Firm Profile

Founded by Carl Maxey in 1980, Maxey Law Office is dedicated to upholding our founder’s values of Integrity, Equality, and Justice for all individuals, regardless of ethnic origin, financial status or physical ability.

We are a full service law firm with attorneys specializing in a number of practice areas.

About Carl Maxey

Born in 1924, Carl grew up in the Inland Northwest, eventually attending Gonzaga High School. After serving in the Army during World War II, Carl returned to Spokane and attended Gonzaga University's law school on a boxing scholarship. In 1950, Carl was crowned the NCAA light-heavyweight boxing national champion and helped lead Gonzaga University to its first ever national championship in any sport.

Upon graduating from college, Carl became the first African-American in Spokane’s history to pass the bar exam. Spanning a legal career of over 40 years, Carl earned a well deserved reputation as an exceptional trial lawyer and a nationally-recognized civil rights leader. In his latter years Carl achieved wealth, success and notoriety, but never lost his focus on civil rights or defense of the common man. Today, Maxey Law is proud to be the law firm dedicated to our founder’s values of: Integrity, Equality and Justice.