Andrea M Poplawski

When I met Andrea I liked her no nonsense, strait forward aggressive approach to my case. It was a divorce case , but it was also a child custody case, domestic violence, fraud and a child support case. It quickly became complicated by my ex's viable threats to kill me, him stalking and harassing me ...and breaking into my house. Andrea and her wonderful assistant helped me navigate the court system and giving me some peace of mind wtih a restraining order, multiple contempt charges against my ex, and a judgement for past child support he owed. Andrea was consistently on her "A" game when we showed up for court hearings, my ex and his attorneys scrambled on many occasions trying to keep up with her as she hammered them with case law and state statutes. Andrea is an excellent attorney, she enjoys a good challenge and raises the bar every time she enters the court room. When I realized I was going to need help with my unstable ex I researched the top attorneys in Spokane and interviewed all of them. I was unimpressed with most of them as their arrogance and pompous personalities were of no use to me in my case. When Andrea and I sat down to discuss the labyrinth of my divorce case she seemed very capable and interested in taking on the multiple challenges my case presented. Andrea was always prepared for court and had me prepared for court as well. She and her assistant did a great job communicating with me what to expect and documents that were needed. I would definately use Andrea again and would recommend her above the other "top" attorneys in Spokane she did a great job!

Met at initial consultation and was impressed with her aggressive attitude and knowledge, and was convinced that I should hire her to help with my child custody/domestic violence case. She seemed to have no sympathy at all for the father of my child, and would do whatever it took to win. This case se...emed to take a long time just to commence. The thousands of dollars I had in retainer had vanished after several weeks, after seeing little results, and the billing was questionable. I had no idea what was going on with my case for weeks, and correspondence was near impossible. The only person I could get a hold of to ask questions about my case was her paralegal. But all of this aside, the thing that disappointed me the most was after having spend thousands of dollars on this case, and not knowing what was being pursued, on our first court hearing together after meeting with her two times and after having spent thousands of dollars on the case, Andrea did not even recognize her own client. She was supposed to meet me about ten minutes before the hearing to meet with me and go over the case and she was late and didn't show until right as court was in session with another families case. She came into the room and was looking all over and didn't even recognize me when I was sitting in the back looking right at her. Until our case was called, she had not gone over the case with me as promised, and did not even recognize me in the courtroom. Very disappointing. My ex then asked for a continuance, she was out the door, and again did not hear from her or her paralegal without having to consistently email the paralegal. What a waste of money, with little results or consideration.

Andrea is not only an amazing person, she is an outstanding attorney. Competent, Caring, Fair and seeking only to provide you the best advise and representation-When she advertise "bring your tough cases" to her-well that's not just a catch phrase. I have first hand knowledge of her intelligence an...d attention to detail which no doubt contributed to her being named Best Lawyer 2013. When I have family and friends that need legal assistance, I send them to Andrea. I know that she will take good care of them, because she has and continues to fight for me and my family. When things can be settled, we settle- when we have to go the distance- she is there. In my case of an abusive ex- I had lost my voice, my ability to stand up and fight for myself and my child. Andrea help me no only to articulate to the court the truth but in this three years- I was able to find my voice once again and stand up to the agggresive nature of my ex. Time has past and all the attacks he sends still affect me, but I am stronger and able to speak for myself -unafraid because I know that Andrea is there to help mediate the blow from him and that I am protected by legal avenues to make things right. I original found Andrea as an attorney because of her background as a guardian ad leim and wanted not what was best for me or him- but for our child. She has provided that remarkable service, because ultimately- it is about the child or the children involved. No matter how much I wish we could agree on one thing, Andrea has navigated through rough waters with me for the past three years. He has had to hire 3 or 4 attorneys to inlcude a team from Seattle to keep up with Andrea. No matter how many attorneys he has had, I only needed Andrea revealing the truth in court .