KEATON G. HILLE Phone: 425.454.3374 Email: khille@hansonbaker.com Download vCard Download Bio

PRACTICE EMPHASIS

Keaton Hille is an associate attorney with Hanson Baker Ludlow Drumheller P.S.  Keaton's practice focuses on real estate, general business, and creditors’ rights. Keaton handles both litigation and transactional matters.

Real Estate

Commercial and Residential Purchases and Sales
Commercial and Residential Leases
Easement Disputes and Litigation
Boundary Line Disputes and Litigation
Quiet Title Actions

Keaton’s real estate practice includes purchases and sales of commercial and residential properties, drafting and reviewing commercial and residential leases, reviewing preliminary commitments for title insurance, drafting and reviewing easement agreements, solving boundary line disputes through easements, boundary line agreements, and litigation related to quiet title actions.  He has worked on numerous lawsuits involving real estate matters.

General and Business

Entity Selection, Formation and Maintenance
Acquisitions and Corporate Transactions
Contracts Negotiation and Drafting
Business Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Keaton’s general business practice includes selecting, forming, and maintaining business entities, especially limited liability companies and corporations, drafting and reviewing shareholders’ agreements and LLC operating agreements, drafting and handling corporate acquisitions and related transactions, negotiating and drafting various contracts, including employment agreements.

Creditors' Rights

Judgment Enforcement
Earnings and Bank Account Garnishments
Supplemental Proceedings

Keaton’s creditors’ rights practice includes judgment and lien enforcement through earnings and account garnishments in state and federal court. His practice also includes conducting supplemental proceedings to determine debtors’ assets.

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC INVOLVEMENT

Washington State Bar Association, Member October 2015-Present

Real Property, Probate, and Trust Section

       Young Lawyer Liaison
Business Law Section

King County Bar Association, Member

East King County Bar Association

Board Member, October 2016-Present

YMCA Mock Trial State Championship, Attorney Judge

Admitted to Washington

Admitted to U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington

EDUCATION

J.D., Gonzaga University School of Law, summa cum laude

Head Law Clerk, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Washington

Judicial Extern to the Honorable Judge George B. Fearing, Washington Court of Appeals

Vested Associate Editor, Gonzaga Law Review

William O. Douglas Committee

B.A., Gonzaga University, Criminal Justice (major) and Economics (minor), cum laude

HONORS / AWARDS / UNIQUE RECOGNITION

Law Clerk to Justice Mary E. Fairhurst, Washington Supreme Court, 2015-2016

CALI Award for Excellence (highest grade in law school class):

Legal Research and Writing I, II, & III

Professional Responsibility

Secured Transactions

State Constitutional Law

Litigation Skills & Professionalism

INTERESTS

When not at work, Keaton enjoys spending time with his wife, Pauline, and his two dogs, Mack and Jack.  Keaton can also be found cooking, fly fishing or wood working.