Richard L. Sayre
Richard L. Sayre
is a principal in the law firm of Sayre and Sayre, P.S., Spokane,
Washington. Mr. Sayre received his
undergraduate degree from the University of Washington in 1976, and his JD (Juris
Doctorate) from Gonzaga University School of Law in 1979.
He serves on the Spokane County Superior Court Guardianship
Committee, as a Trustee on the Executive Committee of the Washington State
Bar Association Elder Law Section, and is a member of the American Bar
Association, the Washington State Bar Association, the Spokane County Bar
Association, the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, where he served as
1995-1996 Washington State Chapter President, the Special Needs Alliance and
the Spokane Estate Planning Council.
He is a former Chair of the Washington State Bar Association’s Continuing
Legal Education Committee, and served from 1998 through September of 2004 on
the Washington State Professional Guardian Certification Board, a position
appointed by the Supreme Court of Washington.
He is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at Gonzaga University School
of Law in Spokane, Washington. His
practice emphasizes estate and disability planning and estate tax issues,
governmental benefits law for disabled individuals, special needs trusts and
Elder Law. He has been certified as
an Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation, and has been
designated a “Super Lawyer” by the publication Washington Law and
Politics for the years 2000 through 2008, based upon a peer rating
survey which selected less than five percent of Washington lawyers for this
distinction, and was selected 2005 Member of the Year by the Washington
Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.
He was named as one of the Best Lawyers in Spokane by Spokane
Magazine in 2005 2006, 2007 and 2008. He
is a frequent speaker on Elder Law and estate planning and taxation issues
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Karen L. Sayre
Karen L. Sayre
is a principal in the law firm of Sayre and Sayre, P.S., Spokane,
Washington. Ms. Sayre received
her undergraduate degree from Gonzaga University in 1980 and her JD (Cum
Laude) from Gonzaga University in 1985.
She is a member of the Washington State Bar Association, as well
as the American Bar Association, the Spokane and Lincoln County Bar
Associations, Washington Women Lawyers (Spokane Chapter President, 1988;
Woman of the Year, 1991), and the National Academy of Elder Law
Attorneys. She is the 2006-2007
President of the Spokane Estate Planning Council, a Past-President of
the Women Helping Women Fund, Past-Chair of the Washington State Bar
Association Elder Law Section, member of the Washington State Bar
Association’s MCLE Committee, and is an Adjunct Professor of Law at
Gonzaga University School of Law.
She serves on the Women Helping Women Vivian Winston Scholarship
Committee, and has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Law
Fund, an organization dedicated to providing legal services to the poor.
Karen currently serves as a member of the Board of Regents of
Gonzaga University. She is a
certified Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation, an
American Bar Association approved board certification organization.
Karen has also been designated a “Super Lawyer” by the
publication Washington Law and Politics for the years 2000, 2002,
2003, 2005. 2006, 2007 and 2008, and was named in Spokane Magazine’s
Best Lawyers in Spokane survey in 2005, 2007 and 2008.
Her practice emphasizes estate and disability planning,
governmental benefits law for disabled individuals and Elder Law.
She is a frequent speaker on Elder Law and disability issues. |
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Karen and Richard Sayre are Certified Elder Law
Attorneys, a certification given by the National Elder Law Foundation,
an ABA approved certification program.
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