Tarah M Verib

Upon hiring Tarah I had high hopes because I have so much supporting documentation, and she sold herself as a go getter, aggressive attorney.!Not only did she never allow my cases or documents to be shown in court but she proved to continually unethically handle my case. Many large mistakes were made... that proved to damage my case. One issue was she never managed my case well. Deadlines were missed, opportunities to respond to declarations were missed, and recently 5 days before court she admitted she had no clue we were supposed to attend, and couldn’t find out what the hearing was. She couldn’t advise on how to handle simple tasks such as paying a civil penalty, and let opposing counsel dictate moves made in our case out of lack of competence. All of this proved to be highly detremental to my case, also creating severe lasting effects on my children and family. She doesn’t bill ethically, she over charges and will bully you to where you feel as though you must pay and comply or she will drop you. Don’t bother with a payment plan option. She doesn’t honor those either! She will make you pay the full amount monthly threatening to withdraw if you don’t. She was constantly on vacations which created her paralegals handling and filling out legal documentation that should be at the very least overseen by an attorney. Things were never overseen by Tarah, so big mistakes were made. Tarah will make you panic about situations that shouldn’t even be an option. I was told numerous times I would be going to jail and plan on losing my kids however there was never proof in allegations against me. Tarah just didn’t know how to handle my case. Tarah doesn’t know how to represent anyone with an outside of the box situation, or if opposing counsel is good at their job. Those situations cause her to freak out and will cause issues. She does not know king county’s court system so don’t let her fool you. Tarah and her office continually filed paperwork incorrectly regarding my case. I was even forced to pay to serve the other party multiple times because they were filing with the court incorrectly. Tarah withholds paperwork regardless of it being detrimental to your case, and to you personally. She has cost me so much more money than should have been allowed due to so many mistakes and never pleaded with the court regarding my financial position. I cannot tell you how many times I had questions and she was out to lunch, or out at a bar from noon or so on for the rest of the day. If you do seek other representation she will purposefully withhold your file to create more damage to your case, and additional costs out of her own anger. Save yourself the headache, heartache, and drama and find someone else! She flat out told me she couldn’t handle my case prompting me to seek other counsel. In one of her infamous freak outs she told me over the phone I can’t dig you out of this hole, your daughter screwed you. There was never a hole to be dig out of had Tarah been a competent attorney who knew anything about domestic violence, and how to protect clients. Retaining Tarah seriously affected my work and career. I was constantly made to come in to her office at the drop of a dime for paperwork or a signature, or I was told she wouldn’t represent me. That cost me money for those days, also causing clients to leave and seek services I provide elsewhere, so the loss was exponential. Retaining Tarah has lead to serious emotional damage and trauma to my family due to her continued lack of confidence and competence.

Do NOT use this attorney. She screws up cases, misses filing deadlines, doesn't file documents, charges for meetings that never happens, and charges the client for her screw ups, including court time, and charges clients for motions for sanctions that are filed against HER as the attorney (all while... blaming her assistant). She is perpetually out of the office, files constant Notices of Unavailability, and yells at everyone. Other attorneys don't even want to work with her as an opposing counsel. We took our case elsewhere and have gotten 10X the results in one tenth the amount of time and about 25% of the cost. Best move we have ever made was obtaining a new attorney.