James Michael Gallagher

If you need a lawyer that is professional, hard working, and tells it like it is; then Mike is your guy! He and his staff go beyond the call of duty. Yes, you will have your homework to do but this gives Mike the information needed to fight your case. Basically you get what you pay for, so don't make... the mistake of hiring a lawyer that doesn't get the job done or waste your money. Hire Mike to give it to you straight. With him you can't go wrong!

Mike is a bright guy and a lot of fun. He is easily distracted however and needs supervision. Long after our initial hearing, he called me asking if I had receicved final court papers. At this point, the deadline for appeal was long past and this ended up costing me thousands. He ended up saving ...me thousands but I largely orchestrated the settlement terms. I am a newcomer to the legal process and would have expected better service for what I was paying him. He often seemed more interested in getting to cocktail hour and was more than willing to teach the opposition attorney how to practice law on my dime. There are far better attorneys out there.

Went from 4 to 12 nights with my daughter in four weeks when previous attorney twiddled his thumb for five months. Strategically negotiated a compromise rather than go into hearing where strong judicial bias and some of my own mistakes would have lowered my odds. Family law in Washington is shitty ...for men, and their should be a better-faster-cheaper way. But if you go to war bring a warrior!

I felt my divorce dragged on longer than it needed to, but most of that wasn't Mr. Gallagher's fault. I was asked to supply a whole litany of information which was never used, but had we gone to trial I know we would have been better prepared. I never had any doubts about who had the better lawyer, ...& that was a comfort. My only misgiving was that since we both wanted this divorce & there were no kids involved; one would have thought we could have scheduled an arbitration sooner, since everything was pretty much decided there.