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ALLEN T. MILLER JR. is the principal attorney and owner of the Law Offices of Allen T. Miller, PLLC, where he practices in the areas of real estate, land use and environmental law. He formerly worked as a deputy prosecuting attorney for the Environmental and Land Use Section, Civil Division, for Thurston County. Mr. Miller is admitted to practice before the Washington Supreme Court, the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd, 6th and 9th Circuits, the U.S. District Court for the Western and Eastern Districts of Washington, the Western District of Michigan, and Northern District of New York. He has extensive lecturing experience for many organizations, including the Thurston County Bar Association, Washington State University and the University of Oregon School of Law. Mr. Miller also taught as an adjunct professor at Seattle University and South Puget Sound Community College. Mr. Miller earned his B.A. degree from the University of Virginia and his J.D. degree from Seattle University School of Law. He is a member of the American, Washington State (Fee Arbitration Panel; Environmental and Law Use Law Section) and the Thurston County (Board of Directors; Treasurer) bar associations. Mr. Miller also taught as an adjunct professor at Seattle University and South Puget Sound Community College. STEPHEN D. PHILLABAUM is a partner in the in the law firm of Phillabaum, Ledlin, Matthews & Sheldon, PLLC, where he practices in the areas of real estate, commercial and civil trial work. He has previous lecture experience. Mr. Phillabaum earned his B.A. degree from Eastern Washington University; his J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Puget Sound; and his M.S. degree in geography from Western Washington University. He is a member of the Washington State Bar Association, the Idaho State Bar and the Montana and Arizona bar associations. MILTON G. ROWLAND is of counsel with Foster Pepper PLLC, at their Spokane office, which he joined in 2007. Prior to joining Foster Pepper, Mr. Rowland was the senior assistant city attorney for the city of Spokane, Washington, where he was litigation counsel from 1993 to 2007. He teaches, writes, lectures and has been an adjunct professor at Gonzaga University since 1987 where he has taught twelve different subjects, including evidence law and professional responsibility. Mr. Rowland has been an adjunct and visiting assistant professor of law at the University of Idaho College of Law since 1999 where he taught civil procedure, local government law and other courses. At both colleges, Mr. Milton has also taught real estate transactions and finance law. He has written chapters for two books on tort and trial practice, and has lectured extensively on property, constitutional, trial practice and municipal liability issues to the Washington, King County and Spokane County bar associations, and to the Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys. Mr. Rowland earned his B.A. degree from the University of Detroit-Mercy and J.D. degree, summa cum laude, from Gonzaga University School of Law. STANLEY M. SCHWARTZ is a principal of Witherspoon Kelley, practicing in the areas of land use, real estate, municipal and environmental law. Mr. Schwartz's specific areas of expertise include the Growth Management Act (GMA), State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA), Shoreline Management Act (SMA) Plats and Subdivisions and the Water Code. He is the contract city attorney for the cities of Airway Heights and Cheney, having incorporated the cities of Liberty Lake and Spokane Valley. For 15 years, Mr. Schwartz was employed by the city of Spokane as an assistant city attorney representing the city departments of engineering and construction services, capital programs, real estate, economic and community development, entertainment facilities, zoning and planning, environmental programs, wastewater management and transportation. His general work for public and private clients includes land use development and permitting, real estate transactions, eminent domain actions, municipal governance and matters of environmental law. Mr. Schwartz is an adjunct professor at Gonzaga University School of Law teaching zoning and land use. He has been an author and presenter at WSBA Seminars, and on behalf of the Washington State Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development, he presents to local governments and other interested parties, "A Short Course on Local Planning." He obtained his B.A. degree from the University of Denver and his J.D. degree from Gonzaga University School of Law. SPENCER A.W. STROMBERG is a member in the Spokane law firm Sullivan Stromberg, PLLC. Licensed to practice in Washington and Idaho, his practice focuses on business and real estate law, including asset and real estate purchase and sale transactions, equipment and real estate leasing, loan transactions and workouts, title issues, land use, single-asset entities, and condominium law, both development and owners association operational matters, as well as estate planning and probate. Prior to forming Sullivan Stromberg, PLLC, Mr. Stromberg served as in-house counsel and property manager for Wells and Company, a Spokane real estate development and property management firm focused on historic renovation, as well as having been a principal in Stromberg & Stromberg, PLLC, and having been associated with law firms in Spokane and Seattle. He is a graduate of the University of Washington School of Law and holds a B.A. degree, in English Literature, from the University of Washington. Mr. Stromberg has spoken at continuing legal education seminars on the subjects of landlord/tenant law, deed of trust foreclosures and condominiums, and co-authored a chapter for the Washington State Bar Association's Washington Real Property Deskbook Series on the subject of the lawyer's ethical issues in real property matters. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Washington State Bar Association's Real Property, Probate and Trust Section and serves on the Board of Directors of the Downtown Spokane Partnership.
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