Attorney Profiles

Richard C. Eymann is a founding partner and lead litigator for the firm.  He has been winning significant, and at times historic, justice for his clients for nearly 35 years as an attorney.

Richard has devoted his practice to fighting large corporations and insurance companies on behalf of the injured, and several of his verdicts and settlements are among the largest ever won in Spokane, eastern Washington, and north Idaho.  He won an $18 million dollar verdict against a nursing home chain after an elderly patient died from severe neglect and drug overdosing, Richard won an $11.5 million settlement against the BNSF railroad after a tragic fire that killed a well known Ritzville, Washington farmer and destroyed hundreds of acres of wheat and other crops.  He won a $5 million verdict and settlement against a school district that for years allowed a counselor to sexually harass and exploit students, and a $6.2 million verdict against a grocery store chain for gender discrimination against female employees.  He continues to serve on the lead trial team for the massive Hanford Downwinders litigation.

For a complete list and more details on Mr. Eymann's victories on behalf of injured clients, view Richard Eymann's case list.

Richard is a past President of the Washington State Bar Association and Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, and has been named "Trial Lawyer of the Year" by that statewide organization.  

Richard and his wife Susan are raising two teenagers, Taylor and Houston, who are very active in school sports and community activities.  Richard is a long time local runner who for the past several years has volunteered to drive the lead media truck in the annual Bloomsday race.

Richard earned his law degree from Gonzaga University in 1976.  He worked his way through college first on a Weyerhauser "green chain" and then was a policeman in Washington, D.C.  At age 22, he was the youngest elected delegate to the 1968 National Democratic Convention.  After graduating from the University of Oregon in 1968, he was an intelligence officer in the U.S. Army and then a consumer investigator prior to law school.

John Allison is an attorney who knows Spokane, eastern Washington, and north Idaho both inside and outside the civil justice system.

Before his "second life" as an attorney, John was a television news reporter at KXLY-TV in Spokane, covering many of the major local news stories of the past two decades, including the standoff at Ruby Ridge, both "Firestorm" and "Icestorm," and the mass shootings at Fairchild Air Force Base. As an attorney and co-founder of Eymann Allison Hunter Jones P.S., John has successfully fought for and achieved justice for many clients harmed by the actions of others, including:

Survivors of child sexual abuse and exploitation

John was part of a team of attorneys that has recovered $4.8 million for native Americans who as children were sexually abused by clergy. "Children must be protected from this most vicious harm, and those who suffered need to see their perpetrators held accountable for the harm, to begin and aid their healing," he says.

John was co-counsel with his partner and lead attorney Richard Eymann in a $5 million dollar verdict and settlement against a local school district for the sexual abuse and exploitation of students by a school counselor. He has also represented survivors of sexual abuse by a Boy Scout leader and law enforcement officer. "We place tremendous trust in all of these institutions, and justice demands action when that sacred trust is violated."

Those killed or seriously harmed in auto, truck, or airplane accidents

John Allison has successfully helped many severely injured clients attain fair and significant compensation for the harm they’ve endured. He has particular experience in serious trucking accidents, car accidents, airplane crashes, and helicopter accidents. "When a loved one is seriously injured, the impact is far wider than outsiders will ever know. The whole family is deeply effected, and everyone’s loss needs to be recognized by the justice system."

Neglect and Abuse of the elderly and vulnerable adults in nursing homes

John has represented numerous families with an elderly or vulnerable loved one seriously harmed by neglect or abuse in nursing homes and other adult care facilities. "Our families trust these facilities with their parents and grandparents. They must uphold a very high standard of care, and held to account when they fail."

Protecting your Family’s Assets,
Planning your Legacy.
Peace of Mind.

Transition is part of the cycle of life.

Young couples starting a family who see the need and value of a Will.

Baby boomers caring for aging parents who need help planning for assisted living, nursing homes – and beyond.

All part of “Elder Law,” and the specialty of Spokane Estate Planning Attorney Carol J. Hunter and Eymann Allison Hunter Jones P.S.

Carol has devoted her entire legal practice to these important family matters as an Estate Planning Attorney in Spokane County since 1993. Raised in Spokane, she knows the area – and the local choices – very well.

She and her staff are problem solvers, here to help you understand the many legal issues encountered in planning for life’s transitions.

Carol can assist in many areas, including:

• Long Term Care Planning
• Protecting Assets
• Last Will and Testament
• Advanced Directives / “Living Will”
• Durable Powers of Attorney
• Estate Planning
• Trust Matters
• Guardianship
• Probate
• Marital Agreements

Carol is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the Washington State University Planned Giving Advisory Board and the Washington State Bar Association Elder Law Section Executive Committee. Carol is also a member of the Lilac Bloomsday Association Board of Directors.

Carol enjoys running, cycling, and spending time with her husband, David, and son, Miles.

Located in Eastern Washington, the Spokane law office of Eymann Allison Hunter Jones, P.S. will assist you with your estate planning needs. Our Spokane estate planning department provides representation to clients in Spokane County including the cities of Spokane, Cheney, Deer Park, Airway Heights, Spokane Valley, Liberty Lake, and Medical Lake. We also serve clients throughout the inland northwest region including Newport and Pend Oreille County, Colville and Stevens County, Davenport and Lincoln County, Colfax, Pullman, and Whitman County, Ritzville and Adams County, Washington.

Steven Jones is a lifelong Spokane resident who is well known in many circles as a person who "gives back" a great deal to the Spokane and inland northwest community.

Steve is a founding partner of Eymann Allison Hunter Jones P.S. and has been a practicing attorney for 36 years here.  He is a key member of the firm’s litigation team and also advises and assists business clients in negotiating contracts, formation of corporations and LLC’s, real estate sales and purchases, and many other matters.  Steve is on the team of EAHJ attorneys representing several hundred “Downwinders” in the ongoing Hanford Nuclear Reservation litigation, and also has particular experience representing homeowners or businesses who’ve suffered catastrophic fire loss.

After graduating from John R. Rogers High School in Spokane, Steve attended Stanford University and later the University of Washington Law School.  He has argued cases in the Washington Supreme Court, the Washington Courts of Appeals and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Steve is very active in the community, serving on the Spokane Park Board (President in 2000), YMCA of the Inland Northwest Board of Directors, Spokane Parks Foundation Board of Directors and the Board of Directors of Daybreak.  He currently serves as a Board Member of the Lilac Bloomsday Association, the Spokane Public Schools Foundation and the Spokane Regional Sports Commission.

Steve and his wife Julie are the proud parents of a young daughter who, at age 9, has already completed several Bloomsday races.

Perhaps more than any other attorney anywhere in the state of Washington, Jonathan Neill can say his passion for law and justice is borne out of literally more than 100 years of family tradition. Jon is a fourth generation attorney in the Neill family. His grandfather Marshall Neill was a very respected Washington State Supreme Court Justice and federal court judge in Spokane.

Jon Neill was born in Pullman, Washington, where his father Howard, the 3rd generation Neill lawyer, continues to practice as well. Jon devotes his practice to all varieties of civil litigation with emphasis on medical negligence and catastrophic/fatal motor vehicle collisions. In 2007 and again in 2010, Jon was named a Washington Super Lawyers Rising Star by Washington Law and Politics magazine.

Jon attended Gonzaga University on a track scholarship and was a 3-time All West Coast Conference runner for the Zags during his college career. Jon set 5 school records on the track while at Gonzaga and presently owns the school record for the mile and half mile. Jon graduated from Gonzaga University magna cum laude with a double major in Finance and Economics. He received his law degree from the University of Oregon.

Jon served as President of the Lilac Bloomsday Association from 2006 – 2008, serving on the Bloomsday board since 2002. As Elite Athlete Coordinator for Bloomsday, Jon oversees the elite field division, including the travel and appearances of professional athletes from around the world.

Jon is married and the proud Dad of three young boys. He coaches his two oldest boys’ soccer and baseball teams. In his free time, Jon enjoys fly fishing, running, spending time with his young family, barbequing and giving tours of the Patsy Clark Mansion.