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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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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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Shana Erin Thompson
Seattle, WA Family Law Attorney with 24 years of experience
Family, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Seattle University School of Law
Shana E. Thompson has achieved success by listening carefully, understanding her clients’ long-term objectives, and helping resolve dissolutions as amicably and expeditiously as possible.For the past 17 years, Shana E. Thompson has been proudly serving individuals in family law cases throughout the cities of Seattle, Everett, and Kent.
Her client base has been built on hard work and determination that has allowed her to become what she is today. She takes great pride in providing top-level service and promises your complete satisfaction when you choose her to handle your legal needs. Shana and her team...
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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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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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Scott Semrau
Seattle, WA Family Law Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily
Tulane University School of Law
Scott Semrau is the Managing Partner at Divorce Litigation Partners, a Seattle, WA law firm practicing exclusively in family law. Scott Semrau is an Honors Graduate of Georgia State University and Tulane Law School. Courtroom advocacy has been the cornerstone of his practice since 1994 when he tried his first murder. In 1995 Scott Semrau was awarded the Phelps Dunbar award for outstanding advocacy. Scott Semrau has been selected as a Super Lawyer and awarded an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale Hubble.
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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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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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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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Bruce Pruitt-Hamm
Seattle, WA Family Law Attorney with 29 years of experience
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfFamily, Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Estate Planning
University of Washington School of Law
Bruce Pruitt-Hamm is an attorney who can litigate, mediate or collaborate.
Litigation- As an attorney with over 20 years experience, Bruce Pruitt-Hamm has been awarded the highest rating by the national lawyer-rating service, Avvo.com. Since graduating in 1994 from the University of Washington School of Law near the top of his class, he has litigated over one thousand cases in a wide variety of areas of the law. Bruce volunteers for the Washington State Bar Association’s “Moderate Means Program“, offering reduced rates to people of moderate means. Bruce’s standard rate is $280/hr.; but he offers discounts for those on legal insurance...
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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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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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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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Ji Kim
Seattle, WA Family Law Attorney with 14 years of experience
Family and Immigration
Lewis & Clark Law School
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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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Mackenzie J. Sorich
Seattle, WA Family Law Attorney
3418 NE 65th ST
Ste. A
Seattle, WA 98115
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law
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Anne B. Bennette
Edmonds, WA Family Law Attorney with 14 years of experience
Family and Real Estate
Suffolk University Law School
Anne joined Beresford Booth PLLC in 2016 after practicing in Boston for nearly six years. She was a trial advocate in the Family Law Clinic at Suffolk University Law School in Boston and volunteered as a domestic violence survivor advocate at HarborCov in Chelsea, Massachusetts. In both roles, she assisted clients with obtaining restraining orders, initiating paternity actions, initiating child custody proceedings, and petitioning for child support and spousal maintenance. She has worked as both a transactional attorney and a litigator. At her previous firm, she represented individuals and corporations in litigation arising from premises liability actions and real...
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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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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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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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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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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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Justin Hawthorne
Kenmore, WA Family Law Attorney with 2 years of experience
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Tonya Meehan
Seattle, WA Family Law Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Family, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Estate Planning
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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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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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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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Gwen Christina Mathewson
Seattle, WA Family Law Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Family and Divorce
University of Washington School of Law and The University of Chicago 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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James Stensel
Seattle, WA Family Law Lawyer
(206) 624-1230
2600 Two Union Square
601 Union Street
Seattle, WA 98101
Family, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Seattle University School of Law
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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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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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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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Kathryn Jenkins
Seattle, WA Family Law Attorney with 38 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily, Business and Divorce
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Gordon Wilson Wilcox
Seattle, WA Family Law Lawyer with 54 years of experience
Family and Divorce
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Gordon W. Wilcox is a seasoned family law and divorce attorney from Seattle, WA. Over the years, Gordon has honed his legal skills to focus on complex divorce cases and litigation. He said, “I chose family law because I am more interested in helping individuals than corporations. And I found I could help people in family law.” At the start of every case, Gordon analyzes all relevant facts and information related the case, so he can have a clear understanding of the client's needs and expectations. With these specific goals in mind, he creates an individualized strategy to reach them....
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Heritage Filer
Seattle, WA Family Law Attorney with 17 years of experience
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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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Susan Jayne Shulenberger
Seattle, WA Family Law Attorney with 42 years of experience
Family and Divorce
Seattle University School of Law
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Sue Stepp Tamblyn
Seattle, WA Family Law Attorney with 48 years of experience
Family, Business and Divorce
Baylor Law School
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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...
