Kiona Gallup

We are so thankful we found Kiona Gallup after having different family law representation. Kiona is effective and thorough. She listens, treats clients with the utmost respect and honestly advises whether it makes sense to take legal action or not in a given scenario. Our family law matters took plac...e in King County's Kent Justice Center where Kiona has much valuable experience with various commissioners and judges.

Community Advocates Northwest represented me better than I could have ever imagined. My attorney went above and beyond for me in my family law/ child custody case against an extremely powerful opponent. I couldn’t have asked for a better law firm or attorney! My attorney was Kiona Gallup. Kiona gave ...my case all the time and attention that was needed to be successful in court. She was strategic and confidant during very difficult court proceedings. I would highly recommend anyone of the attorney's at Community Advocates Northwest. I very much appreciate the knowledge and support I received from Kiona and Community Advocates Northwest.

Kiona and I connected through the company she used to work with, and she gave me the option to continue to work with her when she left that company and started her own - I agreed. Kiona never sent me an agreement for the arrangement and during mediation revealed to the mediator that she was working P...ro Bono for me. I never received this via writing either. During mediation, I felt that Kiona rushed me along to make decisions I was concerned weren't realistic, without advocating for my stance. Following mediation, I found several substantial errors in the orders that were sent over from the other party, despite signed and agreed orders in mediation, which needed to be fixed prior to an agreed order, which Kiona had overlooked. This is when Kiona became difficult to reach. Even once a decision had been reached and the orders were finalized, I was not notified, not given the signed order, nor able to connect with Kiona; this, despite Kiona never serving a notice of intent to withdraw. Many months later and out of the blue, Kiona emailed me the final signed order, an invoice (despite no written agreement and pro bono statement), and notification that she had dismissed herself from my case. I tried to contact Kiona by email and phone to resolve the matter of the invoice, however, my emails were returned undeliverable and Kiona's phone is disconnected. The last I heard from her was another invoice for a service I was told would be Pro Bono. At the end of the day, while Kiona showed up for representation, she was of little to no benefit to me by ignoring concerns I raised in my legal matter, was unresponsive when I needed to reach her, showed no follow-through, and overall unprofessional.

I was scared to hire an attorney because I didn't want to play games, but I was incredibly lucky to find Kiona. She's not an intimidating lawyer type, she's a real person who knows her stuff and makes me feel completely comfortable and confident. She's more like a friend that has your back. She fough...t for me and my kids. She is passionate about justice and doing the right thing. I felt that she really cares about her clients and supports them.