Tristen U. Key

In taking time to reflect of Tristen Key's performance as an attorney the first words that come to mind are: engaged, energetic, thoughtful, resourceful, and spunky. I had originally hired and settled my divorce with an 20+year attorney which I thought because of his experience would be beneficial. H...e did a pretty good job but he lacked the energy and willingness to seek counsel of his piers in tough matters. I became dissatisfied with his representation in my case and began my search for someone who would represent me with the passion and accuracy that I wanted to express. My ex-wife was violating our parenting plan on many occasions and as an engaged father I was not going to let the common thought that men are not successful in family law matters stop me from protecting my relationship with my children. In my search I discovered Tristen Key and after our first meeting I knew that I was on the right track and that prayers for correction in my case were close to being answered. She first represented me in a difficult contempt motion and was successful in having my ex-wife held in contempt for violating our parenting plan. This was amazing as my ex-wife was well represented but despite this, Ms. Key wrote a fantastic declaration, even taking time to consult with many of her piers about my case, and argued my case very well. She has since represented me in another matter that resulted in an additional positive outcome. Soon I will be needing further legal assistance in a support modification issue and I will certainly be using Ms. Key for this. I recommend her because she is able to cut to the chase without allowing important details fall by the wayside. In conclusion she is an excellent attorney to have on my side.

We hired Tristen to modify a child support order in Feb 2010. We have found her to be proffessional and caring. We had interviewed other lawyers and found that they only seemed to be about billable hours and this was not the case with Tristen. She genuinly cared about our case and what was in the ...best interest of our kids. We appreciated her honesty in what we were asking for even if it was not in our favor. We are still involved in finalizing our paperwork and have the utmost confidence in her abilities.

I can't say enough about how well my case has been handled from the beginning by Tristen. She is extremely knowledgable about Washington family law and has been several steps ahead of the opposition all along. Thanks to her my kids are out of a bad situation and I have virtually full custody of them.... I have recommended Tristen to a coworker who is going through a similar situation.

Tristen was great about getting me a very strict parenting plan and more money in child support. I provided her so much evidence and she ran with it and was able to get Dad to agree to our parenting plan with tons of restrictions. I wanted him to have no visitation ever and although we couldn't write... it up that way that's exactly what I got. Dad has so many hoops to jump through that are very expensive and a year later he has not completed a thing. Tristen was very compassionate as she is a mother and I felt she could relate to wanting to protect your child. Dad has been a drug/ alcohol addict always and was abusive to me and my oldest child and Tristen understood why I wanted to protect my youngest from that life that my oldest had to experience. Tristen is very aggressive and did not let Dad's attorney bully us at all, in fact we bullied them to prove our point that Dad has never complied even before our hearing with providing us the needed information for court. The only thing downside is I still don't have a very good understanding about my order and what everything meant. I was never told how to move forward after the hearing just to wait and let Dad fail but I am still very satisfied because without Tristen I wouldn't have gotten exactly what I wanted which was for Dad to have no visitation!