Laura Anne Sutkus

Laura was recommend by a friend and by another lawyer who knew of her knowledge, experience, professionalism, and supportive demeanor. Laura and her amazing paralegal Marcie, supported me as an unbundled client through a divorce that went to trial. I represented myself as Pro Se, but used her unbu...ndled services that she offers when I needed questions answered, legal advice, paperwork reviewed, court questions, and needed to brainstorm strategies and issues that came up throughout the divorce process. I could not have done my divorce as Pro Se without her help reviewing my paperwork, explaining what to expect for mediation and trial, how to upload documents for the court file, which documents have cover pages and which don't, how to serve paperwork, how to communicate with the bailiff for my case, how to negotiate with my ex, and what the law is for parenting plans and child support. Laura and Marcie were there for me every step of the process when I needed help and the unbundled services helped me to manage my divorce costs as I weighed what I was capable of managing myself and what I needed to delegate to Laura and Marcie to move things along. This experience was very empowering for me to have represented myself, while knowing that I had an incredible Lawyer within reach when I needed help... and I needed help! Doing this on my own terms was also empowering. Even when I felt like giving up or felt overwhelmed by the paperwork or emotions involved, they encouraged me with spot on advice. They often checked in on me to see how I was doing which helped me not feel alone in this. I am so impressed by Laura's knowledge of the details of laws and Washington Code involved with parenting plans and child support. Her years of experience and knowledge of similar cases helped me to formulate my plans for a parenting plan and for child support that benefited my children based on their needs. Laura is honest and straight forward about what the laws are and how the court will usually make decisions about parenting plans. This helped me to understand how to write a parenting plan proposal that supported my children. The final parenting plan and child support plans that I proposed were accepted by the court and Laura's help was a major part of this. The financial settlement was complicated and Laura and Marcie helped me to balance the financial separation aspect. This part was the hardest part for me in this divorce because it involved accepting the Washington law of community property. Laura really helped me to navigate the division of property paperwork and calculations so I could propose a settlement that was fair yet still protected my financial future. I am happy with the settlement that I proposed and was accepted and I am so lucky that I was able to have Laura's legal advice and Marcie's support with this and everything. Communication with Laura and Marcie was excellent and straight forward always and I found their style of information sharing valuable for my case and 100 % worthwhile. This process was one of the hardest things I have ever accomplished and I am so grateful to Laura and Marcie for their help.

I have no words to thank Laura Sutkus and her paralegal assistant, Marcie Norris, for everything they did for me. I underwent a complicated divorce, and Laura helped me navigate every single stage with the utmost professionalism and commitment to my case, always advocating for what was best for me an...d my kids. From the start, she was completely transparent (and realistic) as to what to expect and what she could do for me. Throughout the process, she constantly communicated with me and successfully negotiated with the other party, even when things were critical. I wholeheartedly recommend Laura Sutkus to anyone in need of a caring and experienced family lawyer.

I was referred to Laura by my previous lawyer because I needed someone experienced enough to potentially take my case to trial — and I truly got so lucky finding her. From the very start, Laura and her paralegal Marcie have been absolutely incredible. They are always quick to respond, incredibly help...ful with clear and thoughtful answers, and impressively thorough and knowledgeable throughout the entire process. Divorce is never easy, but Laura and Marcie somehow made a very difficult time much more bearable. They made me feel supported and understood, like I had real partners standing by me during one of the darkest chapters of my life. I honestly don’t know where I would be without their expertise, compassion, and dedication. I cannot recommend them highly enough!

I recently hired the Sutkus Law Firm to help me with a divorce agreement. I stated my intention to have the process be as stress and conflict free as possible, and they took that to heart. Laura and Marcie guided me through every part of the proceedings with clarity and professionalism. During st...ressful moments, they were always responsive, offering thoughtful solutions. This female team showed compassion, kindness and understanding to me the entire way through. I felt heard, and I trusted they would take care of me, and they did. Marianne

I hired Laura to work collaboratively with me, my ex-husband and his (also collaboratively trained) lawyer. Both my ex and I are so pleased we did. Ours was a bit of an unusual case in that we wanted to divorce but also continue to own and operate two businesses together as well as to keep extended... family relationships active. Laura listened closely to what I wanted to achieve individually and together with my ex. She was organized, efficient, respectful, kind, dependable, responsive, open-minded and is quite obviously well versed in her knowledge of divorce law. She was patient with my ever-present questions, providing clear answers on the spot or soon afterwards. She never left me or us wondering what the next step was. She kept us all on track as well as provided excellent references for outside consultants as needed. We ended up meeting all our stated high-end goals, both faster and less expensively than we had expected. I highly recommend Laura. She provides extraordinary value.