Antoinette (Toni) Tease is a registered patent attorney who practices in the areas of intellectual property and technology law. Before forming her own law firm in 2003, Ms. Tease was General Counsel for Rocky Mountain Technology Group, Inc., a software development company with its worldwide headquarters in Billings, Montana. From 1995 to 2001, Ms. Tease was a member of the law firm of Crowley, Haughey, Hanson, Toole & Deitrich, P.L.L.P., the region's largest law firm, where she represented clients in both high-tech and traditional industries in intellectual property matters. While at Crowley, Ms. Tease was a partner and Chair of the firm's Intellectual Property and Technology Practice Group. Before moving to Montana in 1995, Ms. Tease practiced with the law firms of Wiley, Rein & Fielding in Washington, D.C., and Shearman & Sterling in New York City. After graduation from law school in 1990, Ms. Tease clerked for United States District Judge David A. Ezra in Honolulu, Hawaii. Ms. Tease attended law school at the University of Connecticut School of Law, where she was a Notes and Comments Editor for the Connecticut Law Review, and where she graduated with High Honors in the top 3% of her class. Ms. Tease obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University, where she majored in Economics.

Ms. Tease is an active member of the American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law. She is a current member of Section Council, the governing body of the ABA-IPL Section. She is currently serving as Publications Officer and CHair of the Content Advisory Board. In this capacity, Ms. Tease is responsible for overseeing all of the Section's publications, including the Landslide magazine, the Annual Review, and all books published by the Section. Ms. Tease is a member of the Section Council and former Chair of Division VII, Information Technology. She has also former Chair of the Computer Software Technology, Computer Programs, and Databases Committees. Ms. Tease has served on the Section's Strategic Communications Task Force, which engaged in long-range planning for the Section. In addition, Ms. Tease is a current member of the Section's Patent Law Reform Task Force, and she has also served on the Section's Business Method Patents and Chinese Patent Law Reform Task Forces.

Ms. Tease serves on the Business Advisory Board for the Montana State University-Billings College of Business and was formerly on the Board of Advisors for the Montana Business Incubator in Billings. She is also a frequent speaker on intellectual property law topics and a former member of the Montana State Bar CLE Institute. In addition to being admitted to practice in Montana and New York, Ms. Tease is admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the U.S. Distruct Court for the District of Montana, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Ms. Tease is Treasurer of the Harvard Club of Montana.

Michelle Hornbeck, a Billings native, graduated from Montana State University Billings in 2011. Starting as an education major, Ms. Hornbeck felt a pull toward the business world based on her childhood in an entrepreneurially-minded home. Changing majors to Business Administration with a focus in Marketing was a perfect fit. In the midst of her degree, Ms. Hornbeck worked with the Beartooth Nature Center in creating a marketing plan and securing donor commitments. Her senior project included leading a team in writing a complete business plan for a local jam and jelly maker who used the plan to secure a grant and purchase new property to expand the business.

Ms. Hornbeck maintained her position on the Dean's Honor Roll each semester she attended Montana State University Billings and graduated at the top of her marketing class with the title of Magna Cum Laude. Along with this acknowledgment, her professors recognized her commitment to personal excellence and team building with the award of "Outstanding Marketing Graduate of 2011."

Ms. Hornbeck is excited to join the Tease Law team for both its commitment to excellence and to fulfilling its mission statement to protect and defend the intellectual property of its clients.