Frank R. Hoover has spent his career litigating and mediating a variety of legal disputes. Trained as a mediator in 1991, he has successfully mediated well over 3,000 cases involving torts, trusts, civil rights, employment, construction, real estate, and professional negligence. Having maintained an active practice for over 39 years, he is mindful of the difficult work that lawyers do. He approaches every mediation with a tireless determination to achieve a fair and just settlement. Long concerned about children's issues, Frank has been involved in training GALs/CASAs to be advocates for victims of child abuse. He has regularly acted as a settlement GAL. He enjoys an AV preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell and regognized as a Washington Super Lawyer.

• Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, Washington (Cum Laude), 1979
• American University School of Government and Public Administration, Washington D.C., B.A., 1975

• A.V. preeminent rating by Martindale-Hubble
• "Super Lawyers" per lawyers' poll in Washington Law and Politics Magazine
• "Top Lawyers" list for Seattle Magazine
• "Top Lawyers" list for Spokane, Coeur d'Alene Living Magazine
• Former Mediator and Spokane Regional Director of Washington Arbitration and Mediation Services, 1991-1997
• Past member and President of Board of Directors for Mead School District #354
• Past member of Board of Directors of Washington State CASA/GAL Association
• Past member and Vice President of Board of Directors of Spokane Addiction Recoveries, Inc.
• Numerous local and State Bar Association Committees