Family lawyers in Washington Blake Harris to Carolyn Elsey

Firm: Universal Legal

705 S 9th St , Tacoma , Washington 98405

Practice Areas: Family

I grew up in Idaho but fell in love with the water, mountains, and trees of the Pacific Northwest during a legal internship in Tacoma. My wife and I moved here in 2017, and we have never looked back. I am a father to a young daughter who believes she owns the house and to a son who believes he owns his sister. I watches all sports with a ball and have even wandered into the realm of gymnastics due to my wife’s passion. On the weekends you can find me hiking rain, snow, or shine and cheering on local sports.. Now for the Boring Stuff:. Mr. Harris focuses primarily on family law. He aggressively advocates for his clients in and out of the court room. With years of navigating clients through difficult situations, Mr. Harris knows how important it is to be a supportive member in his clients’ legal journey. Before finding his passion in family law, Mr. Harris represented hundreds of clients during all aspects of their criminal defense matters, including but not limited to trial, domestic violence protection orders, and plea negotiations. Mr. Harris is well-liked and well-respected by his clients, colleagues, and other attorneys. He was selected to the Super Lawyers Rising Stars list in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.. Mr. Harris’ clients have found comfort knowing he effectively communicates with them, judges, and fellow attorneys in the community. When first meeting with him, clients are greeted with an attorney that wants to advocate for them. Through written advocacy, Mr. Harris successfully helps the Court understand the strengths in his clients’ positions before arriving in the court room. He understands that not every case is the same and there are often parties that do not want to take their cases into a courtroom.. He received a B.S. in Sociology and B.A. Spanish from the University of Idaho before being awarded his Juris Doctor from the University of Idaho College of Law.

Firm: Skellenger Bender, PS

Rainier Tower, 1301 Fifth Avenue , Seattle , Washington 98101

Practice Areas: Family

Caleb Oken-Berg Bonm is Principal attorney at Skellenger Bender, P.S., where he is also serves as the firm's President and Managing Partner. Caleb’s practice focuses exclusively on family law, including divorce/dissolution, domestic partnership issues, complex asset divisions, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, parenting plan and child support modifications, child custody, parentage actions, and LGBTQ-specific legal issues. Caleb also assists families with adoption and assisted reproductive technology (ART) legal matters such as donor agreements and surrogacy agreements.. Caleb regularly represents clients in the unique and complex area of international family law, including international child custody issues, divorce with international financial issues, and international jurisdictional matters in the context of family law. Caleb handles international child abduction cases in both state and federal court, including matters involving the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. He also serves as a resource and mentor for attorneys in the area of international child custody issues.. In addition to his representation of family law clients, Caleb serves as a neutral by assisting parties in resolving family law disputes as a mediator and arbitrator. He also serves as a Family Court Commissioner pro tempore in King County Superior Court.. Caleb is admitted to practice in the federal and state courts of Washington, and United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In 2015, Caleb founded a pro bono family law legal clinic for patients and community members associated with the Sea Mar Community Health Center in the South Park neighborhood of Seattle.. Caleb is a member of the Washington State Bar Association, American Bar Association, King County Bar Association, and the William L. Dwyer Inn of Court in Seattle. He is also past President of Q-Law (LGBT Bar Association of Washington) and is a member of the National LGBT Bar Association’s Family Law Institute. Caleb is the author of the “Same-Sex Dissolution Issues” chapter of the LexisNexis Washington Family Law Practice Guide. In 2016, Caleb was recognized as one of the 40 Best LGBT Lawyers under 40 in the U.S. by the National LGBT Bar Association, and he has been named a Washington Super Lawyers "Rising Star" every year since 2017.

2212 Queen Anne Ave N # 305 , Seattle , Washington 98109

Practice Areas: Family

I enjoy working as a mediator to help couples resolve problems. I have mediated cases involving parenting, property, support, and debt issues.  I have worked with couples prior to the time they file for divorce and who want to do an amicable divorce. I also handle mediations when both parties are represented by attorneys and are seeking to resolve their case prior to trial. In addition I do post divorce mediations on Parenting Plan issues.

Firm: Carly Ashby Almonte, Attorney at Law

1310 W Dean Ave , Spokane , Washington 99201

Practice Areas: Family

Firm: Law Office of Carlee K. Bliss, PLLC

715 Broadway Street , Longview , Washington 98632

Practice Areas: Family

Carlee Bliss is a northwest native from Oregon City, Oregon. She graduated from Portland State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Criminal Justice in 2014 and earned her Juris Doctorate degree at the Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, in 2018.. After completing law school in the desert of Arizona, she moved back home to the Northwest. Upon passing the bar, Carlee ventured up north to Longview where she has excelled in her career as a Family Law Attorney. Carlee is determined and eager to serve her clients in Cowlitz County. Her primary focus in the law is the best interest and desires of children in various court systems and efficiently advocating for her clients. In addition to her family law practice, she is also a children's representative in the dependency court system.. When not in the courtroom or office, Carlee is with her two FUR children, (two feisty chihuahuas as pictured above) or out playing disc golf. When mother nature provides beautiful northwest weather, she enjoys taking her dogs on hikes and camping.

1520 140th Ave. NE #200 , Bellevue , Washington 98005

Practice Areas: Family

Carl ran his own family law firm for three years before joining The Community Law Firm. From the beginning of his career, he found purpose resolving personal and private disputes in a fair and equitable manner. Carl went through a personal divorce and one as a child. It is a disappointment, but life must go on. Every person on the planet has personal family problems that are not always so simply resolved. In many instances parties become angry and bitter which gets in the way of compromise. When Carl takes on your case, he will understand and feel empathy for your situation. He will do his best for his clients.. Carl completed his undergraduate schooling achieving Cum Laude at the University of Connecticut. He has always enjoyed reading and writing but within University, Carl found a calling when he began taking legal courses. He believes the judicial system is important and has always took pride in his writing skills and thereafter crafted an ability for public speaking.. For a life-changing experience, Carl spent a year teaching 4th and 5th grade students in Beijing the English language. Immediately thrown into the wolves, he had to quickly learn how to control a room full of kids while being informative and entertaining. Speaking in front of a judge is quite different, but this experience along with doing roughly three hearings a week for over three years, his clients should be comfortable with him arguing their position.. Carl enjoys playing chess. He did well at the National Championships three years in a row as a child. Once he graduated, he later taught chess at Christ the King middle school for five years. He enjoys playing tennis in the summer and snowboarding in the winter. He is a member and routinely donates time to the United Way.

Firm: Anderson, Fields & McIlwain, Inc., P.S.

12900 NE 180TH Street, Suite 155 , Bothell , Washington 98011

Practice Areas: Family

I handle dissolution actions with or without children, relocation actions, modification actions, parentage actions, third party custody actions, complex and high asset dissolutions and domestic violence petitions. My approach is generally to chart a path to the end of this process with the least amount of acrimony while serving my client’s best interests in light of the prevailing statutes and caselaw. This can be achieved if everyone has the same goals. Oftentimes, it works; sometimes, it doesn’t. When it doesn’t, I can be counted on to be a strong litigator for my client throughout the process even into trial, if that becomes necessary.

Firm: Law Office of Cameron J. Pearson

224 West Meeker , Kent , Washington 98030

Practice Areas: Family

Firm: Community Law Firm Pllc.

1520 140th ave. NE , Bellevue , Washington 98005

Practice Areas: Family

Family Law cases are often the most difficult, stressful, and emotional moments in a person’s life. When you look to an attorney for representation you not only want someone who understands the law, you also need someone to examine some of the most private aspects of your personal life without judgement. With years of experience representing people of all backgrounds on both sides of the courtroom, attorney Cameron C.F. Ford can be trusted to deliver the best representation under the law without judgment of your circumstances.. Cameron C.F. Ford is a graduate of Seattle University School of Law, one of the best legal writing programs in the country, with a focus on Family and Criminal Law. During law school, he was Editor-in-Chief of the Seattle Journal for Social Justice, a staffer on the Korematsu Center for Law & Equality amicus curiae brief team, and counsel responsible for Domestic Violence Protection Orders at DAWN. By launching his legal career representing victims of domestic violence in the morning then defending the criminally accused in the afternoon, Attorney Ford gained the skills to be effective for clients under any circumstances and a deep understanding of the other side’s thought processes.. Before joining Community Law, Cameron C.F. Ford provided legal services to prison inmates, including family law legal services. Whether it was finalizing a divorce from a cell, ensuring some contact with kids from prison, or adjusting child support orders after being restrained from the workforce, Attorney Ford could handle the case even under the onerous of conditions of confinement and against the suffocating procedures of prisons across the state. No matter the barriers erected by the state or the other party in your case, attorney Ford is experienced in overcoming them and much worse.. Cameron C.F. Ford believes in responsible negotiation to settle cases as frequently as possible before the burdens and costs of trial. His insight into the opposing party frequently allows a settlement that maximizes his client’s benefit. Attorney Ford feels he ‘wins’ when the client’s settlement is large, but their attorney fees are low. When trial becomes unavoidable, he ensures his client is informed at every step and incorporates the onerous monetary and emotional toll of the proceedings into the arguments before the court.. If you desire a family law attorney you can trust with even your most delicate circumstances, who can sit unmovable against the raging emotions and chaos of a family law proceeding and calmly resolve your case, you will want Cameron C.F. Ford.

Firm: C. Fellows Law & Education, pllc

Woodinville , Woodinville , Washington 98072

Practice Areas: Family

Experienced Family Law Attorney.. As a family law attorney, I have had experience representing clients in high-conflict and complex divorces, including parenting cases involving domestic violence and/or substance abuse (or allegations thereof). As an experienced family law attorney, I have had proven success in the courtroom and in mediation, as well as in negotiating equitable settlements outside of either the courtroom or mediation. As a teacher and an attorney, I use my experience in the classroom and outside of law to better understand and anticipate the practical implications of a parenting plan or child support order and to provide clients with legal documents in their divorce that are going to make sense when they put them into action once their divorce is final.. I started C. Fellows Law & Education, pllc to be able to provide clients with more targeted/tailored options for family law services.  I recognize that not everybody going through a divorce can afford (or needs) a full-on attorney who requires a multi-thousand-dollar advance fee.  The bulk of my practice is limited representation options and services that I provide for a flat fee so that family law services are more accessible to individuals who might otherwise not seek out legal counsel.. Experienced Education Advocate and Education Professional.. In addition to being an attorney, I have a background in education and have also earned my Masters of Elementary Education.  I use my legal expertise and my background in education to help families navigate the education system and advocate for their child’s academic success. My experience as a teacher helps me ask the right questions and make suggestions when discussing a student’s academic progress. During my teaching experience, I have been involved in my school’s/district’s Racial and Educational Justice and Inclusionary Practices teams. I know what it’s like to advocate for more culturally competent teaching and greater inclusion of students with disabilities from within the system. As both a teacher and an attorney, I am in a unique position to bridge the gap between the “legalese” written in an IEP or 504 Plan and what teaching practices and accommodations should look like in the classroom in order to help a student make meaningful progress.

7525 SE 24th St Ste 600 , Mercer Island , Washington 98040

Practice Areas: Family

Bradley Evens focuses his practice on family law and marital dissolution. Including: prenuptial agreements; divorce litigation and mediation; property issues; spousal and child support; un-married cohabitation (including same-sex relationship) issues including property distribution and parenting matters. Practice also includes real estate disputes including easements; property line disputes; title issues; agent broker issues; contractual disputes; and, general legal counsel and guidance.

Firm: The Law Offices of C. Scott East Inc., P.S.

Po Box 91 , Bellevue , Washington 98009

Practice Areas: Family

1708 Bellevue Ave , Seattle , Washington 98122

Practice Areas: Family

For me, being an attorney means helping people find justice and resolution.  This motivating purpose is what has driven me to pursue a career of representing individuals and small business owners rather than large corporate interest.  To me, every case is personal and having a private practice allows me to provide every client with my personal attention.  Having practiced in Seattle since 1979, I am intimately familiar with Washington case law.  While it is always my hope that a case can be settled before trial, I know that this is not always possible.  I am an experienced litigator and comfortable in the court room.  If you are looking for experienced, competent, and personal representation, contact me for a free consultation to discuss your case.

Firm: Steele Law Firm

950 Pacific Ave, Ste 900 , Tacoma , Washington 98402

Practice Areas: Family

Bryon was raised in Pierce County and returned to the Pacific Northwest after graduating from law school in Michigan.. While earning his law degree, Bryon exercised a passion for serving others through his involvement with several philanthropic organizations. He was a member of the Disaster Relief Legal Association and served as the treasurer of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society. He completed a legal internship at the Sixty Plus Elder Law Clinic, assisting qualifying seniors with various legal issues, and volunteered at other legal clinics.. Today, Bryon is a member of the Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association, Family Law Section, and the Washington State Bar Association. He is proud to serve his clients who are facing divorce/separation, child custody, or child support issues.. When he is not working with his clients, Bryon spends his time with his wife, Lindsey, and their children, visiting area museums, parks and farmer’s markets. He is also active in his church, where he enjoys working with the youth.

Firm: Serenity Law Firm

1911 SW Campus Dr Ste 277 , Federal Way , Washington 98023

Practice Areas: Family

Originally from Southern California, I studied psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and was recruited to the University of Alabama School of Law (ranked #30 at the time) in Tuscaloosa, Alabama where I earned my Juris Doctor and Masters in Tax Law. My family moved to the state of Washington in 2011. Before law school I lived and worked in Tokyo, Japan and Duesseldorf, Germany. I speak some Japanese and fluent German. I have traveled extensively throughout North America, Australia, Europe and parts of Asia including Thailand, Hong Kong, India, Nepal and South Korea and hope to continue my travels some day. I enjoy representing clients from different cultures and backgrounds in Pierce and King counties in a variety of cases. Serenity Law Firm has served clients in both Alabama and Washington since 2010.. Call for a free phone consultation or set up an in-person consultation for a small fee.

Firm: Mark D. Hodgson Law, P.S.

1321 W Broadway Ave. , Spokane , Washington 99201

Practice Areas: Family

Briana graduated from Gonzaga University School of Law in May 2017 and is currently a practicing attorney in family, criminal law, and appellate law in Washington State.

Firm: Felix Advocates

1435 W. VALLEY HIGHWAY N , Auburn , Washington 98001

Practice Areas: Family

Brian Holden was born and raised in the great Pacific Northwest. He has spent the majority of his life right here in Tacoma. He graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Management. Immediately after graduation, Brian began his legal education at Seattle University School of Law. After passing the bar in 2017, Brian accepted a position with the Moceri Law Group, eventually becoming a member in 2018.. Brian has handled a multitude of cases and describes himself as a resolution driven attorney who understands how difficult it is to go through a divorce. His main goal is to make sure that his clients and their children are set up for success upon the conclusion of the legal action. He also understands that, while courtroom litigation may only last for a limited period of time, it will impact your life and the life of your child forever. He will do everything he can to make sure that the result you receive is one that is fair and will help parties be better co-parents down the road. Brian is truly an advocate for your children.. In his free time, Brian is an avid sports fan who enjoys watching and going to games for his favorite teams, the Seahawks, Mariners and University of Washington Huskies. He is excited for hockey to come to the Pacific Northwest and is eagerly awaiting the return of the Seattle Supersonics. He also enjoys spending time with his friends and family as well as staying active through hiking and time at the gym.

1701 Grove St , Marysville , Washington 98270

Practice Areas: Family

Brian is a member of the Washington State Bar Association, Snohomish County Bar Association, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Practicing law for over 20 years he has the experience needed to win. With six children of his own, Mr. Duce is familiar with the many challenges facing families today.  He is an active member of his community as well, serving on the local YMCA Board 2005 - 2010, coaching little league for 19 years, and a past member of the Marysville Noon Rotary.. He has also been Nationally recognized by the NAFDD as one of the top DUI attorneys in the State of Washington.

11 F St Nw , Auburn , Washington 98001

Practice Areas: Family

917 Pacific Avenue , Tacoma , Washington 98402

Practice Areas: Family

I am committed to providing quality, cost-effective representation in family law and personal injury matters. Whether you have an amicable case or are facing trial, I am ready to help. I have specific experience dealing with child protective services and the mental health system.