Barbara Adler West

I hired Barbara West to represent me in an ugly family mess regarding my father's estate in December 2017. She seemed knowledgeable and knew the greedy unethical lawyers she was up against, for that I commend her. I was basically forced to use a lawyer in Seattle as I live in Spokane. Therefore th...ings were handled email and phone call. At first I was pleased with her stance she took and did not put up with Carol Vaughn's and other parties bullying, moving the process along. Unfortunately, during this time Barbara was also having family issues and ended up dealing mostly with her assistant and paralegal. My father had just died and I was under extreme stress. I was in unknown territory and did not handle the whole situation well. But when you get on the phone with 3 women who have not been in your situation it didn't serve me well to be yelled at. Especially when I am paying by the hour and in theory she was working for me and not the other way around. Left me with a bad taste and think it is time for her to retire and deal with her own family issues. Did I get my over $17,000 worth of legal help? No.

As I write this review, I want it to be clear from the start, that I am an attorney, duly licensed to practice law in Nevada. I retained Barbara to assist my family with an adult guardianship and estate planning issues for my father. Barbara's advice was spot on and to the point. Without any... hiccups along the way, my sister and I were appointed my father's guardians. When he finally passed, just months later, her advice and the time she bought us, as his guardians, enabled my sister and I to get his affairs in order and to breeze through the probate process. Hiring an attorney is never easy - and is something that should be given thorough thought and consideration. Hiring Barbara was one of the best decisions my family made. We all highly recommend Barbara West.

Barbara West is the first lawyer I've met who actually returns my calls within the same day. She is confident, knows the law, and has been incredible to work with. My estate case was very complicated and with our previous lawyer, had gone on for 3 years without any resolution. Once we hired Barbar...a, she changed our lives and finally unraveled all the legal issues and brought a swift resolution -- if only we had met her earlier. I can't reccommend her highly enough.