Gil Sparks is the Managing Member of the Wenatchee office and co-chair of the firm’s Employment & Labor practice area. Mr. Sparks’ practice emphasizes employment and labor law, primarily representing management clients. In addition to his legal experience, Mr. Sparks has over fourteen years senior management experience as a Personnel Manager and Labor Negotiator and is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources by the Society for Human Resources Management. He has served in a number of executive positions, including vice president for an Alaskan engineering firm; personnel manager for a Montana engineering firm; and as a senior labor negotiator for a public utility in Arizona.

In addition to his practice, Mr. Sparks regularly presents employment and labor law seminars and training sessions to a variety of private and public employers. He serves as a lifetime member of the Board of Directors for the Apple Valley Human Resource Association.

Mr. Sparks was born in Albany, Oregon. He received his B.S. in Business from the University of Arizona in 1972 and worked towards his masters degree at the University of Montana. Mr. Sparks received his J.D., summa cum laude, from the Seattle University School of law (f/k/a Puget Sound School of Law) in 1988, where he served on the Law Review.