Bellevue, WA
Divorce and separation Lawyer at Bellevue, WA
Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation, Family ... +2 more
OUTCOME: Client agreed to very restrictive parenting plan without the advice of counsel. After 10 days of trial, the Court granted a modification of the parenting plan and client received substantial amount of time with his children.
Parenting Plan Modification.
OUTCOME: Custody returned to the mother
High profile case involving contested child custody and local news. Mother initially lost custody after false allegations and misleading evidence was presented to the Court. Substituted in for counse ... l for the mother. Prevailed after several months of motions and aggressive discovery in getting the child returned to the mother's custody.
OUTCOME: Prevailed at trial. Court found no domestic violence and father was designated primary residential parent for oldest child and awarded substantial residential time with the younger children. No fees were awarded to the other party.
Represented husband in divorce case where wife made numerous false allegations of domestic and was requesting that the father's time with the children be restricted pending completion of DV Treatment. ... Wife was also seeking over $80,000 in attorney's fees.
OUTCOME: Prevailed at trial and 18 counts of contempt of parenting plan were dismissed
Client was ordered to appear and show cause on 18 counts of contempt of parenting plan filed by harassing parent. Client was facing possible incarceration and a request for over $50,000 in attorney's ... fees.
OUTCOME: Overturned Arbitration Award re Post Secondary Support
Mother received Arbitration Award of post-majority child support in addition to post-secondary education support for 18 year old child. Prevailed at Trial De Novo and father's post-majority support wa ... s reduced by over $90,000.00 during child's four years of post-secondary education. Father was also awarded attorney's fees.
OUTCOME: Change in custody
Toddler and nursing infant were removed from mother's care via Ex Parte Motion based on false allegations of mental instability. Prevailed at return hearing date and children were returned to mother's ... primary care. Subsequently prevailed on Motion for Revision to restrict father's residential time with nursing infant.
OUTCOME: Prevailed at trial and court declined to follow the recommendations of the Parenting Evaluator. Succeeded by taking the Parenting Evaluator on cross examination and attacking the credibility of the evaluation.
Represented father who received Parenting Evaluator's recommendation for supervised visitation and draconian limitations on his ability to parent his own child.
OUTCOME: Prevailed at trial and wife was ordered to pay a substantial portion of the debt and her request for spousal maintenance was denied.
Represented husband in short term marriage where wife incurred over $100,000.00 in credit card debt and sought spousal maintenance.
OUTCOME: Prevailed at trial by filing numerous motions and making countless evidentiary objections. The trial court awarded the business to the husband and the wife was awarded $1.00 a month in spousal maintenance.
Represented husband in case where wife obtained a court order valuing the husband's business at $10,000,000.00 prior to my representation and sought one half of the business value in the divorce.