Practice Areas:

• Banking and Finance
• Business and Corporate
• Creditors’ Rights and Insolvency
• Real Estate

Education:

• J.D., Gonzaga University, 1978
• B.A., Washington State University, 1975

Boards & Memberships:

• Spokane Chamber of Commerce Education Committee
• Washington Special Olympics Area 9 Advisory Board, former President and Chairperson
• Spokane County Bar Association Appellate Court Liaison Committee
• Lewis & Clark High School Parent-Teacher-Student Group President

Michael L. Loft, Principal

Spokane

P: 509.624.5265

F: 509.458.2717

mll@witherspoonkelley.com

Legal Assistant: Judy House

Mike Loft’s practice emphasizes secured transactions, creditors’ rights issues, business law, and agricultural law matters.

Mike has extensive experience in business litigation, representing lenders in state and federal courts and in bankruptcy cases, and in structuring complex loan workouts. He advises business clients on an array of day-to-day business law, contract, and real estate issues, and counsels agricultural producers on contract, real estate, lien, and water rights issues.

• Licensed to practice in Washington, Oregon and Idaho.
• Mike has been practicing law for thirty years and joined Witherspoon Kelley in 2004.

• Moen Industries v. Hull, 251 B.R. 726 (9^th Cir. BAP 2000). (Dispute over legal definition of disposable income in bankruptcy).
• Kofmehl v. Steelman, 80 WnApp. 279 (1996). (Seller’s remedies on dispute over default on real estate contract).
• Sorey v. Barton, 82 Wn.App. 800 (1996). (Statute of limitations on disputed claim for overtime pay).
• In Re Oxborrow (represented Co-Trustees in Chapter 11 bankruptcy following collapse of major Washington Ponzi scheme).