Veronica A. Freitas

I've had a long hard battle for custody of my daughter and thanks to Veronica, I was able to secure the best outcome for her. My ex wife was physically and emotionally abusive to me, and emotionally abusive to our daughter. She had multiple friends of hers make things up and straight out lie about me.... The court appointed parental evaluator did a terrible job of her report and recommended my ex wife to have custody. In trial, Veronica knew all the evidences back to front, including which pieces of evidence were on which page of which exhibit. She was able to show my ex wife to be aggressive, violent and a liar in court, and was able to do it efficiently. She judged which evidence carried maximum weight and didn't waste time (e.g. money) on things which were redundant. She was a sniper when it came to hitting the right points to show how things really were. She left the parenting evaluator looking like a complete fool, and showed that her report distorted things in favor of my ex wife in ways which left no doubt about the report having little value. Veronica's understanding of what components of the report were most important allowed her to show major flaws in key areas without needing to go over every line of the report while still undermining the validity of the whole thing. Early on in my case, it became very clear that a solution wouldn't be able to be negotiated with my ex wife outside of a court room, so instead of wasting time (e.g. money) jumping through hoops, which would achieve nothing, Veronica did what was needed for a good faith effort without getting caught up trying to get a resolution at that stage. She's very good at avoiding smacking your head against a brick wall. The best thing I can say about Veronica is that, even though I was her client, she acted like my daughter was the one she was fighting for. She had my daughter's best interest at heart and wasn't afraid to let me know that I should change something in a proposed parenting plan as it would be better for my daughter, even though it would give me a little less time with her. Veronica is one of the few lawyers who is truly in the business to have a positive impact on peoples' lives. If you have a case which will go to trial, you should hire Veronica before the other side does.

Veronica handled my separation/divorce case in 2010-2011. She guided me through the process, explained what to expect at each step, and empowered me by helping me realize the strengths I have within myself. She and her staff, Kelli and Beth were responsive to my questions and requests and I apprec...iated how well they worked as a team. They made me feel welcome and at ease. They always let me know and feel that what I was going through mattered to them. She let me know her fees upfront, the estimated total costs, and walked me through the legal process. There were no surprises and her fees are reasonable and fair. I have already recommended her legal services to all I know. She is an excellent lawyer!

I would recommend Veronica to anyone who is looking for a knowledgeable, trustworthy, friendly and responsive attorney. I hired Ms. Freitas this past January for my divorce/custody/DV case. So far, she expressed great professionalism, attentiveness and most of all is care. She cares, and that is ...a great quality that many lawyers lack nowadays. Ms. Freitas and her office staff Kelli and Beth are wonderful people; they do their best to help and answer questions. They express great confidence high quality professionalism in their work. Personally, and in many occasions, they would stop what they are doing just to answer a question; they always make sure before I hang up that my worries and questions are answered. They have great customer service and professional knowledge. Before I hired Ms. Freitas, I was able to talk to her for more than half an hour for free. She took time to understand my complex case and was paying attention to every small detail in my case. And the thing that really impressed me the most is her ability to dive in depth into my case and ability to understand the circumstances of my story. Keep up the good work Freitas! Fouad

Veronica Freitas is an exceptional attorney. She fully invested herself in my case; I cannot say enough great things about her. Although she has many other clients and a busy court schedule she actually took her own personal time to accompany me in a potentially dangerous situation. She comes to c...ourt fully prepared and is well equipped to deal with false information, definitely getting to the crux of the issue. Divorce cases are stressful for the client, particularly when they are dealing with constant violations of restraining orders, harrassment and the desire on one parties agenda to financially ruin the other. Veronica handles all of these concerns with calm and wisdom. She does not suggest frivolous court appearances as other family attorneys do in order to get huge fees. Additionally Veronica returns phone calls and emails letting her client know that she indeed is aware of the issues at hand and how best to handle them. She takes the time to listen and offer suggestions as well as keeping everything on task. I have worked with various corporate attorneys, thus my response as to 6-10 previous legal experiences and have now found myself in need of a family attorney. Veronica was recommended highly by an acquaintance and I am grateful for the recommendation. I would suggest that anyone who is seeking an honest, caring and knowledgeable attorney contact Veronica Freitas.

In year 2012 Veronica worked on my parenting plan and child support case and presented me during the initial hearing when the mother of our 2 year old child stopped letting me see him. This was a high conflict case involving fabricated DV allegations that were used very skillfully against me, which w...ere thankfully later dismissed when the divorce case settled. At the time my ex had held back my son from me for 3 consecutive hellish months. Even though my ex didn't have a job, she managed to hire one of the most expensive Bellevue attorneys who later turned out to have charged over $10K for the DV-protection order hearing case and another $10K for the divorce case. The initial divorce hearing resulted in court assigning a GAL for which I had to pay, most importantly allowed me to see my son 1 night every weekend and 2 nights every other weekend and Wed. evenings. Veronica was very articulate and confident at that hearing and crushed the opposing attorney, who was primarily an immigration's attorney and not a family attorney. Later my ex appealed the initial ruling by hiring a new attorney and Veronica suggested that we don't do anything and didn't file a response because the new attorney is loser and the judge won't even take him seriously. My time with my son was reduced to 1 night every other weekend and 2hrs Wed. evening. Veronica told me that the judge, who happen to be a man, was a dick and that there is no justice in the family court for men. From then nothing happened in the case until my ex found another new attorney who filed an intent for relocation from WA to Canada using her unemployment as a reason just before we were to go into mediation. Veronica told me that if I don't settle in mediation the court will punish me for not having already hired GAL in the form of letting my ex take my son away from Seattle and giving me less time that I can get during the mediation. I agreed not to file an objection to the relocation and went to mediation with Veronica representing me. During the mediation she took off her top layer to intimidate me with her tattoos and muscular physic and told me that I am being an idiot and that I should have more respect for me ex. I had to tell her to back off and help me come up with a reasonable and good parenting plan as well as a realistic child support order. We ended up getting me to pay for all the transportation expenses and if my ex was to live away from Seattle I would get to see my son once a month, my ex got the full legal custody, and the parenting plan is full of loopholes that are setup in my ex's advantage. There was not much to split financially between us because during the divorce we both went broke except that I had a job and my ex quit her job as soon as we separated. Immediately after the mediation my ex informed me that she is moving to Canada with my son. Immediately after the case was filed I fired Veronica. I paid to Veronica total of $15K. After the mediation I spent most of my vacations from work on visiting my son and last year I got fired from my job. The child support division is collecting the child support as if I am employed full time and I can't afford an attorney any more. I have been homeless during the last 12 months and currently live on food stamps. My ex is still represented by the same attorney. I strongly recommend Veronica if you want to take a man down to his knees and make him suffer. She can be very aggressive and is very knowledgeable in DV matters. She doesn't entirely understand the positive influence of a father in a child's life perhaps because of her own traumatic experience with her dad--ask her about her dad when you interview her. She is very charismatic and admirably incredibility articulate. She has poor negotiation skills and prefers force than peaceful resolutions.