Veronica Freitas has handled my divorce case and has done an excellent job. She has answered all of my questions in a timely manner, saved me money and, explained the process, and advocated for me to reach a fair and equitable settlement without the high cost of a trial which neither myself nor my ex... wanted. She returns communication quickly and knows the law. I would recommend her and her staff for any legal matter you may have.

I am a client of veronica's and have to say, hiring her was a very good decision. Originally I was very skeptical of getting a lawyer and tried to work out our custody child plan without getting the courts involved. My ex was not being very cooperative and contacted the police for a verbal argument... we had previously. I then realize that I needed a lawyer and perhaps two, one to deal with my child custody and another to deal with the criminal matter (if needed). I knew that the main priority would be to handle the child custody matter first. I contacted a few family lawyers and went to one for a consultation. I told her my story (including a possible criminal case) and she referred me to Veronica because of her experience with the family and criminal court system. After meeting Veronica, I was relieved that she can handle both of my matters and was very impressed with her knowledge and attitude towards my situation that I had. She listened to what I would like happen regarding my child and she was very cooperative and trustworthy. I followed her guidance through the whole matter and in result, have the child custody plan that I proposed and had the police matter be squashed without going into trial. I would gladly hire Veronica for all other family matters that would arise and feel if it wasn't for her guidance and representation, I would be in worse situation regarding both matters.

Veronica made a concerted effort to get my divorce completed quickly after I transferred my file from another attorney. Veronica is attentive, hard working and knows her field of business. The only difficult part was working with a taskmaster who makes you jump through one too many hoops and isn't ...terribly flexible in terms of her style at negotiating. She is quite determined to do things her way. She prices her work reasonably and works tirelessly to meet deadlines.

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.