Malcolm Goodrich

Malcolm Goodrich is an attorney at Goodrich & Reely, PLLC, with a practice centered on commercial bankruptcy, banking, business, and real estate matters. Goodrich represents businesses, lenders, ranchers, farmers, and other clients in bankruptcy, transactions, and commercial disputes. The practice includes commercial bankruptcy, banking law, business transactions, real estate, agricultural law, and commercial litigation. Goodrich works with businesses, financial institutions, agricultural clients, and parties involved in restructuring or commercial disputes.

Goodrich earned a J.D. from the University of Montana School of Law in 1984 with honors and completed graduate studies in international relations at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford University, in 1980. His legal training led to early work in bankruptcy, banking, and commercial litigation before he established an independent practice in 2000. This training supports the research, analysis, writing, and problem solving required in matters involving detailed records and important client decisions.

Goodrich’s experience includes business bankruptcy and reorganization matters, banking disputes, farm and ranch transactions, commercial litigation, and related financial issues. In addition, Goodrich became certified as a business bankruptcy specialist in 1994 and has served in professional leadership positions involving bankruptcy practice. The practice emphasizes clear documents, careful risk analysis, coordinated planning, and practical solutions aligned with the client’s legal and financial objectives.

Malcolm Goodrich has served as a lawyer representative to the Ninth Circuit and as president of the State Bar of Montana Bankruptcy Section. Goodrich brings longstanding restructuring and commercial experience to matters involving debt, business operations, real estate, and financial relationships. The focus remains on clear advice, careful planning, and legal structures that help clients manage risk, obligations, assets, and future decisions. This experience supports careful judgment and clear communication throughout each stage of a legal matter.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Goodrich & Reely, PLLC
• Member, State Bar of Montana
• Montana lawyer representative to the, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (2014-2017)
• President of the, Bankruptcy Section of the Montana State Bar
• Past chairman, Billings Public School’s Board of Trustees
• Board Member, Friends of Yellowstone Public Radio
• Board Member, Bishop Fox Corporation

Licensed State

• Montana

Education

• University of Montana School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)

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