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Richard L. Mount

Partner

Location:
Spokane
Phone:
509.755.2090
Fax:
509.282.8401
Email:
rmount@hawleytroxell.com

Biography

Rick Mount is a member of Hawley Troxell’s board of partners and 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 37 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 the Federal District Court.

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.

PROFESSIONAL/COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS

Spokane County Bar Association, Board of Trustees, since 2022

Washington Initiative for Diversity, Board Member, since 2019

West Plains Chamber of Commerce, Board Member, 2003–2007; 2016–2021

Cheney Depot Society, Board Member, since 2016

Eastern Washington University Foundation, Board Member
since 2016

Cheney Planning Commission, Board Member since 2016

Washington State Bar Association, Employment and Criminal Law Sections

Cheney Public Schools, Board Member, 1996–2015

Criminal Justice Act Panel Member

SIGNIFICANT REPRESENTATION & EXPERIENCE

Rowe v. Vaagen Brothers Lumber, Inc., 100 Wn. App. 268, Eash. App. (Division III) (Employment)

137 million dollar Ponzi scheme trial beginning April 07, 2014

Author and presenter for legal seminars

EDUCATION

Law School:

Gonzaga University School of Law, J.D., 1985

Undergraduate:

Brigham Young University, B.A., 1983

BAR ADMISSIONS

Washington

United States District Court, Eastern District of Washington

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

West Plains Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award, 2022

Smithmoore P. Myers Professionalism Award Recipient, 2019

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