Karen Svendsen

Divorce is hard, but a lot harder when you are a caring and supportive father who does not want to be away from your children. Karen helped me obtain a fair divorce in which custody and support were split evenly between both of us. This definitely took some effort to obtain. Overcoming the court’s bi...as towards the mother was difficult to overcome, but possible with Karen's guidance. Over the past 16 years, Karen has represented me three times, for my divorce, child support modification and child support termination request. Each time she has taken the time to provide me the best possible outcome. I highly recommend Karen and have recommended her to friends over the years.

Karen has done a terrific job handling my divorce settlement, she was able to explain and go over in detail all the components of the complex terminology in the documents. She was also readily available and answered any follow-up questions I had regarding alimony, child support, and custody issues. I... was very impressed with her knowledge of the law and her skills at negotiation. I would highly recommend her and her law firm to anyone!

I hired Karen to represent me in a child custody and child support case and I couldn’t speak more highly of her work, and also as a person. The outcome of both cases was even better than what I hoped for. Karen is both highly intelligent and experienced. She truly understands her craft and what ...she told me I would get at the start is exactly what she delivered (and then some) in the end. As a client, I was always treated with respect and compassion. I hired Karen to help me with the most important thing in my life and she understood the importance of her services to mine and my child’s life. She was attentive to my needs and was willing to explain to me the ins and outs of any question I had about the case as we went. The same goes for her paralegal, Christina Kaminsky. If you have a chance, ask for Christina’s help. Christina is compassionate, organized, intelligent, and eager to assist. I received prompt replies to any question I had and I was treated by her with the utmost respect and care, which is what a person needs when going through a custody trial. Lastly, I pride myself on being an ethical person and Karen was the perfect legal representation of that. I appreciated her mastery at working within the lines to achieve the desired outcome of my case. She embodies the moral and ethical values that I live by and it was refreshing to know that my representation was such an extension of myself, with the legal wherewithal that I of course do not have. Karen played cleanly, and she is so good that playing dirty would simply be beneath her. Overall, fantastic attorney who truly values her clients and will go above and beyond the basic job description to ensure she delivers.

I recommend Karen Svendsen as an expert in Family Law and exceptionally talented lawyer without reservation. After almost a year of little to no progress in my case for child support, a very astute friend of my gave me Karen Svendsen's phone number. She had skillfully brought my friend's divorce ca...se to an optimal conclusion. My prior lawyer didn't prepare or guide me, and actually put my case in jeopardy due to their lack of experience. Karen Svendsen was attentive and helpful from our first conversation. In our first meeting, within 15 minutes she had not only mastered the facts of my case but very easily pointed out extremely advantageous holes and significant intricasies specifically beneficial to my case. She fought on my behalf from the beginning until the very end. Because of her superb skill in negotiating, her understanding of the court and the depth of her experience she was able to reach an advantageous settlement for me. Achieving a settlement has allowed my ex husband and I to go forward with a calmness and decency towards one another which never would have been possible had we gone to trip and both testified. Karen Svendsen's professional, experienced, compassionate & honest demeanor gave me a feeling of calm in what was one of the more difficult years of my life. I am eternally grateful to her.