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ReadShelley N. Ripley
Partner
- Location:
- Spokane
- Phone:
- 509.755.2067
- Fax:
- 509.282.8406
- Email:
- sripley@hawleytroxell.com
Biography
Shelley Ripley practices in the areas of banking, real estate, business and corporate and creditors’ and insolvency issues. Shelley has considerable experience advising commercial and corporate clients, including financial institutions, on regulatory and compliance matters. She also has vast experience in asset and stock acquisitions, commercial loan documentation and workouts, commercial leasing, and landlord-tenant disputes. She also represents creditors in all aspects of the collection, including bankruptcy, real estate foreclosures, and receiverships.
BAR ADMISSIONS
Washington
Idaho
United States District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Washington
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Washington
United Stated Bankruptcy Court, Idaho
United States Court of Federal Claims
PROFESSIONAL/COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS
Eastern Washington University Foundation, Past Board Member, Audit Committee
Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants
Accounting & Financial Women’s Alliance
Washington Women Lawyers, former Spokane County Chapter State Representative
Susan G. Komen Eastern Washington Affiliate, Past President
Inland Northwest Council, Boy Scouts of America, Past Board Member
ACHIEVEMENTS
Certified Public Accountant, licensed in Washington State
Spokane Community College, Adjunct Professor of Real Estate Transactions II
EDUCATION
Law School:
Gonzaga University School of Law, J.D. cum laude, 1998
Undergraduate:
Eastern Washington University, B.A. 1993
SIGNIFICANT REPRESENTATION
Lead attorney representing bankruptcy trustee in $138 million Ponzi scheme, 2011–present
Successfully consolidated non-debtor entities in Bankruptcy Court, In Re LLS America, LLC, 2011
Successfully pursued Ponzi scheme and insolvency finding, In Re LLS America, LLC, 2013
Awarded over $22 million against Ponzi scheme investors
Stock purchase of a west-side manufacturing company, 2014
Local financing transaction in excess of $100 million, 2008
Reverse merger of an international manufacturing company, $9 million, 2008
Stock purchase of an international manufacturing company, $9 million, 2007
Restraint of a $3.8 million commercial non-judicial foreclosure, 2007
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