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Rita Herrera Irvin Seattle King County Washington
Rita Herrera Irvin is a partner at McKinley Irvin, one of the largest and most exceptional family law firms in the Pacific Northwest region. She helped found the firm with Sands McKinley in 1991. Rita prides herself on being a tough advocate for her clients so that they can have the best possible chance of success. She takes the time to get to know her clients so that their goals can become her goals. Rita attended Seattle University School of Law, graduating with her J.D. in 1991. She is also a past board member with Centro Latino, a Trustee with the Tacoma Art Museum and Superior Court Famil...
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Brien Galbraith Seattle King County Washington
Brien Galbraith is an associate attorney with Integrative Family Law. Brien accomplishes his clients? goals by way of positive communication. By speaking with his clients regularly and in detail, Brien is able to understand their goals and set out on a path to achieve them. Brien is experienced in a number of different areas of family law, including custody, support, divorce, relocation, LGBT family law, and more....
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Jennifer Payseno Seattle King County Washington
Jennifer is an experienced family law attorney and a role model to her peers. She has been practicing law since 1992 and has been with McKinley Irvin for over a decade....
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Andrew Schwarz Seattle King County Washington
As a founder and principle of the Schwarz~Garrison Law Firm I am committed to providing the highest quality representation to our clients. We listen to our clients and we pursue their goals tenaciously. Recent Verdicts: State v. Gipson: Assault Charge: Not Guilty, Self Defense: $256,000 in fees and costs reimbursed to client by the court following verdict. Dunakin v. Ronngren: Dog Bite: $229,015.73 jury verdict for plaintiff. Rollins and Hendershot v. King County Metro: Assault on Metro Bus: $250,000 Jury Verdict for plaintiffs, On appeal, plaintiffs were able to make new law in th...
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Yale Lewis III Seattle King County Washington
Mr. Lewis has been litigating family and Indian law matters since 2003. He tries up to three cases per year and represents three times that many at settlement conferences and meditations. He has been appointed a special master and sometimes conducts meditations. He also handles appeals.Mr. Lewis appears regularly in King County Superior Court and less frequently in other counties throughout the State. He is a member of the bar of most of the tribal courts in the State of Washington. He also practices in the United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts. He is also a member...
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Jason S. Newcombe Seattle King County Washington
We are a dedicated team of legal professionals who are here to help you in your time of need and crisis. Our Washington State lawyers have the resources, the knowledge, and the experience to assist you with your legal matter in our practice areas....
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Kim Laree Schnuelle Seattle King County Washington
Kim Schnuelle is a Senior Associate at McKinley Irvin, one of the Pacific Northwest?s premier divorce and family law firms. Kim has a 10.0 ?Superb? rating on Avvo.com and has also been selected for the honor of Washington Super Lawyers®. Kim has a reputation for putting her clients? needs first and protecting what matters most to them. ?My clients know unequivocally that I am on their side,? says Kim. She is a member of the Washington State and King County Bar Associations, as well as a volunteer with Lifelong AIDS Alliance. Ms. Schnuelle was recently awarded with an A.V. Preeminent Rating by ...
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Sarah Elizabeth Hovland Seattle King County Washington
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 beautiful state of ours, and sleeping....
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Danielle L. LaBelle Seattle King County Washington
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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Bruce Pruitt-Hamm Seattle King County Washington
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 offer...
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Erin Blower Seattle King County Washington
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 fin...
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Sara S.J. Kim Seattle King County Washington
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 what my clients want...
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Elizabeth Anne Hoffman Seattle King County Washington
Elizabeth A. Hoffman is an attorney at McKinley Irvin?s Bellevue and Seattle offices. She is adept in a number of areas of family law, including divorce, adoption, domestic violence, unmarried couples, LGBT family law, and more. Elizabeth has been distinguished as a Washington ?Rising Star? by Super Lawyers® (2014) due to her experience, reputation, and consistently exceptional client service. Elizabeth passionately advocates for her clients as well as the community at-large, particularly in the areas of domestic violence advocacy and the welfare of children....
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Mark Alexander Seattle King County Washington
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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Stacy Dyan Heard Seattle King County Washington
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 experi...
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Tatyana Gidirimski Seattle King County Washington
Tatyana Gidirimski has handled every aspect of family law, including complex divisions of property, maintenance, parenting plans (including modifications and child relocations), child support, division of business assets, committed intimate relationships, prosecution and defense of restraining orders, domestic violence protection orders, and preparation and negotiation of prenuptial and other relationship agreements. Tatyana is highly cognizant of the toll - both financial and psychological - a contested family law matter can take on the client and strives to achieve an out-of-court resolutio...
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Travis Moeller Seattle King County Washington
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 Cente...
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Jacob Flothe Seattle King County Washington
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 insi...
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Mark Alan Brown Seattle King County Washington
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 admitte...
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Gordon Wilson Wilcox Seattle King County Washington
Gordon W. Wilcox is a seasoned family law and divorce attorney from Seattle, WA. With more than 35 years of legal experience behind him, Gordon is confident in his ability to provide the exceptional legal guidance and advocacy that his clients need, when they need it the most. 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 informa...
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John Macdonald Seattle King County Washington
My office provides legal services in three primary areas: family law, personal injury and employment law....
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Kate M Forrest Seattle King County Washington
I am passionate about being a strong advocate for clients during challenging times in their lives. I understand how important family is, and will work with you to protect your rights and interests without adding unnecessarily to the stress, animosity, and chaos that can affect a family going through a divorce, custody disagreement, or other legal action. My practice welcomes all clients, but has a particular emphasis on addressing the unique needs of survivors of domestic violence, military families, and LGBTQ families facing discrimination or extra hurdles. Happy times can be challenging ...
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Calli Hisey Seattle King County Washington
Family Law Attorney, Calli Hisey, developed her passion for family law because of the importance that her family plays in her life. Knowing the positive impact family has on most individuals, Ms. Hisey chose to practice family law as a primary component in her career. Ms. Hisey prides herself on her ability to connect with clients and create a foundation of a successful attorney/client relationship. First and foremost, Calli strives to gain trust with her clients, so they feel safe with her advocating on their behalf. Calli enjoys working closely with clients and will always make sure their vo...
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Scott Semrau Seattle King County Washington
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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Laurie G. Robertson Seattle King County Washington
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 foc...
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J. Blake Hilty Seattle King County Washington
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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Joyce Stewart Schwensen Seattle King County Washington
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 childr...