Practice Areas:

• Banking and Finance
• Creditors' Rights and Insolvency
• Real Estate
• Business and Corporate
• Merger and Acquisition
• Securities

Education:

• J.D., Gonzaga University, 1998, cum laude
• B.A., Eastern Washington University, 1993

Boards & Memberships:

• Eastern Washington University Foundation Board, Audit Committee and Investment Committee
• Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants
• American Society of Women Accountants
• United States District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Washington
• United States Court of Federal Claims
• Washington Women Lawyers, former Spokane County Chapter State Representative

Shelley N. Ripley, Principal

Spokane

P: 509.755.2067

F: 509.458.2728

snr@witherspoonkelley.com

Legal Assistant: Cathy O’Rourke

Shelley Ripley practices in the areas of banking, real estate, business and corporate matters, and creditors’ and insolvency issues.

Shelley has considerable experience in advising financial institutions on regulatory and compliance issues.  She also has experience in commercial loan documentation and commercial loan workouts, and represents creditors in all aspects of collection, including bankruptcy, real estate foreclosures and receivorships.  In addition to working with financial institutions, she assists clients with asset and stock purchase transactions and represents clients in all aspects of the landlord/tenant relationship. 

• Licensed to practice in Washington.
• Joined Witherspoon Kelley in 1997.

• Certified Public Accountant licensed in Washington State
• Spokane Community College, Adjunct Professor of Real Estate Transactions II

Representative Transactions:

• 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.