I had the same awful experience as Penny. She preys on DV victims, sabotages the case (the opposing counsel someone knows…), and then drops an already challenging family court case without any discussion. The court notice of withdrawal will arrive in the mail and if you try to get in touch with her,... she’s as gone as a ghost. If your case is difficult, she’s will make a litany of excuses to not go to trial and ghost you while you wait on promises for a trial.

I got an excellent divorce settlement. The attorney responsible was retired when the ex-husband began short-paying, late-paying and then not-paying spousal maintenance. My eml reminders and requests for pmt got creative excuses, unkept promises of pmt and then silence. NEEDED, an experienced, saavy ...attorney. A consultation with Kiona Gallup went well and I hired her. She listens to understand, appreciates the dearth of legal and backup documentation that I can/have provided, explains options, follows through and keeps me apprised. She has deployed a Judgment Agreed Order, negotiated Joint Escrow Instructions [for sale of home jointly-owned with the ex] and filed a Motion to Enforce with the court. Kiona's communications and legal documents are cogent, succinct and factual. She has been The Right Attorney for my legal issues.

We wish there was a button with no star to gove. She's not even worth one star. She took our money, thousands of dollar. She gave us bad advice during our cases. And then a day before the hearing, she's conflicted herself out of the case. We had no one represent is during our hearing. Simple becau...se it's impossible to find another laywer within one day. It was horrible.

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.