Michele Gentry Hinz

We hired Michele for a readoption proceeding in Washington state court following an international adoption. She was everything you'd want in an attorney--thorough, client-focused, and very knowledgeable about the relevant law and local court. The process could not have gone more smoothly, and we'll ...use her again if a similar need ever comes up.

Michele helped us in a complicated year long adoption. Whenever we had questions or just needed to be reassured that everything was okay she answered her phone or email right away and put our minds at ease. She was definitely the key to making our dreams become a reality. If we ever adopt again, we w...ill definitely hire her again.

Michele took on my very volatile and frustrating case with compassion and determination. What we needed in order to terminate my infant child’s biological father’s rights was a unique situation never tried in Pierce County before. The details would make little to no sense to someone not in my very pa...rticular situation so I will spare you those. However, regardless of the idiosyncratic nature of my case, Michele was confident in every choice she helped us make and steered us through the hoops of court the whole way, even dealing with difficult opposing counsel/respondent with great result, garnering us the intra-family second parent adoption/termination of rights we sought. The judge even commended our ability to utilize the court system to the best interest of the child in such a new and unique way. That was all Michele’s idea all the way! She was able to help us gain the finalization in less than a year. In all honesty, she helped save my daughter’s life. My family and I will be forever grateful for the personal touch and kindness she brought to us during the most chaotic and scary time of our lives. She truly was a blessing for us. Besides being a phenomenal attorney in her area, she is incredibly fairly priced and honest to boot. I hope you enjoy having Michele as your attorney as much as we did. You can’t go wrong in this choice.

After trying to adopt my Stepdaughter by doing the paperwork myself, I quickly found that I was in over my head. The home study guy I used suggested I give Michele a call. I'm so glad I did. Michele got everything together in fairly short period of time. Gave me options at every intersection and with... her experience, we made decisions that culminated in success. There where issues with our case that made it a little more than the run of the mill adoption. International players, legal issues etc.....Michele was a fantastic navigator and proved herself to be a true professional and an expert in her field. Thanks so much Michele, you helped us complete our family and we can't thank you enough.

Michele is great and took a personal approach the step-parent adoption of my son. I spoke to 3-5 different attorneys who said they would just serve him the papers since he was in prison, and process a contested adoption. Michele actually scheduled a handful of phone calls and was able to persuade him... to sign the necessary papers where he voluntarily terminated his rights. She went at bat for my family, and did an amazing job! I put my trust in her and she did not let me down, the adoption completed 9/9/11.