Family Law

• Child Custody and Visitation
  Represented children in several guardian ad litem cases where custody and visitation were in question. After investigation of the matters, reports filed with the court and matters settled.
• Adoption
• Guardianship
  Rick is a former Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for Spokane County and currently serves as the Conflicts City Prosecutor for the City of Cheney, handling criminal matters in the Cheney Municipal Court and all appeals therefrom. He also practices in the area of Guardianship Law representing two large hospitals in the Spokane area. Handling guardianship for incompetent individuals that are in need of medical services both in and out of the hospital. Rick handles these matters from the initial petition for guardianship and appointment of a guardian ad litem to trial if necessary.

Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
• Wrongful Death
  Defense of hospital in wrongful death case alleging corporate negligence for spoliation and improperly allowing access to electronic medical records, as well as vicarious liability for substandard care by an anesthesiologist during a lithotripsy procedure. Defense verdict after 3-week trial. Spoliation issue was appealed and defense verdict affirmed. 2014 WL 6601997, November 20, 2014.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Stanley practices in the areas of land use, municipal, real estate, environmental, and corporate law. He represents public (cities, counties, special purpose districts) and private parties (individuals, partnerships, corporations) in the above areas of law, as well as, serving as general counsel to an electric company and City Attorney for two cities in Washington.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  Our tax lawyers also have wide-ranging experience in all aspects of business organizations. We assist business clients in minimizing their tax liability while complying with applicable laws. We are well versed in all aspects of federal taxation that apply to mergers and acquisitions. We also advise nonprofit organizations on qualification for tax-exempt status, on-going compliance, executive compensation and other aspects of their operations. In conjunction with our Health Law Group, we have assisted many health-related nonprofit and for-profit entities with joint ventures, development of research programs, mergers and other acquisitions. For our individual clients, we offer practical advice with respect to income, estate and property taxation. Whether a client needs advice on a gifting program for the reduction of estate taxes, representation to challenge a property tax assessment or advocacy in an IRS audit, the Tax Group is prepared to provide expert advice and assistance.
• Business Formation
  Alex Wilson's practice primarily focuses on corporate, real estate, banking, and other business-related matters. Alex assists clients in business formation and governance, as well as mergers and acquisitions. He also assists clients with their contractual, financing, and real estate needs.
• Business Disputes
  Hawley Troxell has always been Idaho’s largest, full-service business law firm, providing solutions to businesses, from formation to exit. Effective January 1, 2023, Hawley Troxell will have 100 attorneys with expertise across 23 practice areas and locations in Spokane, Coeur d’Alene, Yakima, Boise, Idaho Falls, Pocatello, and Reno. The firm will remain headquartered at 877 W. Main Street in Boise, Idaho.
• Business Transactions
  His practice includes a variety of commercial and residential real estate and business transactions, counseling and representation of numerous small to national-sized companies on issues including contracts, commercial transactions, real estate acquisition and development, business asset sales and acquisitions, employment matters and business entity law. He has significant experience also in representing banking and other financial institutions in loan documentation, special assets and debt work-out matters.
• Limited Liability Companies
  He assists public and private clients with raising debt and equity capital from investors, including private offerings for start-up and early stage businesses. He also negotiates mergers, acquisitions and sales of public and private businesses. Richard registers public company securities with the SEC and prepares public company periodic reports and other shareholder communications. He handles regulatory compliance and corporate governance matters, including entity formation for corporations and limited liability companies, and advises clients with regard to shareholder, officer and board fiduciary duties. Richard also prepares and negotiates complex licensing, distribution and service agreements.
• Construction Contracts
• Trade Secrets
• Intellectual Property
• Unfair Competition
• Antitrust

Employment Law

• Wrongful Termination
• Employment Discrimination
  (E.D. Wash. June 15, 2021) (prevailed on motions for summary judgment dismissing a former employee's claims for employment discrimination, retaliation, and workplace harassment)
• Employment Contract
  Greg Embrey focuses his practice in the areas of estate and business planning, real estate transactions, land use, and entity formation. Greg has also counseled public and non-profit entities on matters involving reorganizations, real estate acquisition and development, public contracting, and employment contracts. In addition, Greg has experience litigating real property disputes, challenges to land use entitlements, construction claims and commercial contracts.
• Employment Litigation
  The lawyers in the financial institutions group work with lawyers in all other areas of the practice to ensure that our clients receive the highest quality legal representation in a timely and cost-effective manner. For example, our financial institution lawyers often work with our litigation group to represent clients in connection with regulatory enforcement actions or disputes with various financial institution regulators, employment issues, and environmental issues on owned real estate.
• Sexual Harassment
  Baker v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp., 951 F. Supp 953 (E.D.Wa 1996) Successful summary judgment on a sexual harassment case under a preemption analysis per LMRA § 301.

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  The real estate group has a substantial real estate litigation practice representing builders, owners, sellers, purchasers, landlords, tenants, developers, realtors, title insurance companies and their insureds, citizens groups, and financial institutions. We are a Tier 1-rated law firm for Real Estate pursuant to
• Construction Litigation
  Michael has developed an active litigation practice over the past 25+ years with extensive expertise in all phases of complex litigation in construction law, business/commercial law, real estate, injury litigation, insurance coverage, professional liability, and general litigation. He has tried more than 20 cases to a jury verdict since he began his practice. Michael has also served commercial developers as litigation and transactional counsel for construction and business law matters. He has also served as general counsel to a Las Vegas-based energy company.
• Real Estate Transactions
  Witherspoon Kelley represents a wide variety of buyers, sellers, lenders, and borrowers in every type of industrial, commercial and residential real estate transaction. As the largest real estate practice in the Inland Northwest, we handle environmental land use and zoning work for both developers and retailers, in conjunction with the preparation of documentation.
• Eminent Domain
  For 15 years, Stanley was employed by the City of Spokane as an Assistant City Attorney, representing the City departments of engineering and construction services, zoning and planning, environmental programs, waste water management, and transportation. During his tenure, he represented the City in numerous real estate and land use issues involving the development of public and private projects, eminent domain actions, and environmental law issues.
• Easement
• Land Use and Zoning
  Also active in community affairs, Denny has served as legal counsel to the Coeur d'Alene Area Chamber of Commerce, as a Coeur d'Alene Planning and Zoning Commissioner, past chair of the City of Coeur d'Alene's Urban Renewal Agency (ignite cda), emeritus member and chair of the University of Idaho-College of Law Advisory Council and is a past director and officer of the Coeur d'Alene Area Economic Development Corporation.
• Landlord-Tenant Disputes
  “Landlord Tenant Law Update, Landlord Tenant Mediation/Dispute Resolution, and Landlord-Tenant Obligations,” Sterling Education Services, Inc., December 2009.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Rick Mount is an experienced advocate with expertise in various civil, criminal, and regulatory areas of the law. Having successfully represented both unions and employers in labor disputes and in employment discrimination / wrongful termination cases, Rick brings a unique experience to labor and employment law. Over the past 27 years, he has represented a diverse clientele in the areas of family law, unemployment law, personal injury litigation, criminal law defense, insurance defense, banking litigation and adversarial proceedings in Bankruptcy Court and the Federal District Court.
• Medical Malpractice
• Medicaid Planning
• Disability Discrimination
  Yeager v. Kaiser Aluminum, 2016 WL 6081386 (9th Cir. 2016) Successful appeal affirming trial court's dismissal of Plaintiff's disability discrimination and failure to accommodate claims.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  David Mack’s practice focuses on estate planning, elder law, probate and estate administration. He is licensed to practice in Washington, joined Witherspoon Kelley in 2021, and joined Hawley Troxell in 2023.
• Wills
• Trusts
  Marcus Fry’s practice is the proverbial A to Z in the legal world, handling adoption on one of the spectrum and estate planning and probate on the other. He has handled litigation involving guardianships, trusts and estates, real estate, and commercial transactions as well providing counsel to individuals, families, non-profits and small businesses. Marcus has been recognized by Martindale-Hubbell with their highest peer review rating of AV Preeminent. He is licensed to practice in Washington, joined Witherspoon Kelley in 2021, and joined Hawley Troxell in 2023.
• Probate
  Dave counsels clients on business formation and operations; reorganizations; mergers; acquisition and sales of professional service entities; and estate tax planning. As one of the few attorneys in the area specializing in probate law, Dave assists clients with the administration of probates and trusts, draws up TEDRA agreements and handles complex 1031 exchanges. He also advises clients in the creation and qualification of nonprofit corporations, and counsels corporate boards on governance and operational issues. Dave has been recognized by Martindale-Hubbell with their highest peer review rating of AV Preeminent.

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
• Foreclosure
  Dan Gibbons’ practice focuses on creditors’ rights, bankruptcy and general business and corporate matters. Clients served include banks, credit unions, lenders, privately-held businesses and business owners. Dan has extensive experience in representing creditors in bankruptcy, and has also represented debtors, trustees and unsecured creditors’ committees in Chapter 11 cases. In addition, Dan handles non-bankruptcy workouts, foreclosures, and receiverships; and represents buyers and sellers of businesses; and corporations in general corporate matters.
• Tax Law
  The Witherspoon Kelley Tax Group assists clients with a wide variety of tax matters, from planning to defending reporting positions on audit. The lawyers in our group are experts in federal, state and local tax and routinely advise both business and individual clients on income, business and occupation, employment, excise, sales and property taxes. We have successfully represented clients in state and federal audits and in tax-related administrative and judicial tribunals.