Bio

Kevin Heaney is a trusted legal advisor, not just another lawyer. Some see lawyers as commodity service providers who enter the game late to “paper” a deal or help with a legal emergency. You can move beyond that Band-Aid approach and establish a competitive advantage by finding a lawyer who understands your business, listens, has good judgment, and is a strong teammate. Those qualities come from experience, a diverse commercial legal skillset, and communicating like a businessperson, not a lawyer. Kevin is a creative legal advisor with an ideal blend of business and legal experience, whose sound advice generates a synergy with his clients. Kevin’s business experience stems from his education, ongoing personal business ventures, and outside general counsel roles. His legal expertise in business transactions, contracts, real estate, and commercial finance comes from nearly two decades of helping businesses confront and solve problems. Making deals is an integral component of running a business. Kevin understands the balance between negotiating a solid agreement and over-lawyering, the latter of which can needlessly break a deal. Striking that balance requires assertiveness, not aggressiveness, perseverance, and the resourcefulness to find alternatives. That approach allows businesses to finish deals and focus on what is important – running the business. Kevin can handle a large project, the occasional legal matter, or fill an outside general counsel role, having served in that capacity for many years for one of Montana’s largest organizations and for a statewide insurance company. His diverse experience includes buying and selling businesses, real estate transactions, financial product design, complex commercial leasing arrangements, drafting contracts, corporate restructuring, workouts, and foreclosures. A fifth generation Montanan, Kevin spent his youth in the colorful Goosetown neighborhood in Anaconda. Before beginning his legal career, Kevin was a financial analyst for a music distributor and a strategic consultant for a multinational firm. Kevin and his wife have twins and spend their free time enjoying Montana.