Erica Nicolle Knauf Santos

Erica has been our attorney for over 5 years through an incredibly challenging parenting plan/custody matter. She listens, and remembers and is highly knowledgeable, responsive, and highly respected by the courts and judges. She's witty, well spoken, throughout as well as to the point which judges ...take notice of! This matters! She has guided us and fought incredibly hard to keep our child safe in an extremely high conflict situation. Our child has flourished because of the incredible effort, time, energy, and true gift Mrs. Santos has. She's been a literal earth angel to us and we would recommend her to anyone seeking legal counsel. She's been by our side through a full trial and countless motions since and we are so very pleased with the level of service and support she has given to our family. We honestly don't know where we'd be without her. We would give her 10 stars if we could! She is the absolute best in her field! Forever grateful to the expertise and professionalism and her impeccable work on our case. Thank you, Mrs. Santos!

Erica is an amazing attorney! She helped me navigate through my tumultuous divorce and parenting plan with patience, understanding and continuous encouragement. I really appreciated being able to have an affordable consultation prior to retaining her so that I could get an idea of how to proceed. Sh...e patiently walked me through the process and gave me great advice that helped me secure the results I needed at a reasonable price and timeline. She and her assistants continued to welcome my requests even after my divorce was finalized when new disagreements came up with my ex husband regarding our property and children. She and her assistants are always very friendly, welcoming, thorough and quick to respond. I can never thank them enough for everything they did for me! I highly recommend them!

Erica was AMAZING! My divorce was difficult to say the least. Having to subpoena just about everything due to an uncooperative ex. She went above and beyond to help me relocate back to my home state with my 2 kids. She represented the facts and was able to clearly explain to the Judge why it was nec...essary to relocate. She showed compassion for my situation and was fully capable of handling whatever the other attorneys bogus request/responses were. In the end I was awarded my move and primary custody of my children. I felt like she was fair in our requests and I don't think things would have ended so positive if I had a different lawyer. I highly recommend Erika for anyone going into court with children or just a difficult divorce. She is highly knowledgeable, organised and extremely compassionate.

I consulted with a few family law attorneys in the Seattle area for a modification to my parenting plan that also involved a safety issue that needed very prompt attention. This was a very stressful and scary time for me that had me worried for my son`s well being & safety. It was VERY clear to me th...at my case was in the best possible hands immediately after my first meeting with Erica! I finally had hope again! Erica and her team truly cared about my case, provided prompt attention to my questions (in-person, phone, email). At the hearing she argued my case strongly and was not intimidated by the judge. She came across respectful, strong and clear in bringing across the points to the judge. The outcome was in my favor. Erica is brilliantly smart, hard working, is very attentive to details, which is very important to disclose the other party lie and unfortunately we had that a lot in my case. Erica was truly thinking of what was in my son's best interest, and how best to protect him. I highly, highly recommend Erica for any family law matter or any matter where you need strong diligent representation. 

Hired Erica in 2012 based upon recommendations of family friends that are also family law attorneys. They did not know Erica, but had heard really good things about her from colleagues. My friends (who knew both my ex and myself and would not represent either of us) actually gave me four names, whi...ch led me to pick Erica. Erica listened to my concerns and priorities, and helped me understand what she could and couldn't do. She was consistently my advocate during the process. We did not win every point when the judge made his decision, but she prepared our position to the best advantage. I have remained connected with Erica over the past seven years, and have had cause to consult with her a time or two since the divorce to resolve parenting and decree issues. I recommend Erica extremely highly. If you are willing to listen to her advice and counsel as well as she listens to your issues and priorities, she will fight to get you the best possible outcome.