About Shane P.
Shane P. Coleman built his legal foundation in the classroom. He earned a B.A. from Brigham Young University in 1996, a J.D. from Gonzaga University School of Law in 1999, and an LL.M. in Taxation from the University of Washington School of Law in 2002. Those degrees framed the early arc of a career that moves between corporate roles and private practice.
Coleman entered the workforce in the mid-2000s in roles that put him inside corporate legal departments. He served as counsel at Prime Insurance Syndicate, Inc. in 2004 and then as associate counsel at Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc. in 2005. In 2008 he joined Witherspoon Kelley as a lawyer, gaining experience in firm-side practice. Each stop added a different set of responsibilities — contract work, regulatory matters and the kinds of transactional issues that often accompany financial services and insurance work.
In 2010 he left firm employment to open the Law Office of Shane P. Coleman. Operating as a sole practitioner allowed him to shape a practice around the matters he encountered in prior roles. Since 2011 he has been active in the Spokane Estate Planning Council, a professional network that brings together attorneys and advisors who work on wills, trusts and related planning tools.
Coleman holds licenses to practice in both Washington and Utah. His advanced degree in taxation signals formal training in federal and state tax issues, and his employment history includes work tied to lending and insurance industries where tax considerations can be significant. He has experience on both the transactional and advisory sides of practice, and he has worked in-house as well as in law firms.
Peers and clients describe him as methodical and practical. He tends to approach matters by parsing the legal and financial elements, then developing options that reflect those realities. His participation in local professional groups has kept him connected to estate planning trends and to referral channels across the Inland Northwest.
Today Coleman maintains a solo practice under the Law Office of Shane P. Coleman. He is admitted in Washington and Utah and handles matters consistent with his training in tax, estate planning and business-related legal work. His current practice focuses on tax-aware estate planning, business matters and related legal counseling.
