Shelley L. Brandt

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Shelley L. Brandt

1.9
Rating: 9.1

Licensed for 32 years

Family Lawyer at Olympia, WA
Practice Areas: Family, Divorce & Separation, Employment & Labor, Lawsuits & Disputes

1115 West Bay Drive NW, Ste 201, Olympia, WA

About Shelley

Biography

Compassionate, Hardworking And Sincere

Practice Areas

4

Practice Areas

Divorce and Separation 30%

30%
Family 30%

30%
Employment and Labor 20%

20%
Lawsuits and Disputes 20%

20%

Fees and Rates

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Awards

Distinguished Peer Review Rating

Licenses

Licensed in Washington for 32 years

State: Washington

Acquired: 1993

Active

No misconduct found

Location

Cordes Brandt PLLC

1115 West Bay Drive NW, Ste 201, Olympia, WA, 98502

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Shelley L. Brandt's Reviews

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1.9 /5.0

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Posted by anonymous | October 25, 2016 | Hired Attorney | Lawsuits & Disputes

Lazy, unprepared, and nickel and dime me to death.

I quickly learned that she was billing me every time she looked at an email, so I started gathering my questions together for one large email instead of many smaller ones. Once I sent several questions and then remembered one more important question. She responded to that last email separately with... a one word response, but billed me for an entire email. She would wait until the last minute to tell me of the information I needed to obtain when she should have known months earlier that we would eventually need some of my military retirement records. She would tell me that I was not required at a certain court hearing and then call me the night before and tell me my presence was required, making me miss work. She would send me a 50 page legal document prepared by the other side, instruct me to read it, and sign it if I agreed, with no input on if it was a good document to sign or not. I told her there was a reason I hired a lawyer and that included some advice on documents printed in legalese, but she just called me rude and hung up, having her assistant call me back. Her younger sister, assistant, is very kind and helpful, but if you want any legal assistance, do someplace else. I could have obtained the same results had I went in with no lawyer at all. Stay away from this woman as she is worthless as an attorney.

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Charles Szurszewski

Family lawyer | Mar 03

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer. Shelley Brandt is smart, experienced and cares about her clients and the law. I highly recommend her."

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James Laukkonen

Family lawyer | Oct 31

Relationship: Worked for lawyer

"I endorse this lawyer. Ms. Brandt is a tenacious and determined advocate who is very familiar with the system in the Thurston County courts, as well as the courts in the surrounding counties. She is very effective, and she has the experience to handle highly complicated matters."

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James Laukkonen

DUI and DWI lawyer

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Clifford Cordes

Criminal defense lawyer

Experience

Rating:  9.1 (Superb)

Honors

2019

Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

Associations

2012 - Present

Family Law Executive Committee

Chair

Education

1992

Seattle University

JD - Juris Doctor

Languages

English

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