Veronica A. Freitas

Over three years ago, I was blessed to retain Veronica as my family law attorney. She and her amazing staff have been invaluable walking alongside me during a challenging situation. I was blind sided by ex-husband's decision to leave our marriage of 17+ years. He forced me to sign an agreement... that demanded my kids and I to move across the county, limited my cusody and provided no financial support. From the moment of my consultaion with Veronica, she had an accurate read on my situation and advised me on what to expect from the court system and my ex-husband. Her recommendations were not what I wanted to hear at the time, but her presentation was compassionate and professional. Veronica helped me to take control of my situation. My case was complicated by my ex-husband's unusual behavior, abusive use of conflict and consistent disregard to follow court orders. In the past 36 months, Veronica has appeared in family court > 30 times on my behalf. She is articulate, prepared and effective. I am always grateful for her calm and professional manner as well as her ability to advoacte on behalf on my children and me. She has walked me through the steps of getting bench warrants issued, court orders copied, protection orders issued and many other legal processes that are foreign to me. On numerous occasions, other parties in the courtroom have asked me for my attorny's contact information as they are impressed with her abilities and interested in hiring such a well spoken, calm and effective attorney. Veronica and her staff respond quickly and thouroughly to emails. I had several frightening situations where my children were not able to be located while in their dad's custody or domestic violence situtiaons. Veronica repsonded to me after hours, on weekends and even while away on vacation so that she could advise me on how to handle the situation. This practice is small but it is an advantage as Veronica is intimately involved in my case and her lead paralegal, Amy, is the one person working wtih me for all motions and paperwork. Amy often remembers important details that I have forgotten during such a stressful time. Both Veronica and Amy write well. After reading so many declarations from my ex-husband's multiple councils, I appreciate the consise, professional, truthful and well written declarations that are produced on my behalf. Veronica and Amy are always senstive to my children. When calling they make sure I am able to speak freely without little ears hearing uncomfortable conversations. I was able to observe Veronica work well and cooperate with a variety of opposing councils as my ex husband had >19 attorneys (family law and criminal) represent him during the past 3 years. Veronica worked with my ex husband during many of his pro se stints, as well. She was patient and despite his challenging behaviors, kept my kids and me as her priority. Billing is well documented and fair. I have consistently felt that she has under billed me for emails/ conversations. Veronica is a very stong advocate who is well respected, knowledgable, hard working, compassionalte and committed to her clients. Her support staff is personable, kind, professional and eager to help. Sadly, I have endured a long divorce process, however; Veroncia has done a wonderful job advocating for my kids and me. I recommend her with my whole heart.

I had great communication and advice in what was a very difficult custody case. My wife had a long CPS history and drug abuse history. She initially got primary custody of my children by filing a false request for order of protection. I was ordered to do a 1 year domestic violence class. I am a black... male and my wife was hispanic. My chances of getting primary custody seemed grim. Veronica came highly recommended to me from another attorney. She not only got me primary custody of my children, but got a 10 year no contact order with my former wife and wife's family. The case involved a kidnapping and Veronica gave me excellent advice to hire a Colorado attorney where my wife took the children. This was after Veronica figured out that the State of Washington Child Find Detective refused to help my case. Veronica performed her services over a 1 1/2 period until trial. Her fees were reasonable and I was never over charged. I cannot thank her and her staff enough. I am now primary custodial parent of my two 7 and 8 year old sons. I would recommend her to anyone. Kevin Fleming

Finding Veronica was the "sign" from above; hiring Veronica, was one of the best decisions I have made in my life. Veronica knows the family law inside and out, and she's the best attorney you'll find to truly represent you and fight for your best interest! I was in a very difficult situation. My e...x-husband coerced me into a bad deal, giving promises that he never kept. I was facing eviction with my little daughter and had no way of supporting myself and her while being a full-time student. Veronica, and her team, stood not only by me, she fought for my case like it was her own. Veronica was able to get the old orders vacated and, after months of fight and all sorts of things pulled by my ex, get myself and my daughter fair orders in place. The case was settled in mediation and everyone felt a winner! Veronica also is very efficient and cuts the BS, which saved a lot of $$$ for me. I have tremendous respect for Veronica and admire her work! I'm forever grateful! Thank you Veronica!

Veronica took over my very complex custody case which involved international adoption, along with out of state living implications.Thanks to her brilliant, strategic mind and her passion for cases that are a challenge, we ended up with the right decision for the children. My family is very thankful f...or Veronica's excellent work, and will be forever indebted to her for all that she has done. An added bonus to all of this was that she did her best to keep us out of trial and did not try and nickel and dime us through the process. I've dealt with many lawyers in the past, and she has been the most honorable and transparent.

Veronica is an excellent attorney. She successfully represented me in a range of family law issues that included a complex international relocation case. She was able to convince the court to allow me to relocate with my children back to my country of origin in Europe. This was a challenging case... as the children were born and raised in the US. Veronica was professional, knowledgeable, well prepared, and responsive. I appreciated how she kept me grounded and provided me with sound legal advice throughout the process. She is a skilled trial attorney and is able to present herself well to the court and question witnesses in a well thought out manner to support her case. She was also able to react appropriately to any unexpected information presented by the witnesses & opposing side. I could tell that she truly cared about my case and that it was important to her to do a good job. I also appreciated that she was ethical and above board, even when the other side engaged in unethical practices. I was very fortunate to have Veronica represent me and I highly recommend her.