Following a number of requests to my landlord to install smoke detectors (among other things) and a subsequent fire in the building where I was renting, I followed Ms. Powell's tenant relocation guide here on Avvo. I hesitated to contact DPD because of possible retaliation but finally submitted a co...mplaint. After looking at the building and my unit, a DPD inspector informed me that indeed there were issues. There were zoning issues, the unit had been created from a garage without a permit, and the unit was ultimately unfit for habitation; and therefore I would have to relocate. I sent a letter to the landlord requesting the amount owed, and when he balked at paying the amounts required under both Seattle Municipal Code and the RCW, the first thing I did was contact Ms. Powell -- and I am glad I did. Within a few days of Ms. Powell's demand letter and follow-up communication with my landlord's lawyer, I had a promise for a check for the full amount (plus Ms. Powell's fees) and only a few days after that I had the check itself. She handled communication with the landlord and his attorney, she kept the flames burning under their laurels, and she managed to keep both myself and the City updated with the status of my attempt to receive the required amount. It felt like had an advocate, an expert, and a personal assistant in Ms. Powell with regard to this issue. Overall, I am thoroughly impressed with Ms. Powell's work and I would not hesitate to contact her for a landlord/tenant issue in the future.

not sure how good of a lawyer she is in other areas of law but in the area of Landlord/Tenant issues, I personally found her totally lost in court, would have been better off with a paralegal. Elizabeth strung me along for a year then showed up in court totally dazed, confused and unprepared for batt...le resulting in me losing my home, my business and all my posessions and homeless for 6mo. I will never forgive her for betraying my trust. Instead of appealing to save me, she quit on the spot before the case was totally over leaving me to try to defend myself. BYFAR the WORST excuse for an attorney that I've ever had the misfortune to meet

I have had many attorneys in my life but NONE who was as helpful as this attorney has been to us. Ms. Powell is extremely knowledgable concerning landlord/tenant laws here in Washington State. Long story short, we had an illegal lease option agreement which we were unlawfully having to pay fees and p...enalties, losing a huge downpayment on the home, and other issues that if it wasnt for Ms Powell, would have cost us losing hundreds and hundreds of dollars more if she hadn't taken our case. She was not the first attorney we consulted, but was the first to get to the heart of the matter immediately and explain to us our legal rights in a manner which we could easily understand. After our first conversation with her, we were able to breathe a HUGE sigh of relief and knew we were in expert hands. She turns fears into hope and does it all with humor and compassion. THANK YOU ELIZABETH from the bottom of our hearts... Lee and Sheila

Ms. Powell is an amazing human being who cares about people and her job. She guided us through a small claims appeal after WE WON a judgment and the defendant would not pay. We didn't know what to do or where to go. We remembered her from her answers on AVVO and know that she is kind and caring and S...TRONG. We don't know if we will win, but we know she is representing us well.

I hired Mrs. Powell for a Tenant/Landlord case. She was VERY informative & upfront from the very beginning. She never steered me wrong, and when we went to court, she performed just as she said she would. She knew how she wanted to proceed, and went in with the facts that even made the judge recess t...o review. In the end, she won my case & I couldn't be happier!