Stephen M. Barrett

4343 Sourdough Road
Bozeman MT 59715
406-522-4529 (W)
406-581-4556 (cell)

Term Expires: February 1, 2012
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Stephen Barrett was appointed to the Board of Regents in March 2005 by Governor Brian Schweitzer.   He is a senior attorney and businessperson with extensive experience in complex litigation, land use planning, real estate development, managing software development, and service on nonprofit boards.  He's a member of the Crowley, Haughey, Hansen, Toole & Dietrich law firm (of counsel), emphasizing business issues, real estate development, and land use planning.  He has been an associate professor at Montana State University-Bozeman where he lectured on contracts and commercial law, generally for architects and engineers.  Mr. Barrett is a member of the State Bars of Montana and California, the U.S. District Court, Districts of Montana and California, U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit and U.S. Tax Court.  He has served as board member and president of Eaglemount in Bozeman and is currently chair of the Big Sky Owners Association.  Mr. Barrett graduated from MSU in 1967 and received his law degree from Pepperdine University School of Law in 1975. Mr. Barrett lives in Bozeman with his wife Janis, who is also an MSU graduate.  They have two grown children, son Josh who is a lawyer in Portland, Oregon, and daughter Megan who is an English teacher in Portland, Oregon.

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