Duncan A. Peete

Duncan A. Peete is a Montana attorney at Moulton Bellingham PC whose practice includes estate planning, taxation, banking and corporate finance, intellectual property, and real estate law and land use matters. His work centers particularly on estate planning and tax issues, with additional experience addressing business, financial, property, and intellectual property concerns. He advises clients on legal matters that can involve asset planning, tax considerations, business transactions, financing arrangements, ownership interests, and real property, drawing on decades of practice in Montana.

Duncan earned his B.A. from Duke University, and his J.D. from the University of Montana School of Law. He earned his LL.M. in Taxation from the University of Florida. During law school, he received the American Jurisprudence Award in estate planning and served as a Staff Editor of the Montana Law Review. Before entering private practice, he served as a law clerk to Yellowstone County District Court Judge G. Todd Baugh, gaining early experience with judicial proceedings and legal analysis.

Duncan is admitted to practice before Montana District Courts, the Montana Supreme Court, the US District Court for the District of Montana, and the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. His background in taxation and estate planning complements his broader work involving banking, corporate finance, intellectual property, and real estate. He has also contributed to legal scholarship as the author of “Playing The Game: Corporate Sponsorship of Charitable Activities,” published in Tax Notes in 1992.

Duncan A. Peete has remained active in professional and community service alongside his legal practice. His involvement includes board service with the Billings Preservation Society, Family Services, Inc., and Community Concerts of Billings, as well as participation in the Billings Downtown Exchange Club. His combination of advanced tax education, estate planning experience, judicial clerkship training, and work across business and property-related matters supports a broad advisory practice for clients facing complex planning, transactional, tax, and ownership issues requiring careful legal analysis and long-term strategic planning statewide.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Moulton Bellingham PC
• Member, State Bar of Montana

Licensed State

• Montana

Education

• University of Florida
  Master of Laws (LLM)
• University of Montana
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Duke University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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