Leslie Elizabeth Gilbertson

Leslie represented my wife’s, child’s father in a simple matter of a revised parenting plan as we had moved back to the state of WA. Dealing with her was not only a nightmare, but at times completely comical! Her and her staff don’t even bother to read e-mails let alone review documents I sent to her... TWICE! Or, so she claims. My problem is this woman’s character. I question how attorneys sleep at night when they represent people who don’t pay child support ever and abuse women in a variety of ways? But hey, it’s all about the money right?! Clearly, this is Miss Gilbertson’s ONLY objective as neither herself, nor her incompetent paralegal ever review any documents at all. I received paperwork that first time that had the child’s name spelled incorrectly all over the entire document as well as his agent wasn’t even right! I had to correct and send back to her with revisions to come to a full, two party agreement on the parenting plan. Then, she emails me saying one of the forms the court no longer accepts because there’s a newer version. As a family lawyer, you would think both her and her staff would be knowledgeable about changes with legal docs required to be submitted? Here’s where it gets “fun”. Because this matter was simply a parenting plan revision, my wife and I did not retain an attorney. So Miss Gilbertson used that to try and pull fast ones I believe in opinion several times. When I sent the document back to her two times with the changes, it was filed with the King County court in the ORIGINAL format she had very first sent without revisions and/or agreed upon modifications. I have an e-mail chain of around 50 e-mails to support this. She essentially took the signature pages my wife signed and swapped them to her original proposal. So, without accusing her, thays either fraud OR utter incompetence by her and her staff to not only not read a document on two adorarte occasions but not review for spelling and other errors and omissions when filing a court document. I filed formal complaints with the WA State bar and AG office as well as the local BBB and will make sure everyone knows about this as she will not admit to answer my question as to wether is was indeed fraud or stupidity? I suppose neither are a good answer but nonetheless one I deserve. I believe the first is the winner as when I called her on this via e-mail, she then began to threaten to use “enforcement” aka calling the police to remove a child from my wife stating the non agreed upon document that was filed was legally binding. I told her that was fraud and I was going to e-mail the judge which I did, then she started back peddling. So, as I can see within the last few years her reviews are awful! Do yourself a favor if you’re looking for an attorney and go elsewhere Leslie isn’t worth any money what so ever! Blows my mind people who have such little attention to any detail are allowed to even practice law. Just chalk it up to one more joke that is America today! Sleep well at night Leslie... hope that money outweighs the conscious of being a female that represents men who live with their mommies in their 30s and have a history of abuse and lack of support for their own child all documented and ignored by our glorious court system!

I hired Ms. Gilbertson to do the paperwork for an uncontested divorce. After getting the process started she stopped responding to communication, leaving me in the dark as to the status. After calling and leaving messages I finally got a response and status update from a lawyer in a different firm(hu...h?) but no word from her. You'll notice that this lady has lots of good reviews before 2017 but since then mainly negative reviews. I give her an unequivocal "don't hire" review.

I have worked with Leslie on two legal matters. She helped my husband and I create a will. She was very thorough and attentive in this matter. She also provided counsel regarding an employer dispute (for a relative of mine). Her approach was extremely level headed, realistic and fair. She looked at t...he matter from all viewpoints and provided sound advice. Leslie is not interested in taking cases just to make money, she is interested foremost in doing the right thing.

Ms. Gilbertson was an outstanding lawyer who helped me through a difficult separation and divorce. When my ex was stalling and being intransigent, Ms. Gilbertson kept exploring options, trying new tactics, and eventually helped bring the marriage to a successful dissolution. I can't recommend her hig...hly enough.

Everyone who goes through divorce knows how difficult it is. It is an exposure to understand that the other half who you had been with you can be so cruel to you. My ex-husband deserted the baby when the baby was only 5 months old. He also hit me and was charged with domestic violence. He served me w...ith divorce paper right after and I was shocked. I did not know what to do. So I searched avvo and found an attorney with ads posted on avvo and it seems that he has with a lot of reviews. He also has many years of experiences. But it turns out it is a mistake and I spent a lot of money in the divorce, in addition to that, I have to pay child support solely (my ex-husband did not pay any child support). The divorce case last about 1 year without any decision. The attorney would send you long emails, also he talks long discussion with no point or how to move forward with divorce. He also seems not to know the details about my case. I found Leslie through my company’s legal plan network. I should have found her long time ago. She is very straightforward with a very clear goal in mind how to move forward. She is goal oriented and knows what are the steps for us to get there. My case is really tough because my ex moved to California and we could not locate him easily. Leslie cares about my case and she is willing to take an extra step to find resources/information for me (not only for the divorce case but other aspects, for example, work with city district attorney together - I think that is very smart of her to use other resources for getting us the goal. The attorney is willing to help you and she trusts you. That is the most important part in a divorce. She also does a lot of good preparation before going to court. She knows every detail about my case. She is smart to know what are the key points for the judge and for the case. She talks the key points. If you have worked in an corp environment, you probably know what I am talking about here. Some people talks a lot but you cannot understand the point. Leslie is the attorney who has a lot of clarify on divorce case. She is a really smart attorney – I think smart is good word to describe her. She gets me the final decree and also all the judgment against my ex. I really want to recommend her to everyone who is going through divorce. She works hard, she is smart, kind-hearted. Sometimes she replies emails to me at late night, 11pm. She really cares about my case. I want to thank her sincerely and share my appreciation to her with everyone. She has done a great job in my divorce case.