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DANIAL D. PHARRIS is a principal with Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson, PLLC, where his main areas of practice are creditors' rights, bankruptcy and reorganizations, and complex litigation. He has lectured to various professional groups on creditors' rights, bankruptcy and related law. He is a member of the King County (member, Bankruptcy Section) and the Washington State (member, Creditor-Debtor, and Real Property, Trust and Probate sections) bar associations, and the American Bankruptcy Institute. Mr. Pharris earned his B.A. degree from Western Washington University and his J.D. degree from the University of Puget Sound. JEFFREY L. SMOOT is an attorney with the law firm of Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson, PLLC. His areas of practice include litigation, debtor and creditor rights, foreclosure and real estate. Before becoming an attorney, Mr. Smoot spent 18 years as a litigation paralegal within the firm. He has spoken previously on collection issues and asset discovery. Mr. Smoot earned his B.S. degree from City University and also is a graduate of the Rule 6 Law Clerk Program. ALEX H. THOMASON is an attorney with the law firm of Ashbaugh Beal, LLP (fka Stanislaw Ashbaugh), where his practice is focused on commercial litigation, with a special emphasis on creditor and debtor rights in matters involving alter ego/veil piercing, corporate officer disregard, collection strategies and motion practices, fraudulent conveyances and UCC Article 9. After leaving a career as a world ranked snow skier, Mr. Thomason studied archeology in Israel, and theology and Latin at Seattle Pacific University, where he became a member of the Society of Fellows. He attended Seattle University School of Law and was the 2004 graduation commencement speaker. Mr. Thomason went on to beat out more than a million contestants to appear on Donald Trump's reality TV show, The Apprentice, where he finished in the final four (Book Smarts v. Street Smarts). He then appeared on several national television shows to discuss a variety of business and legal topics, including the Today Show, CNBC, MSNBC and Fox News. In 2005, Mr. Thomason was hired by the late Norm Maleng as a special deputy prosecutor for the King County prosecutor's retrial of defendants affected by the felony homicide ruling, In re Andress. In this capacity, Mr. Thomason worked with state and federal law enforcement agencies to locate material witnesses who did not want to be found, and was awarded the 2005-06 Innovative Employee Award for his achievements. He was named a Rising Star by Washington Law & Politics magazine in 2010 and is a peer-rated "10.0" attorney on the lawyer ranking website, AVVO.
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