David Bjornson | Missoula Business Lawyer

David H. Bjornson has spent his thirty-two year legal career practicing both in Seattle, Washington, and in Missoula, Montana. He enjoys an AV Preeminent Lawyer rating by Martindale Hubbell, which is the highest rating available for attorneys.  His practice is focused on business transactions, contracts, loan transactions, corporate law, business organizations (including corporations, limited liability companies and partnerships), private and public business financings, real estate (both residential and commercial), tax litigation, tax planning, estate planning, trusts and probate, and alternative dispute resolution in lieu of litigation.

Before joining Bjornson Jones Mungas, David was formerly associated with Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, PLLP, and Boone, Karlberg & Haddon, both in Missoula. He also practiced with the Seattle law firms of Monahan & Biagi and Bogle & Gates, a large 200+ attorney firm. Prior to law school, David was employed as a certified public accountant by the international accounting firm of Touche Ross & Co. He has a depth of experience in structuring and nurturing companies in their early growth phases through and into substantial revenues, multiple owners and classes of owners, investors and lenders, and a formal board of directors and officer slate.

David holds a Masters of Laws degree (LL.M.) in taxation from New York University, a J.D. degree (with honors) from the University of Montana, a B.A. degree in Business Administration (with honors) from the University of Montana, and a Certified Public Accountant Certificate. He is a member of the American Association of Attorneys – Certified Public Accountants, and sits on the Advisory Board for the Annual UM Tax Institute. He is also a member of the Missoula Estate Planning Council. David is honored in the 2013-2018 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® as among the best in the corporate law field. Recognized by both the legal profession and the general public as a leading guide to legal excellence in the United States, The Best Lawyers in America selects attorneys based on a comprehensive survey in which thousands of the top lawyers in the U.S. confidentially evaluate their professional peers.

Since 1990, David has focused his practice in real estate development and land use, including significant work for affordable housing projects, many of which are supported by IRC Section 42 Low Income Housing Tax Credits and/or subsidized through other loan and guarantee programs. His development practice also emphasizes representing for-profit and nonprofit owner and/or developer clients in projects - both large and small, and with a variety of tax credit investors/syndicators - located throughout Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota and South Dakota.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Attorney	Bjornson Law Offices		2013 - Present
Attorney	Garlington, Lohn & Robinson		2011 - 2013
Attorney	Bjornson Law Offices		1998 - 2011
Attorney	Boone Karlberg		1993 - 1998
Attorney	Sessions & Monahan		1991 - 1993
Attorney	Bogle & Gates		1988 - 1991

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
University of Montana School of Law	J.D.	Law School	1985
New York University	Master of Laws	Tax Law/Taxation	1988
University of Montana	BA	Business Administration - Accounting Emphasis	1979

State / Court	Date
Washington	1985
Montana	1993

• American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants | 2012 - Present

• Corporate | Best Lawyers in America | 2018

• Representative Clients
  Bjornson Jones Mungas has been privileged to provide legal advice and counsel to countless businesses, banks, and other organizations over our years of service. A selection of our representative clients appears below. American Ranchlands Capital, LLC Bank of Montana Bjorn Johnson Construction Braach Accounting Services, P.C. Cogo Capital Farm Bureau Financial Services – Will Johnson FenceCrafters Missoula First American Bank N.A. Glacier Bank Gresham MicroHydro, LLC Liquid Planet Matrix Group 360 Montgomery Distillery Norm Williamson CPA, PLLC PLONK Rockwood Property Management Secured Evidence Systems Secured Investment Corp. Secured Investment High Yield Fund, LLC Secured Investment High Yield Fund II, LLC Security Properties Silk Road Simple Computer Repair Site Based Energy Stewart Title of Southwestern Montana Sun Mountain Sports Treasure State Bank USA Private Money, LLC Western Renewable Energy Wireless Connection Corp.

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