Elizabeth Rankin Powell's Reviews

Ms. Powell was beyond helpful. She knows her stuff and will always have my confidence. She helped me with a bad situation and is currently helping by answering any questions I have as I go through the small claims process on my own.

she was perfect but I "freaked out" from stress over my landlord-tenant problem and fired her.

Dear Ms. Rankin Powel,
Thank you very much for your straightforward and enlightening answer. The incident with the fallen three brought me to the unexplored field of the law right at the time when I am bottling the Salish Village HOA (SV HOA), and the proven sexual predators, hooker patronizers, international sex solicitors, and admitted drug junkies, embezzlers and racketeers President for SV HOA Craig Dulis and manager Carl Mason for their despicable, and I believe that in some instances even criminal activities.
Their, and my landlord Chris Oppfelt’s deeds may sound almost like taken from a horror novel, but they have had really happened and are, in my opinion, well documented. If you want to know more, please read forward the brief account.
All started, when shortly after my at-that-time wife, and I, have moved to the SV and President Dulis began sexually harassing her. We were mindful that he is President for SV HOA and we are “just” new tenants, but when he crossed all boundaries of acceptance, we politely showed him the door of our apartment where he was visiting us at that time. However, he was high on drugs (he told us that he took some before he came) and became raging. He physically attacked our furniture (to demonstrate how powerful he is), then threatened me by the statements that he served in the special forces and would be finish with me before I’d know, and verbally assaulted both of us. Then, we have learned that he slanders us in the SV in the obvious attempt to sanitize his creepy behavior.
When we began preparing the lawsuit against him, his equally creepy buddy in numerous crimes that they previously perpetrated in SV, manager Mason sprung into action. Pretending to be our great friend and sympathizer, he intruded into our home, and used the SV resources on seducing of my at-that-time wife, and on bribing her and her parents by the large amounts of money and numerous shady services. Within next two months, in order to prevent us to file the lawsuit and deprive me of the witness if I would file the lawsuit against them on my own, those two creeps managed to corrupt her and to destroy our marriage.
The McCue & Associates Inc that managed the SV at that time began afraid that the due process would reveal their mismanagement, and our equally crocked landlord Chris Oppfelt began protecting them and conspires with them as we speak. He told me that the due process would jeopardize his property value, and both he and Norman McCue attempted to coerce me to silence. They threatened me by the 30 days notice to vacate, and coerced my at-that-time wife to barratry. Being coached by them, she filed the phony petition for the bogus protective order against me, and the utterly bias Judge Harry McCarthy condescendingly accepted her obvious lies at face value.
I have good reasons to not quit my lease, so in addition to their other crooked plans, they wanted to set me up for the violation of this bogus Order and use it as the pretense for my eviction. It took me over three months to have that bogus order repealed. When their plans collapsed, the landlord Oppfelt began practicing the constructive eviction and grossly interfered into my at-that-time wife’s and mine private affairs. Then, he even tried to exploit my potentially deadly medical crisis and cause my premature death.
There is much more to say, but you can imagine that in such a situation your prompt and clear answer really made my day. I wish you would be my attorney in the lawsuit pending under the number 11-2-24565-9 SEA in the SC for KC, that I have filed against them as a pro-see plaintiff to not miss the statute of limitations; and also in the federal lawsuit that I am preparing against landlord Oppfelt for the gross violations of the federal laws and regulations.
In the one way or the other, thank you again for your prompt help.

I have had many attorneys in my life but NONE who was as helpful as this attorney has been to us. Ms. Powell is extremely knowledgable concerning landlord/tenant laws here in Washington State. Long story short, we had an illegal lease option agreement which we were unlawfully having to pay fees and penalties, losing a huge downpayment on the home, and other issues that if it wasnt for Ms Powell, would have cost us losing hundreds and hundreds of dollars more if she hadn't taken our case. She was not the first attorney we consulted, but was the first to get to the heart of the matter immediately and explain to us our legal rights in a manner which we could easily understand. After our first conversation with her, we were able to breathe a HUGE sigh of relief and knew we were in expert hands. She turns fears into hope and does it all with humor and compassion. THANK YOU ELIZABETH from the bottom of our hearts...

Lee and Sheila

I started working with Elizabeth back in March, she gave us some advice that I later found out was bad? We didn't want our credit ruined, but she seemed like she didn't care, that it was going to be ruined. on April 17th we recieved our final bill from our apartment. It was outragous, so I contacted Elizabeth again, she again just advised us to keep track of bills via email and that she would contact us. Two weeks later we had not heard from her. I emailed, and called and left messages, nothing. I finally called once more and spoke with her assistant, she told me she would have Elizabeth call me. Elizabeth emailed me with a response that seemed as if there was no hurry.
I was just trying to make sue she was going to help us is all, and that was on April 28th. I still have not heard from her,it is May 10th the deadline on the final bill, we feel like shunned.

Ms. Powell is an amazing human being who cares about people and her job. She guided us through a small claims appeal after WE WON a judgment and the defendant would not pay. We didn't know what to do or where to go. We remembered her from her answers on AVVO and know that she is kind and caring and STRONG.
We don't know if we will win, but we know she is representing us well.

I hired Mrs. Powell for a Tenant/Landlord case. She was VERY informative & upfront from the very beginning. She never steered me wrong, and when we went to court, she performed just as she said she would. She knew how she wanted to proceed, and went in with the facts that even made the judge recess to review. In the end, she won my case & I couldn't be happier!

I recently had to contact a lawyer about a tenent-landlord dispute. As we all know this can be a terrifying experience. I would like to say Attorney Powell made this experience a lot less tramatic. Her advice and professionalism far exceded my expectations. I would definitely recommand her to anyone needing sound legal advice. Thank you

I knew my case was small potatos to a lawyer, but I needed help dealing with my crazy slumlord of a landlord. Lucky for me I called Elizabeth. She took my case and went above and beyond what I would expect. She was kind, patient, understanding, and very maticulous down to the last detail. I couldn't of asked for a better lawyer. She guided me through the entire process and even when I didn't understand what was goign on she made sure to take the time to explain everything in plain speak so I could understand.

What a great person and lawyer! Thank you!!!!

I cannot thank Elizabeth enough or say enough good things about her. Elizabeth helped me through the emotionally draining child support process against a bitter and ruthless ex husband and his attorney. She was clearly knowledgeable and very competent but more importantly to me, she was very caring. Elizabeth consantly reminded me to focus on my children and not let the legal process get me down. Always available for any questions or concerns I had she took time to keep me updated and fully informed. I felt very confident with Elizabeth as my attorney. You can tell that Elizabeth has a good heart and really does care about justice. My experience with attorneys in the past was that I was just another wage packet. In my book, Elizabeth does this job for all the right reasons. If you want a competent lawyer with a heart, she's the one.

I searched for a lawyer that would represent a single father in a custody battle from Spokane (where I live), I didn't find many that wanted to take on an uphill battle like this, much less be willing to try the case in Okanogan County, and make the drive.
I got custody a couple of months after she started on the case, but Elizabeth is always just a "phone call away".
I now know what it's like to have a friend that is a lawyer, she's there day or night, weekends too. Whenever I have a question, she's always just a phone call away.
I don't know how she has time to take on other cases, and care about all of them the way she does, but I'm glad that I found her before my sons mom did!

When my "amicable" divorce crashed and burned, Elizabeth stepped into the middle and got me though a very difficult period of my life. This is a person I truly trust and would recommend to anyone. She's capable and experienced in law but is also easy to talk to, which greatly relieved my stress level.

We needed an atty., FAST. Luckily for us Elizabeth answered the phone when we called the office that she was working in at the time.
Not only was Elizabeth able to resolve our issues, but she has become a coveted friend.
I would reccommend Elizabeth to anyone that asked, and would certainly use her again.JD

I've worked with dozens of lawyers over the last 50 years and she's one of the few that I'd go back to again.
Have recommended her to friends and family with good results.
She takes on problems and problem lawyers in stride and keeps smiling.
Does good (and timely) research
Does good briefing
Presents herself well in court
Gives good advice (not always that which was hoped for)
Maintains good client contact
Very professional demeanor

Elizabeth is an amazing lawyer. As a client of hers, she has accepted the worst of my situations and created successful outcomes for me. Elizabeth's integrity and devotion to whatever my issue is, has been addressed with an immediate response and solution. Her stamina to persavere for my behalf, has been remarkable. I feel confident with her representing me.

Elizabeth was wonderful! She's caring, knowledgeable, and efficient. I hightly recommend her.

Elizabeth became my lawyer at a very difficult time for me. She was easy to talk to, explained everything that was going to happen and went way above and beyond. I will always be grateful for her kindness and for being a terrific lawyer. I was so happy regarding my dealings with her when my neice, who I love like my own child, needed a lawyer over a property matter I immediately recommended Elizabeth. I am sure she is in good hands and has the best legal counsel she could ever hope for. She has my absolute confidence and she is a very fine person.

To some people a review is how much did she charge for her services?, how well did she respond?, did she know her law?, etc.
Here's what mattered the most!
I want to say that during the period of my divorce when my world seemed to be caving in around me, Elizabeth Powell did a remarkable thing with me and that was to remind me to stay focused on my children and not my ex wife. That was continually embeded into my head. "Stay focused on your kids" and where you want to live so the kids will adjust to the new lifestyle they've been thrown into. I will never forget that and today the relationship I have with my kids is stronger than ever.
Thank you Elizabeth for getting me through a very difficult period! Words cannot express my gratitude.
ME

Elizabeth regularly goes the extra distance for her clients. She's been known to drive 300 miles to Spokane to help settle a child/infant custody case.
She has helped folks whose trailer park was being sold to get a fair deal from the landlord.
She has helped numerous folks with tenant & landlord disputes, helping both to reach an reasonable agreement.

Elizabeth handled my case in a manner which allowed for a positive outcome while during the entire process she made sure that I was not only informed of how things were progressing, she took the time to explain everything in terms I understood.
I have recommended her to several people and will continue to do so for years to come.

Elizabeth is a great lawyer and friend, you can trust her to get a job done. Elizabeth does not but up with anything at all, she is a tough lady. She helped me with a bad divorce and I came out happy.
Thank you Elizabeth!!!