Andrea M Poplawski

There aren't enough good things to say about Andrea. First, I think she is the smartest lawyer I have ever met. I have used many lawyers for business reasons but I really needed someone who really had their act together when it came to my divorce. I met with quite a few lawyers until a trusted co...lleague referred me to Andrea. Wow! She was light years ahead of the other lawyers I met with. She knew what she was talking about and represented me well in court. She took the time to explain the process to me, what I could expect, what the law was and what I could expect cost wise. She also understood the emotional and more personal part of a divorce.. This was completely lacking in the other atotnrneys I met with. She is not only very intelligent but she has a certain sassines and style about her too. She gets it and knows how difficult a divorce can be. She understood that I needed to be protected financially as well as getting me a fair parenting plan with my two boys. She spent a lot of time working on my case and was well informed and able to answer questions that the judge had at our hearing. She was articulate and presented well. My wife's attorney appeared to have no idea what was going on. I would definitely tell anyone that you would be foolish to hire anyone but her!

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.