About
JB Lorenzo started Lorenzo Law, LLC in Helena, Montana with a vision of providing quality legal services to families and businesses. JB focuses on personal attention to each client’s matter, instilling confidence in the service each merits. The practice’s emphasis is on elder law and a variety of business law matters underscoring chief counsel services. The scope of the practice is to help, counsel and provide quality legal services for all, instilling trust and peace of mind.
For more than 30 years JB has advised clients in the public and private sector in varied client landscapes as a consultant and as a lawyer. He has represented and counseled clients on a variety of communications projects, consumer protection issues, business formations, estate planning/elder law matters, and governmental affairs. His work embraces both the “brick and mortar” and digital aspects of clients’ businesses, providing counsel services, and personal estates. Throughout his experience JB developed a multi-jurisdictional practice which resulted from representing clients pro-hac-vice in various states throughout the U.S. and overseas.
JB is a fluent Spanish speaker providing representation and counsel to clients in and from Europe, South and Central America. For the better part of 16 years, JB represented and counseled federal and state programs from Florida. He then founded and managed Lorenzo Law Firm, P.A. providing legal services in the internet, data center, energy and technology business fields. In the fall of 2021, JB began to advise on and build Montana’s broadband program. Such responsibility led to the additional duty to represent Montana’s Dept. of Commerce, as Chief Counsel. Thereafter, JB continued his work and is honored to support the community with the variety of services.
Elder law
Lorenzo Law’s service emphasizes long term planning solutions for families to calmly proceed through life knowing that important matters have been considered and planned for, including but not limited to: long-term care planning, assessment of nursing home options, and coordination of private and public resources to support ongoing medical and financial needs. In addition, Lorenzo Law addresses incidents of elder abuse and fraud/consumer protection, estate administration, representation and advocacy for contested guardianship, nursing home torts, and will disputes.
The practice addresses estate administration/probate, benefit counseling, medical directives and living wills, fiduciary representation, and durable powers of attorney. It is common to receive inquiries about addressing present and future unforeseen inabilities, considering guardianship and care, assessing available resources for disability and personal care, and considering response to fraud and protections from fraud.
Business law
The practice underscores business planning that addresses the necessary considerations of proper business entity formation, status of an existing business entity, existing business encumbrances, and the nature and goals of the business entity, whether its brick-n-motar or an e-commerce digital enterprise and online YouTube creators. The services address business formation, contracts, service agreements, e-commerce /internet law issues, trademarks, trade secrets and copyrights, real estate, property, and general counsel services.
Based on experience, it is common to receive inquiries about business planning and about business forms for the particular purposes needed. It is also common for clients to seek representation and counsel about their business activity and transactions regarding leases and agreements, property exchanges, title actions, purchase and sale agreements, contracts, policies, and international trade.
J.B. Lorenzo
- B.A. – (1985) The American University, School of International Service in Washington, D.C., double major in economics & international affairs
- M.A. – (1987) Florida State University – international relations & international economic development
- J.D. – (1992) University of Denver College of Law – joint J.D. /Ph.D. program
- Ph.D. – (2004) Josef Korbel Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver – international law, global policy & conflict resolution
- Montana, 2021
- U.S. Dist. Ct. of Montana
- 9th Circuit Ct. of Appeals, 2015
- United States Supreme Court, 2007
- Florida, 1998
- U.S. Southern Dist. Ct. of Florida, 2001
- U.S. Middle Dist. Ct. of Florida, 2001
- U.S. Northern Dist. Ct of Florida, 2000
- 11th Circuit Ct. of Appeals, 2000
- D.C. Dist. Ct. of Appeals, 2010
Legal adviser to American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Montana Executive Committee 2021, 2022 and to the Montana ARPA Broadband Independent Review Team.
- Appointed to the Media and Communications Law Committee of the Florida Bar – 2016 – 2020
- Adjunct Professor, Florida State University, College of Law, “Data Security Protection/Consumer Protection and Regulatory Privacy,” Spring 2018.
- Lecturer, for Florida Supreme Court Justice Ricky Polston – Florida Constitutional Law, (one class day event) Florida State University, College of Law – “School Voucher Litigation Case in Florida and related constitutional law issues” – Summer 2012.
- Appointed to Judicial Nominating Commission for the 2nd Judicial Circuit of Florida having served as Vice Chair and Chair, respectively; appointed by Governor Jeb Bush and reappointed by Governors Charlie Crist and Rick Scott – 2002 – 2012.
- Appointed to the Legal Committee of the National Higher Education Finance Council – 2003 – 2011
- Author, Chapter: “Free Speech and Ethnic Intimidation,” in Racism and the Underclass in America (1991), Greenwood Press.