A fresh approach with creative, innovative ideas and a tenacious attention to service.
Licensed to practice in Washington and Idaho
Practice Summary
Shelley N. Ripley practices in the areas of banking, real estate, business and corporate and creditors’ rights and insolvency. Shelley has considerable experience advising commercial and corporate clients, including financial institutions, on regulatory and compliance matters. She represents creditors in all aspects of the collection, including bankruptcy, real estate foreclosures, and receiverships. She also has vast experience in asset and stock acquisitions, commercial loan documentation and workouts, commercial leasing, and landlord-tenant disputes.
Education:
- Gonzaga University School of Law, J.D. cum laude, 1998
- Eastern Washington University, B.A. with an emphasis in accounting, 1993
Admissions:
- State of Washington
- State of Idaho
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Washington
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Washington
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Idaho
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Accomplishments
- Certified Public Accountant, licensed in Washington State
- Spokane Community College, Adjunct Professor for Real Estate Transactions I and II and Legal Research and Writing
Professional/Community Associations
- Eastern Washington University Foundation, Past Board Member, Audit Committee
- Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants
- 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
Significant Representation
- Asset acquisition between a state bank and credit union, 2024
- Local financing transaction in excess of $20 million, 2024
- Resolution of a $2 million TEDRA dispute, 2023.
- Lead attorney representing bankruptcy trustee in $138 million Ponzi scheme, 2011–2023
- 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
