Brent T. Stanyer

Principal

Practice Areas

  • Estate planning including Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, and Healthcare Directives

  • Probate and Estate Administration

  • Corporations, Partnerships, and LLCs

  • Elder Law and Special Needs Planning

Education

  • Gonzaga University, Juris Doctorate, magna cum laude, Thomas More Scholar, 1992

  • Drucker Management Center, Claremont Graduate University, Master of Business Administration – Strategic Management, 1985

  • Loma Linda University, Master of Arts in Christian Ethics, 1984

  • Walla Walla College, Bachelor of Arts – Business Administration, 1979

Professional & Community Involvement

  • Washington State Bar Association

  • National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys

  • Spokane Estate Planning Council

  • Guardian Ad Litem, Spokane County Superior Court

  • Adjunct Professor, Whitworth College and Washington State University

About Brent

For over 30 years Brent has practiced law in Spokane in the areas of elder law and special needs planning, estate and trust planning and administration, and health care. He is also available for mediations in probate and guardianship matters. He has also worked in legal and management positions with health care organizations.

Brent is a member of the National and Washington Academies of Elder Law Attorneys. He is a past president, board member and officer of the Spokane Estate Planning Council.

Brent graduated with his law degree (magna cum laude) from the Gonzaga University School of Law in 1992.  He also holds an MBA from the Drucker Management Center at Claremont Graduate University and an MA in Ethics from Loma Linda University.

He is active in community, church, and nonprofit organizations.  His personal interests include singing with the Spokane Symphony Chorale, running/cycling/swimming, scuba diving, and reading.