(509) 252-5657
Practice Areas:
• Business and Commercial Law
• Estate Planning and Probate
• Taxation
Admissions
• Washington State Bar Associations
• U.S. Tax Court
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
• United States Supreme Court
Education:
• Gonzaga University School of Law (J.D., 1964) Cum Laude
• Boston University Graduate School of Law (LL.M. – Taxation, 1967)
Associations/Achievements
• Spokane County Bar Association
• Washington State Bar Association Member - Tax Section
• American Bar Association Member - Tax Section, Business Law Section, Administrative Committee
Associations
• American Institute of Certified Public Accounts
• Spokane Estate Planning Council
• Federal Bar Association
• Lawyer Representative, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1992
• Ninth Circuit Civil Justice Reform Act 1990 Advisory Group, 1992
• Ninth Circuit Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Group, Chairman, 1996
• Chairman, Eastern District of Washington Lawyer Representative Coordinating Committee, Ninth
Circuit Judicial Conference
• Lectured for the Washington State Bar Association, the Washington State Society of Certified
Public Accountants and various State societies of Certified Public Accountants; Annual Tax
Institute, Gonzaga University School of Law.
• Gonzaga University Board of Regents
• Member of Audit and Finance Committee for Board of Trustees
• Gonzaga University Planned Giving Committee
• Gonzaga University Law School Board of Advisors
• Gonzaga University Law School - Law Council
• Board member for Gonzaga University President's Council
• Spokane Regional Committee for the Gonzaga University School of Law Capital Campaign.
• Adjunct Professor, Federal Taxation, Gonzaga University School of Law, 1975 - 1987; and
team-taught with Gary Randall
After completing graduate tax school, James