Andrea M Poplawski

I will state first that everyone has a different situation and a different outcome on the case at hand, but my experience with Andrea was the worst experience I have ever had with an attorney. I was given her name, and was told that she was a bulldog in the courtroom. Well was I disappointed. She was... not an advocate for me or my daughter. Her office assistant was the only one I could ever speak to. Court hearing would be sprung at the last minute. Now, I have a temporary order in place from 2009 prior to teaming with Andrea, we went in front of a commissioner in 2011 to argue that my child’s father is incompetent of caring for a child let alone a special needs child, and should have limited visitation. Or so I thought. Was any of this information shared to the commissioner, no! The commissioner granted every other weekend visit and every other Tuesday Thursday visits (More than what he had before). My child is in school during the week (a private school for small children with special needs), and the court commissioner stated that it was okay for the child to miss school. Did my attorney do anything for my child, stand up and make an objection. Absolutely not. When I asked if we could object to the commissioner ruling she stated yes, and we could have another court appearance. So we did get one on the books. Andrea asked me to have a letter written from my child’s teacher, which I had done. I work from 7-4:30 so my child is taken to school around seven and then her father’s visitation starts at 9. The teacher saw this visitation schedule as an inconvenience and problematic to her and the rest of her students. This was a place of business, and place of learning and to have someone come in and interrupt class to have one child leave when her father arrives, was not acceptable to ask a teacher to do. So there we were sitting in front of the judge. My ex’s attorney ripped her to pieces, since he was an advocate for his client. Mine on the other hand, used all 15 minutes to talk about a comma in the residential schedule. Tell me how debating about a comma would win my case? Obviously by the outcome, it did not. The letter was not used, no talk was brought up about how this is a burden to the school. I walked out of the courtroom, frustrated, upset and sicken with Andrea, because after all you hire an attorney to represent yourself to be an advocate for you and Andrea has failed at both of those. As for her fees, they were what you would expect, but I do believe a bit unfair since she wasted a lot of my money over a comma. Money is money, you can always make more, but Andrea cost me much more the than money, something more important to me than money will ever be and that is the lost time with my daughter, the pressure and concern of her being away from me, with someone who hasn’t a clue on how to be a parent. And lost time being away from her education. In my opinion Andrea is incapable of doing the job and doing it well. I can’t speak on behalf of Mr., Harrington, but as for Andrea, I would never recommend you to her, no matter what law office she may work for.

I was referred to Andrea by another attorney. They told me she is the best in town. She is the only aggressive female family law attorney in Spokane who is also willing to take on the tough cases no one else wants. I can honestly say that I was very happy she was my attorney and not my wife's. I ende...d up with a shared parenting plan for my two small children and I didn't end up giving my wife the shirt of my back so to speak like most of my other friends have had to because their attorneys weren't willing to go the extra mile for them. I definitely recommend her to anyone in a nasty family law court battle.

After 20 years of marriage I found myself in the middle of an ugly divorce where my ex was trying to take my children from me and leave me basically penniless. I had two other attorneys who did absolutley nothing for me except take my money. I was referred to Andrea Poplawski and let me tell you wh...at a Godsend! She really got in there and fought for me. She listened to me and always advocated for my rights. I always felt my voice was heard. She never let my husband or his high priced attorney take advantage of me. I would truly recommend her to everyone who needs a great attorney!!

Andrea was an amazing attorney. I have worked with lawyers in the past and have never met someone more dedicated to a case. She took a personal interest in my ccase and fought for me every step of the way. I have wasted so much money on so many th Andrea was well worth every penny. I came out in ...a good postion with my divorce but more importantly I got custody of my two children after a long hard court battle. That never would have happened without her dedication to my case. I would recommend her to anyone. Thanks!!!