Practice Areas:

• Litigation
• Banking and Finance
• Labor and Employment

Education:

• J.D., Gonzaga University, 2004, summa cum laude
• B.A., Gonzaga University, 2001, magna cum laude

Boards & Memberships:

• Board of Trustees, Federal Bar Association for Eastern District of Washington, 2008-present
• Board of Trustees, Spokane County Law Library
• United States District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Washington
• United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
• Washington Women Lawyers
• Board of Directors, Women and Children’s Free Restaurant

Geana M. Van Dessel, Principal

Spokane

P: 509.624.5265

F: 509.458.2717

gmv@witherspoonkelley.com

Legal Assistant: Annie Haley 

Geana Van Dessel has experience in complex commercial and business litigation, including securities, banking, contract claims, and business torts.  Geana's practice also includes appellate work, employment litigation and defending class actions.  Prior to her work at Witherspoon Kelley, Geana clerked for the Honorable Judge Fred Van Sickle in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.

• Licensed to practice in Washington.
• Joined Witherspoon Kelley in 2006.

Presentations:

• Presentation: Electronic Discovery: Federal Rule Changes and Practice Tips, Construction Law & Business Litigation CLE: Tips for the General Practitioner, Spokane, WA, 2008

Representative Cases:

• Christina Sullivan v. Dollar Tree Stores, Inc., 2008 WL 1730079.

Representative Appellate Cases:

• Beggs v. Dept. of Social and Health Services, 171 Wn.2d 69, 247 P.3d 421 (2011).
• Sullivan v. Dollar Tree Stores, Inc., 2010 WL 3733576.