Connelly, Mike

Biographical Information

Michael F. Connelly is the City Attorney for the City of Spokane Valley. He has been with the City Attorney's Office since August 2005. Prior to working for the City of Spokane Valley, he was the City Attorney for the City of Spokane for five years.

He previously served as an adjunct professor at Eastern Washington University.

Mike was appointed as a member of the Washington State Executive Ethics Board in May of 2008. He was a member of the Public Disclosure Commission from July 2001 to July 2006, chairing it from July 2002 to July 2003.

Before working as City Attorney, Mike was in practice as Connelly & Connelly, P.S., and emphasized land-use and development law, family law, insurance defense, personal injury and all aspects of civil litigation. During this period, he also served as the Hearing Examiner for the City of Airway Heights, Pro-tem Hearing Examiner for the City of Pullman, and Pro-tem Superior Court Commissioner for Spokane County.

Before founding Connelly & Connelly, P.S., Mike was a partner at the law firm of Evans, Craven & Lackie, P.S., with emphasis in insurance defense, civil litigation, employment law, and land-use and development law. Mike has been a member of the Washington State Bar Association since 1981.

He also has served as a director of the Liberty Lake School Board.

Before becoming an attorney, Mike taught at St. Aloysius Junior High School. He has lived in the Spokane area his entire life and he and his wife Sue have five children.

Teaching Area

• Dispute Resolution