James Michael Gallagher

not finished yet. but well worth it you cant hire a better lawyer. since its not over yet i wont give the details but in hiring mike you will have some homework and dont drop the ball with getting it done like i did, he does not beat around the bush.Mike is honest and straight to the point talking to... him he is out going and funny but when he steps into the court room WOW! mike does not mess around, he fights for you. like many guys been divorced for a long time i got sucker punched by the ex. Mike tells you SHE'S NOT YOUR FRIEND!!!!!!!!!! belive him it will be ugly . Since my case is not over yet and wont be for almost a year all i can say is when you get served and those emails start coming and you get stressed out. Having mike there for the rebutales you leave with a weight off your shoulders. i think the best part of the hearings i have been through is how unfair my ex has it seriously i have left every time thinking mike is the pro bowler and the other attorney is on the peewee team. and hey you men or women going through this it will get better it sucks but getting your a@# handed to you in court would make it worse so pick wisely money well spent and spending some more i am sure.

Divorce & custody battles are seldom pretty so if you're forced into a fight I recommend having the best representation possible. As a father I thought my rights where limited but Mr. Gallagher proved that not to be the case. Mr. Gallagher fought for my rights as a father and thanks to him my son liv...es with his Daddy. J Michael Gallagher is the Best of the Best!

And only Gallagher was able to decipher and correct the mess my ex, other attorneys & the courts created. There were 30 attorneys involved one way or another. I would have saved a lot of money if I hired him sooner! He was flexible on the payment arrangements, he and his office staff were pleasant,... professional and seemed very efficient. I would be wary of those big law law firms, Gallagher was very accessible and took a personal interest in my case. He is aggressive, not one of those Namby-Pamby attorneys that wants milk it for all it is worth. He didn't make any promises, he just did his best and he got the job done! I would have liked to work things out and mediate, Gallagher does that too but my ex lied and got me locked up based on lies. Because of him, my ex knows that she will be accountable for her actions now if she tries any tricks. Gallagher will not pull any punches. It was "standard procedure" to subpoena the GAL(s) . All the G.A.L.'s believed my ex, one by one Gallagher made sure there information was put under the microscope and did not mess around ,he knew how to "draw the line", rather than behave like some passive attorney with no balls! Family law is a very specialized practice, it takes a attorney rock solid values who is not scared to take on the system and who is honest. This guy worth his weight in gold and I would highly recommend him! If i would have don't one thing differently in my case it would have been to hire Gallagher from the onset! David B

Last autumn, my husband blind-sided me with divorce papers. His initial settlement offer was outrageously one-sided. In blind fear and desperation, I searched my mind for Seattle attorneys I'd heard of. I remembered television ads from this one guy: a kind-looking fellow who looked in the camera and ...said "don't be a weekend parent; give me a call." Literally with trembling fingers, I searched on the internet and gave J. Michael Gallagher's office a call and scheduled a consult. He agreed to take my case, handing me a large folder and "some homework to do." It has been a long, tough road, with some of the most unbelievable proposals and motions coming from the other side. Along the way Mike was always there for me, and I always knew he would go to bat for me when the latest volley came our way. He would respond to a 50-page ramble with a well-written, 3-page reply and in almost all our motions, the judge ruled in our favor. Now, almost a year later (THREE attorneys later, on the oppostion's side), we have a good settlement and the avoidance of trial, which the other side so dearly wanted. I simply cannot say enough good things about Mike; he DOES say and do everything he says he will. I know: he saved me. GIve him a call; you will NOT regret it.