Collaborative law, an emerging area of law practice here, allows opposing sides in certain civil cases to join the same team to cooperate in resolving disputes. Instead of working as adversaries, participants in collaborative-law cases commit to work tog...
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An assistant public defender with the city of Spokane and a Gonzaga University School of Law professor are striving to educate refugees and immigrants about the American legal system, something many of them have distrust for because of corruption and pers...
Full StorySocial media and smartphones are ubiquitous creatures. So many people are poised with smartphone in hand ready to capture and share events that range from the truly mundane and uninteresting (think Facebook posts of your friends’ entrées) to the earth-...
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A chance visit to the Inland Northwest in the early 1970s led Jonathan Lee to move to Spokane and to transfer his law studies to Gonzaga University. Lee, now 67 years old, never left. He’s worked in probate, family, and general law here since 1976, now...
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Second Harvest Food Bank of the Inland Northwest is moving forward with several large projects this year, including a $2.5 million, 26,000-square-foot second-phase expansion of its Pasco, Wash., warehouse facility, says President and CEO Jason Luke Clark....
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Nonprofit Inland Northwest Lighthouse, which operates a manufacturing facility in North Spokane where it employs nearly 50 people, soon will start using a major expansion of its building there that it says will enable it to expand its workforce. Baker ...
Full StoryThe CFA Society of Spokane, an organization of financial analysts, portfolio managers, and other investment professionals, has slated two industry veterans to speak at its 20th annual Economic Forecast Dinner tonight at the Davenport Hotel. A reception...
Full StoryAfter more than four decades of helping investors around the country manage their financial assets, there are a few observations I’ve made over that time that apply across the whole spectrum of investors, without regard to age, income, education, or any...
Full StoryWhile the financial-planning sector is chock-full of rules of thumb and industry-accepted guidelines, developing a charitable-giving strategy is one area with too many variables for a legitimate broad-brushed approach to work, experts say. Veteran fina...
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Becky Tiller, owner of the geriatric care management service Tiller Care Strategies LLC, of Spokane, says clients most frequently ask how to decide when it’s time to move a loved one into a long-term care facility. Tiller suggests approaching the de...
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