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David Starks
Seattle, WA Family Law Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Family and Divorce
Seattle University School of Law
David Starks is a partner at McKinley Irvin and practices out of the firm’s Kirkland office. David is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers as well as the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. He has been designated to the list of “Top 100 Attorneys in Washington State,” Washington Super Lawyers®, rated 10/10 “Superb” on Avvo, and was chosen as "Lawyer of the Year" in the field of Family Law by Best Lawyers two times. David is driven by a passion for his client’s success and always fights to protect their best interests.
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Rita Herrera Irvin
Seattle, WA Family Law Attorney with 33 years of experience
Family and Divorce
Seattle University School of Law
Rita is a founding partner and CEO of McKinley Irvin. With an eye toward the future, Rita works with the firm's leadership team to maintain McKinley Irvin’s commitment to excellence in law practice, client service, professionalism, and firm management. In addition to her work at McKinley Irvin, Rita is deeply involved in the Tacoma community and has served as a director on several local and professional boards. She currently serves on the Legal Pathways Community Advisory Board and as a Dressel Scholars Mentor at the University of Washington Tacoma. Additionally, Rita founded MI’s Black Law Student Mentorship Program where she...
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Ji Kim
Seattle, WA Family Law Attorney with 14 years of experience
Family and Immigration
Lewis & Clark Law School
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Brianna M. Duda
Seattle, WA Family Law Lawyer with 2 years of experience
Family
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Through my work in criminal defense and family law, I understand the impact legal proceedings can have on families. I am committed to guiding clients through these difficult times. My approach to representation is based in compassion, kindness, and understanding.
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Danielle L. LaBelle
Seattle, WA Family Law Attorney with 12 years of experience
Family and Divorce
Gonzaga University School of Law
Since the day that she became an attorney, Danielle LaBelle has focused her career on family law. Today, her goal is simple: to help families dealing in critical legal circumstances get the patient, caring, and professional guidance that they need. “I want my clients to feel like their voice was heard and their interests were well-represented,” she said.
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Sara S.J. Kim
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Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfSeattle, WA Family Law Attorney with 29 years of experience
Family, Divorce and Personal Injury
Seattle University School of Law
Sara's focus includes Family Law and Civil Litigation. Sara Kim is a passionate advocate who, in every case, is driven to seek justice for her clients. In private practice since 1995, Sara is a highly experienced family law attorney; she also has a thriving practice in the areas of personal injury and civil litigation.
Keeping a client-centered focus has been fundamental to her success. As Sara explains, “The people who come to me are under a lot of emotional pressure. The point is to make myself accessible: I believe that being there to listen is the only way to truly know...
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Javier Ortiz
Seattle, WA Family Law Attorney with 8 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily and Divorce
Seattle University School of Law
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Sarah Elizabeth Hovland
10.0 (1 Peer Review)
Seattle, WA Family Law Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Family and Divorce
University of Warwick School of Law and Gonzaga University School of Law
Sarah is a person (who happens to also be an attorney) fueled by compassion, curiosity, and the desire to see justice prevail. She started her path towards the legal profession at age 7 when she negotiated her first deal: to stay up past her bedtime. She did not win. Several decades later, she applied this and many other life lessons to the practice of law. In her spare time, you can find Sarah at the local dog park trying and failing to get her dog to fetch a tennis ball, playing on the water, listening to music, traveling around this...
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Kari Petrasek
Mukilteo, WA Family Law Attorney with 21 years of experience
(425) 361-7699
11700 Mukilteo Speedway, Suite 201-1006
Mukilteo, WA 98275
Family, Divorce, Estate Planning and Juvenile
Seattle University School of Law
I am currently a solo attorney in Mukilteo, Washington and have significant experience in the area of juvenile law, handling mostly dependency and termination matters. I am also a dedicated advocate for children, having served more than 13 years as a Guardian ad Litem for dependent children. In addition, I have served as a judge and commissioner pro tempore at Snohomish County Superior Court hearing family law, guardianship/probate, ex parte, DV, interpreter, juvenile, and mental health hearings since 2010. As an experienced litigator, I also handle guardianship, elder law, estate planning, and family law matters.
Currently, I am the Past-Chair of...
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Laurie G. Robertson
10.0 (2 Peer Reviews)
Seattle, WA Family Law Attorney with 29 years of experience
Family, Divorce and Estate Planning
New York Law School
Laurie Robertson has been practicing family law since 1996. As a seasoned and aggressive divorce lawyer, she is extremely familiar with Washington state's complicated laws. She is a compassionate and caring attorney driven by results, and she knows her way around the court room.
Attorney Robertson's extensive experience and legal knowledge allow her to serve a range of client needs. Laurie earned her B.A in psychology at Rutgers University, New Jersey. She earned her J.D. at New York Law School in New York City. After law school, she relocated to Atlanta, Georgia and worked for a firm which focused on family...
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Mark Alan Brown
Seattle, WA Family Law Attorney with 46 years of experience
Family, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Estate Planning
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Mark graduated from Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) in 1974 with a B.A. in History. He then attended the University of California, Hastings College of the Law (San Francisco, California) where he was the Articles Editor of Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal, and graduated in 1977 with a Juris Doctor degree. Mark was an instructor at the University of Puget Sound, School of Law (now Seattle University School of Law) from 1977 to 1979 before entering private practice in Seattle. He is admitted to practice in California as well as Washington. He is also admitted to...
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Erin Blower
Seattle, WA Family Law Attorney
Family, Divorce and Domestic Violence
University of Minnesota Law School
Erin Blower feels fulfilled in practicing family law.
"Family law is a helping profession. I enjoy working closely with people to get them to a better place. It is personal and meaningful work."
Erin understands how unsettling a family law case can be. She is sensitive to the emotional impact of the divorce process on both her clients and their families.
"These cases are not just legal or financial - these are times of huge transition and emotional upheaval in people’s lives. It’s important to work with an empathetic attorney who understands the whole picture."
Erin guides clients in trying to find resolution of...
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Steven Scott Burkhalter
Everett, WA Family Law Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfFamily, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Chapman University Fowler School of Law
I have represented clients ranging from major companies and banks to the individual struggling through the dissolution of his or her marriage or the individual negotiating a land use issue with the city. I devote much of my time to trial practice, while at the same time, I look for a cost effective approach to settle a matter in the client's best interests.
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Janel Ostrem
Seattle, WA Family Law Attorney with 18 years of experience
Family, Business, Divorce and Estate Planning
University of Washington School of Law and University of Wisconsin - Madison
Seattle Divorce Services is dedicated to conflict resolution in complex cases. Our Seattle divorce attorneys believe that our clients are best served by an approach that reduces fighting and allows for agreement building. In high-conflict cases, our Seattle divorce mediation lawyers work to avoid escalating hostility. This approach is designed to reduce the trauma of the divorce experience and prepare clients to move forward in life, also setting the stage for more successful co-parenting.
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Elizabeth Alden Michelson
Everett, WA Family Law Attorney with 44 years of experience
Family and Divorce
University of Colorado Law School
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J. Blake Hilty
Seattle, WA Family Law Lawyer
Family, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Gonzaga University School of Law and University of Washington School of Law
J. Blake Hilty is an associate attorney at McKinley Irvin, one of the region’s premier divorce and family law firms. Blake practices at the firm’s Bellevue and Seattle offices. Blake is committed to maintaining the balance between aggressive representation and compassionate client service. He handles a wide range of family law cases, from child custody and support to military and LGBT family law. Blake is a member of the Washington State Bar Association (Family Law Section) and the King County Bar Association (Family Law Section).
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Joel Phillip Nichols
Everett, WA Family Law Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Family, Business, Divorce and Estate Planning
Seattle University School of Law and University of Washington School of Law
Hello – I’m Joel Nichols and I’m a partner in the Deno Millikan Law Firm, PLLC. My practice focuses primarily on employment law, personal injury,family law, andcriminal defense. I also enjoy advising small businesses on a variety of transactional and employment-related matters. Although born in Massachusetts, I was raised by a single mother in Shoreline, Washington after my father was killed in action in Vietnam in 1970. I grew up enjoying music, drama and sports. I didn’t think about becoming a lawyer until my freshman year in college when I had to fight the Social Security Administration to receive...
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Eric Engel
Seattle, WA Family Law Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Family, Bankruptcy, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Washington State family lawyer handling divorce, child custody, and other types of family law cases in the Seattle, Washington area.
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Kent Millikan
Everett, WA Family Law Lawyer with 56 years of experience
Family, Business, Divorce and Estate Planning
College of William and Mary
Hello – My name is Kent Millikan. I’m a senior partner in the Deno Millikan Law Firm, and I’ve practiced law since 1968. My experiences in life and the law have given me judgment about issues and cases that can only be gained by years of experience representing clients in and out of the courtroom. I have years of experience as a trial lawyer representing clients in personal injury cases, in complex divorce and family law cases, in contentious probate issues, and in complex business matters and real estate. My practice focus now is personal injury, probate, estate planning,...
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Stacy Dyan Heard
Seattle, WA Family Law Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Family, Divorce and International
Seattle University
Stacy Heard is an attorney who practices exclusively family law in Seattle, Washington. Stacy has served clients for nearly 20 years in the Seattle area. Prior to and during law school, Stacy worked as a family law and civil litigation paralegal for 7 years. Her broad experience in family law includes cases involving complex financial issues, parenting plan/child custody issues, relocation, restraining orders, and child support issues. Prior to starting her own practice in 2005, she worked at a large Seattle civil litigation firm where she also gained valuable negotiation and litigation experience.
Stacy chose to practice family law because she...
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Ben Hoekstra
Everett, WA Family Law Lawyer
Family, Criminal and DUI
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
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Joyce Stewart Schwensen
Seattle, WA Family Law Attorney with 40 years of experience
Family, Business, Estate Planning and Probate
University of Washington School of Law
Joyce S. Schwensen practices a variety of law areas in Seattle, Washington. The Law Offices of Joyce S. Schwensen helps clients with issues involving family law, small business law, real estate, and will and probate. Adoption, however, is an area that Joyce feels passionately about, and she works tirelessly toward helping families deal with the processes surrounding adoptions issues. Compassion and empathy characterize Joyce's personal attention that she fully gives to each client that faces personal family matters.
Family is very important to Joyce, and she lives in Seattle with her two children. Her education is also grounded in Washington, as...
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John Macdonald
Seattle, WA Family Law Attorney with 28 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily, Employment and Insurance Claims
University of Washington School of Law and University of Oregon School of Law
My office provides legal services in three primary areas: family law, personal injury and employment law.
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Craig Alan Platt
Seattle, WA Family Law Attorney with 42 years of experience
Family, Criminal, DUI and Divorce
Stanford Law School and University of Illinois College of Law
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Brian Edwards
Seattle, WA Family Law Lawyer
Family and Divorce
Seattle University School of Law
Brian Edwards started his career in clinical psychology, where he often served as a court-appointed counselor for mentally ill patients. With his listening and conflict resolution skills, honed through his years as a therapist, and because he’s driven by a desire to help people who are going through difficult transitions, he chose to become a family law attorney. He has significant trial experience and is particularly knowledgeable in non-parental custody matters. He feels most gratified when he can improve the welfare of children.
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Travis Moeller
Seattle, WA Family Law Attorney with 8 years of experience
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfFamily, Criminal and Personal Injury
Seattle University School of Law
Travis Moeller is an associate attorney at Blair & Kim and a recent graduate of Seattle University School of Law. Travis practices criminal defense, family law, and personal injury law. Travis previously worked as a Rule 9 intern at Blair & Kim during his second and third year of law school.
Travis graduated from Seattle University Cum Laude and achieved CALI awards in Legal Writing and Professional Responsibility during his time in law school, which are given to the student who earns the top grade in a class. During law school, Travis was a student fellow at the Fred T. Korematsu...
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Clare E. Bogdanowicz
Shoreline, WA Family Law Attorney
Family, Business, Estate Planning and Probate
Albany Law School
Clare is an attorney at NCL, who joined the firm after relocating to the Pacific Northwest after a few years spent living and working internationally. During her time as a public defender, Clare honed the art of advocating for her clients both in the courtroom and on paper. While abroad, Clare primarily conducted legal research and document drafting, and as a result has years of experience practicing law in a virtual environment. This wide array of legal experience makes her uniquely poised to handle cases in the areas of business, real property law, probate, as well as criminal and family...
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Allen Glass
Seattle, WA Family Law Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Family
Boston University School of Law
Allen Glass is a family law attorney with offices located in Seattle, Washington. For the past 18 years, his practice has focused on family law matters--divorce, property divisions. custody, child support, maintenance, and domestic violence.
Most of our clients are referred from past clients. Our past clients tend to refer us to their friends, family members and colleagues.
We have a record of success in resolving family law matters. We identify and advocate the rights of his clients who are in a domestic relationship. We have represented many clients in complex property divisions. When...
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William L. Fleming
Seattle, WA Family Law Attorney with 34 years of experience
Family, Business, Estate Planning and Real Estate
Bill Fleming practices in Keller Rohrback’s business group, where he focuses on estate and small business planning, charitable giving, and trust and estate administration.
A graduate of Williams College and Harvard Law School, Bill formerly practiced with the New York City law firm Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, and the Seattle firm Preston, Gates and Ellis.
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Jacob Flothe
Seattle, WA Family Law Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Family, Arbitration & Mediation, Landlord Tenant and Personal Injury
Rutgers School of Law-Camden
Jacob Flothe received his undergraduate degree in Political Communications from the University of Washington. He went on to earn his Juris Doctorate from Rutgers School of Law in Camden, New Jersey. Jacob is the newest Associate at Integrity Law Group, PLLC. Jacob focuses in civil litigation, particularly he represents clients in Mediation, Bankruptcy litigation and Transactional work. While in law school Jacob participated in multiple moot court competitions. He also served as an extern for a presiding family court judge, which exposed him to a plethora of domestic issues and gave him insight into how those matters...
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Philip Colin Tsai
Seattle, WA Family Law Attorney with 27 years of experience
Family, Arbitration & Mediation and Divorce
At Tsai Law Company, we have over 45 years of combined legal experience in the area of Divorce and Family Law in Washington State. Our law practice is concentrated in: divorce, determination of child custody, child support, parenting plan modifications, alimony, litigation, and the primary residential placement of children.
Philip received his Juris Doctor Degree, cum laude, from Seattle University School of Law in 1997. Philip is a Member of the Washington State Bar Association, King County Bar Association, Snohomish County Bar Association, Pierce County Bar Association and is a Family Law Section Member in King County.
Philip has exclusively...
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Soloman Kim
Mill Creek, WA Family Law Attorney with 28 years of experience
(206) 355-4555
16708 Bothell-Everett Hwy, Suite 104
Mill Creek, WA 98012
Family and Personal Injury
University of Washington School of Law
Hello, thank you for visiting my profile. I am committed to helping injured people recover and achieve financial recovery. I also work every day to represent families and individuals in need for guidance and representation in divorce and family law matters. I am also a certified mediator that can help mediate your disputes. Please consider reaching out to me and call me to discuss your situation. Thank you very much.
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Dave Hawkins
Seattle, WA Family Law Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily, Appeals, Divorce and Immigration
My practice is a general practice with a focus on family law, immigration and appellate work in Seattle, Washington. I have a working knowledge of Russian and German, which facilitates my work with members of the Russian community in the areas of family law and immigration.
For the past 16 years, I have concentrated on family law and immigration. In the family law arena, I have argued dozens of cases before a variety of courts and in a variety of counties: from Pacific county in the south to Clallam county in the north.
Families have always been my focus; from child...
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James A. Pautler
Everett, WA Family Law Attorney with 19 years of experience
Family, Criminal, Divorce and Estate Planning
Seattle University School of Law
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Janet George
Seattle, WA Family Law Attorney with 49 years of experience
Family and Divorce
University of Puget Sound
Janet George is widely recognized as one of the top family law attorneys in the state of Washington. She limits her practice to complex, high asset and high income cases, including those involving property characterization, business valuations, and the distribution of multi-million dollar estates. She has represented high net worth individuals across different fields, including business owners, corporate executives, legal and medical professionals, and professional athletes.
Janet has received the top honors of her field. She has been a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) since 1992, serving as President of the Washington AAML chapter from 1997 to...
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Afton Elizabeth Hayes
Seattle, WA Family Law Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily, Entertainment & Sports, Estate Planning and Real Estate
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Kara Freel-Sparks
Seattle, WA Family Law Lawyer
Family and Education
University of Washington School of Law and University of California - Santa Barbara
The Freel Sparks Law Firm offers family and education law legal services focused on our client’s needs with timely resolution. In family law, we emphasize high conflict and financially complex cases. In education law, we are highly experienced in the difficult and complex area of special education law. Ms. Freel worked for years as a dependency Guardian Ad Litem. She has experience working with domestic violence, drug and alcohol addiction, and mental health issues in high conflict family law cases. In high conflict cases, the parties are unable to agree upon solutions. In these cases, experience matters. Ms....
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Victoria Richards
Everett, WA Family Law Attorney with 9 years of experience
Family, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Seattle University
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Jennifer C. Gogert
Everett, WA Family Law Attorney with 22 years of experience
(425) 312-6094
Deno Millikan Law Firm, PLLC
3411 Colby Ave
Everett, WA 98201
Family, Business, Divorce and Juvenile
