Protecting Your Family Is Attorney Cronin’s Priority

Dennis Cronin

Dennis Cronin
  • Attorney

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Practice Areas

  • Administrative Law
  • Appeals
  • Complex Family Law
  • Criminal Defense
  • Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Spousal Support – Child Support
  • Parenting Plans – Residential Schedules – Relocations

Education

  • Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, Washington
    • J.D. - 1985
  • Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut
    • B.A. - 1982
    • Major: History
    • Major: Southeast Asian Studies

Bar Admissions

  • Washington, 1986
  • Supreme Court of the United States of America

Professional Associations

  • Washington State Bar Association Sentencing Committee, Member
  • Spokane County Bar Association Family Law Section, Chair
  • WSBA Family Law, Executive Committee Member
  • WSBA LGBT Section, Executive Committee Trustee
  • Northwest Mediation Center, Executive Board Member
  • Association of Family and Conciliation Courts Washington Chapter, Board of Directors Member

Representative Cases

  • Farrakhan v. Locke, 987 F. Supp. 1304 (E.D. Wa. 1997), affirmed in part, reversed in part, remanded, 338 F. 3d 1009 (9th Cir 2003); rehearing denied, en banc denied, 359 F. 3d 1116 (9th Cir 2004); certiorari denied, motion granted, 543 U.S. 984, 125 S. Ct. 477, 160 L. Ed. 2d 365 (2004)
  • Farrakhan v. Gregoire, summary judgment granted, LEXIS 45987 (E.D. 2006), reversed, 590 F. 3d 989 (2010); vacated, review and rehearing en banc granted, 603 F. 3d 1072 (2010), affirmed, 623 F. 3d 990 (2010)
  • Alexiou v. U.S., 39 F. 3d 973 (9th Cir. 1994), cert. denied, 115 S. Ct. 1825 (1993)
  • Madeline Montano v. CWA, 89-35074 (9th Cir. 1990)
  • In Re: Marriage of Ruff and Knickerbocker, , ____ Wn. App. ____ (Div III, 2012)
  • In re: Marriage of Vigil, 162 Wn. App. 1 (Div. III, 2011)
  • In re: Custody of A.C., 165 Wn. 2d 568 (2009)
  • In Re: Custody of CWS, 157 Wn. 2d 126 (2005) reversing, 120 Wn. App. 108 (Div. III, 2004), upholding trial court, (as guardian ad litem)
  • Marriage of Dodd, 120 Wn. App. 638 (Div. III, 2004)
  • State v. Rehn, 117 Wn. App. 142 (Div. III, 2003)
  • State v. Yuille, 111 Wn. App. 527 (Div. III 2002)
  • Spratt v. Crusader Ins. Co., 109 Wn. App. 944 (Div. III, 2002)
  • Estate of Lee v. Spokane, 101 Wn. App. 158 (Div. III, 2000)
  • State v. Johnson, 96 Wn. App. 813 (Div. III, 1999)
  • State v. Jones, 82 Wn. App. 871 (Div. III, 1996)
  • Becker v. Pierce County, 126 Wn. 2d 11 (1995)
  • Spokane County v. AFSCE, 76 Wn. App. 765 (Div. III, 1995)
  • Long v. Harrold, 76 Wn. App. 317 (Div. III, 1994)
  • Marriage of Luckey, 73 Wn. App. 201 (Div. III, 1994)
  • In Re: Kevin L., 45 Wn. App. 489 (Div. III, 1986)

Pro-Bono Activities

  • Spokane Chapter of the NAACP, Volunteer General Counsel
  • Spokane’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Outreach Center, Volunteer General Counsel
  • Spokane American Civil Liberties Union, Member of the Board of Directors