Profile - Jean E. Faure

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Faure Holden Attorneys at Law PC
1314 Central Ave
Great Falls, MT 59401

Phone

(406) 452-6500

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Jean E. Faure is an AV-rated civil trial attorney with 30 years of experience in
labor/employment law, education/school law, and civil litigation. A majority of her
practice involves the representation of public and private employers in connection with
all labor and employment-related issues, including trials and arbitrations. She litigates
wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, wage and hour, trade secret, noncompete,
Family Medical Leave Act, and ERISA/fiduciary claims in Federal and State
Courts and administrative agencies throughout Montana. She also is admitted and
practices in Federal Court in North Dakota and Texas.

Jean has extensive experience in traditional labor law. She defends employers and
management in union organizing campaigns, labor contract negotiations, and labor
grievance arbitrations. Jean also litigates unfair labor practices and other matters under
the National Labor Relations Act before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

Jean also has a significant civil litigation practice. She litigates and tries cases in the
area of premises and products liability, insurance coverage, trademark and patent
infringement, construction, partnership and shareholder disputes, and estate/probate
contests. Jean has tried successfully numerous jury and bench trials in front of the
Montana Federal and State district courts, administrative agencies, and arbitrators.
Representative successes include:

Following law school, Jean clerked for the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th
Circuit in San Francisco, California and the Honorable Judge David R. Thompson in
San Diego. Jean also served as a Civil Motions Attorney for the Ninth Circuit before
returning to Montana. Although the firm’s main office is in Great Falls, it has branch
offices in Bozeman and Helena and Jean practices throughout the state.

Since 2009, Jean has been selected to the Mountain States Super Lawyers® in labor
and employment law and employment defense litigation. In 2015, Mountain States
Super Lawyers named Jean to the Top 100 Lawyers and in 2016, the Top 50 Women
Attorneys. She is top-ranked in The Best Lawyers In America and Best Lawyers
named her the Employment Lawyer of the Year in Great Falls in 2013 and 2017. Jean
has been recognized annually in Chambers USA Guide to Leading Lawyers in the field
of employment litigation since 2011.

Jean is the Past President of the Montana Defense Trial Lawyers Association. Since
2005, Jean has served on the State Commission on Practice, by election of her peers
and appointment by the Montana Supreme Court. Jean is an active member of the
Employment & Labor Law Committee of the Defense Research Institute (DRI) and
serves as the Committee’s Chair for Special Publications. In 2015, Jean was named to
the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel and Litigation Counsel of America.

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Practice Areas
Employment Law
General Litigation
Insurance Law
Intellectual Property Law
Labor Law
Personal Injury Litigation
Products Liability
Professional Liability

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Commercial Litigation

Employment and Labor Law

Governmental Liability

Insurance Law

Intellectual Property Litigation

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