Seattle Family Law is a two-attorney team providing legal services with a continuous personal approach and attention to details.  We are committed to providing  hands-on counsel and support as you move through your legal situation.  For most people, litigation affecting family and other personal relationships is among the most difficult experiences in life. Many would prefer not to have to make decisions at such a distressing time.  Because you must nevertheless make important decisions  you need counsel that does not brush aside the emotional context of your situation and simply make decisions "for" you. Rather, you are better served by engaging in meaningful dialogue with your attorney so that you can make informed decisons for yourself.  We strive to understand all of your objectives, including the impact of your decisions on your family and other loved ones.  Our goal is to help you select and carry out  the most appropriate legal strategy at each step in the process.  Nevertheless, we do not forget that it is "your" case and thus your needs and desires that direct case strategy and action.  

At Seattle Family Law, we are strong believers in building a partnership with our clients. Unique preferences of each client may demand different levels of participation in the case.  Especially in this economic climate, most people are deeply concerned about the legal expense and need to control their costs.  To meet this need, we offer "unbundled" services as well as full legal representation.  "Unbundled services" are legal services consisting of a single consultation or project, such as assisting a self-representing litigant prepare specific court documents required to note or defend a family law motion in court, or to  prepare the pro se client's legal brief for trial.  In an "unbundled" attorney-client relationship the client initiates each attorney task, specifically limited to the legal work the client wants. At the other end of the legal services spectrum, our client may delegate all of the routine and other work associated with the client's case to us, with assurance that we will capably perform the work, including providing the client with legal counsel as required to enable and empower the client to make informed major case decisions.  

• If trial becomes necessary because the parties are not able to reach agreement, as it does in a minority of family law cases, we will stand with you throughout the process.  Trials are emotionally and financially burdensome and as such an “evil” in themselves.  If trial is necessary, however, the Washington legal system provides an excellent forum to assist the judge in reaching fair decisions.  We are skilled and experienced in organizing your case for presentation to the trial court in the most persuasive way possible.

• . Seattle Family Law also provides consulting services to clients who choose to pursue or defend their legal matters on their own.  "Access to court" including access by non-lawyers, is a United States constitutional right.  Many people who make this choice do so because they cannot afford to retain an attorney.  If you are in this situation do not resort to paralegal service or  solely, to self-education. We offer "unbundled services", that is, hourly-based legal advice and/or  document preparation with no on-going obligation to the client or attorney.  We can help you prepare your documents and case presentation strategy to maximize your chances of success.