Commercial Litigation (Trials and Appeals), Construction, Corporate Finance, Environmental, Estate Planning and Administration, Healthcare and Hospitals, Intellectual Property, International, Labor/Employment and Employee Benefits, Legislative, Oil/Gas and Minerals, Patents, Product Liability/Torts and Insurance, Project Finance, Public Land, Public Utilities and Energy Regulation, Real Estate, Securities, Tax, Telecommunications, Water, White Collar Crime. Admitted to the bar, 1985, Montana. 1988, Colorado.
Research Editor, Montana Law Review, 1984-1985.
Editor, Montana Employment Law Letter. Adjunct Professor, Civil Litigation, Rocky Mountain College, 1986, 1993-1996. Past President, Montana Association of Female Executives.
Member: American Bar Association (Sections on Litigation, Labor and Employment Law). Montana Defense Trial Lawyers Association. Holland & Hart regularly helps companies from around the world with investments and business transactions both inside and outside of the United States, including mergers and acquisitions, natural resources development and financing, telecommunications, technology transfers, export sales, imports, protection of intellectual property, multinational financing, foreign investment law, joint ventures, immigration and tax matters.
Areas of International Service include: foreign investments, mergers and acquisitions, multinational joint ventures, licensing and technology transfer, commercial representation (agents and distributors), patent, trademark and copyright protection, export and re-export controls, direct investment, tariff and customs matters, immigration, international tax advice, international financing and Euro-currency lending, agricultural exports and international estate and financial planning. The firm is also well known for its expertise in arbitration, negotiation, dispute resolution and litigation.
Member parish county St. Patrick County Cathedral, Billings, 1991-1994. Member American Bar Association, Yellowstone County Bar Association, Montana Defense Trial Lawyers, Montana Association Female Executives (board directors, president 1996), Delta Gamma Alumnae.
Married Ronald J. Bender, November 18, 1967. Children: Ann Marie, Matt, Caroline H.