Tom Brasier

Tom picked up a pretty complicated case that didnt have a clear-cut winner. He was overly patient and understanding. When he had a suggested course of action, he laid everything out and even gives you his very best guess of each outcome, with context. Tom explained each and every part of the proce...ss... and he did it without ever being disingenuous with billing. His assistant Alex is warm and inviting as well as efficient. Alex was always communicative when Tom wasnt able or necessary. Tom was so good, cordial and timely that even the opposition preferred to communicate with him instead of their own counsel, and fired them. Tom won my case the very best it could and it was because of the legal maneuvers he suggested. It delayed the outcome, it costed almost twice as much as expected... and Tom explained each and every reason why things resulted as such. We won, I got exponentially more time with my daughter. Tom is a man of his word and if you dont hire him right now, theres a chance youll see him at the other side's table... and I promise you, that is not an opponent you want to have.

I was recommended to Tom Brasier through a friend of a family member. Tom helped me through a difficult divorce/child custody case and he was very insightful, knowledgeable, and helpful every step of the way. He kept me up to date on what was going on and helped me feel prepared for everything that n...eeded to be done. I was extremely happy with the result and so grateful to have such an experienced attorney on my side.

Tom hit it out of the park for me! I would use him again in a heartbeat. If you're on the fence between Tom and another attorney - go with Tom. I've worked with a few attorneys over the years in Portland - Tom is by far the best I've had. My ex-wife and I were disagreeing with parenting time and m...y son's wellbeing when all of a sudden I was slapped with a Restraining Order (based on lies). The RO was used as a tool against me to prevent me from exercising parenting time. If I lost my hearing where I got to contest it, it would have been disastrous for me and my family! Tom was able to explain all the potential avenues we could take and navigate me through the entire process which really helped me calm my nerves. When we went to court, Tom's steady demeanor helped me again remain confident that we could win. In the end, it wasn't even close - Tom helped me get the RO dismissed in it's entirety!! I plan to keep him on retainer for whenever I need help with any more drama that may come up throughout the years. Tom is well worth it! I have zero complaints. I wouldn't be where I am today without him!

If your looking for a lawyer to handle your divorce I highly recommend Tom Brasier. Mr Brasier handled mine quickly, professionally, and either he or his office assistant Alex were available or got back to me in a timely matter. They made a bad time easily bearable and far less stressful than I imagi...ned. Again I highly recommend Mr Brasier and his staff.

On March 17th I received a call from Tom telling me, in summary, that I had paid enough for what I hired him to do and he was going to return the balance of my retainer and complete the rest of the work as a courtesy. I was shocked, impressed and relieved! at the end of the conversation he added in "...oh by the way, if you wouldn't mind, my wife says my avvo could use a little help". I readily agreed but when I saw the older reviews I decided to wait to see how far he would go "as a courtesy" and fill out the review based on the whole experience. so here it is. I hired Tom in July of 2014 for 1)an uncontested divorce 2)to have my child support case moved to Oregon and 3) modify the support amount since I was currently a total of $200 a month to raise my 2 children. According to our initial consultation the divorce portion should have been around 1k and as long as nothing was disputed or contested my initial $2500 retainer should cover the divorce and support case. Directly from an email from him - 4. Honestly the modification proceeding will be time consuming. I expect that process will cost about $1,500, possibly more if he objects to it. I explained the logistics during our first meeting. Who lived where, who moved when etc. If he didn't know what was involved in completing what I hired him to do then that should have been disclosed in our first meeting. I expect to pay for knowledge and experience not to have someone try to figure out what to do, try a bunch of options and have none of them work. I gave Tom a total of $4000. My divorce was completed timely with no troubles so according to his first estimate $1000. He returned a whopping $212 for my remaining retainer. So basically I paid him $2800 to accomplish nothing on my support/modification. That's also after catching a $215 double bill one month. His billings don't make sense. I was charged for both him and his assistant to prepare an affidavit and meet with me on the same day. $86 to review an affidavit that they prepared I just signed and returned. If you're resending and resending the same docs over and over I don't think it should cost more than your initial draft of the documents and sending them in the first place. It goes on and on. And the final outcome? from his last email - Oregon does not have a procedure to compel Nevada to accept the signed consent. Nevada seems to be refusing to accept the signed consent to transfer jurisdiction. Without Nevada's consent, we seem to be completely blocked from switching jurisdiction to Oregon. I can keep trying if you'd like to see if I can find someone more helpful in Nevada, but it seems you may be stuck with keeping child support in Nevada despite our best efforts. Also during all this the modification I filed myself with Nevada before hiring Tom went through and my support was increased to $200 a month for each child. So ultimately I was able to accomplish more myself and quicker. It's still a ridiculous amount of money to try to raise children on and it would have been nice to have someone fight for you.