Dawn S. Spratley

Attorney | Seattle | 206.223.7274 | spratleyd@lanepowell.com

Area of Practice

Dawn S. Spratley is a member of the Trusts and Estates Group and focuses her practice on international estate planning, domestic estate planning, probate and probate litigation. She is currently pursuing her LL.M. in taxation at the University of Washington.

Admitted to Practice

• Washington
• Michigan
• U.S. Tax Court
• Federal District Court (Eastern District of Michigan and Western Distrit of Washington)

Academics

• University of Detroit Mercy School of Law (J.D., 1998)
  • University of Detroit Mercy Moot Court Board of Directors
  • University of Detroit Mercy Law Review
• Pepperdine University (B.A., 1993)

Practice Group and Specialty Team Memberships

• Fiduciary Litigation
• Trusts and Estates

Publications

• “The Meaning of a Taking…and…Just Compensation… (For) Owners Regulated by the Wetlands Protection Act,” 75 U. Det. Mercy L. Rev., 467, 1998

Awards and Honors

• Named as a “Rising Star,” Washington Law & Politics Magazine, 2009

Professional and Community Activities

• King County Bar Association
• State Bar of Washington
• State Bar of Michigan
• American Bar Association
• Intern, Honorable Judge Mark J. Cavanagh, Southfield, Michigan

Language

• German