Gina Maria Costello

Gina Maria Costello

3.3
Rating: 8.2

Licensed for 25 years

Family Lawyer at Spokane, WA
Practice Areas: Family, Domestic Violence, Child Support, Divorce & Separation

101 W. Cataldo, Suite 301, Spokane, WA

About Gina

Practice Areas

4

Practice Areas

Family 45%

Child Custody, Guardianships, Parenting Plan Modifications, Establish Paternity and or just a Parenting Plan, Committed Intimate Relationships (CIR),

45%
Domestic Violence 25%

Domestic Violence Protection Orders, Anti-Harassment Orders, Restraining Orders, No Contact Order, whether you are in need of obtaining one of these or need to be represented against one, I have many years advocating in this area.

25%
Child Support 20%

Establishing Child Support, Modifying an existing Child Support Order, or requesting Post Secondary support

20%
Divorce and Separation 10%

Divorce with or without Children, Legal Separation with or without children.

10%

Fees and Rates

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Licenses

Licensed in Washington for 25 years

State: Washington

Acquired: 2001

Active

No misconduct found

Location

Gina M. Costello & Associates, P.S.

101 W. Cataldo, Suite 301, Spokane, WA, 99201

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Gina Maria Costello's Reviews

Avvo Review Score

3.3 /5.0

59 Client Reviews

Showing 36 - 40 of 59 reviews

Posted by anonymous | August 03, 2016 | Hired Attorney

Go somewhere else

I hired Gina to redo a parenting plan. She told me should could get it done quick and it turned into several months. The service was poor and her employees called back after weeks of emails and left voicemails. They were not professional, talking to me about their other clients after they left the of...fice. When it was time to sign the final documents, I made corrections to it 4 times before the mistakes were corrected, they couldn't seem to spell my kids names right. And I was charged the entire time she made corrections to the document. The final bill included several charges that were not accurate. I highly suggest that you take your money elsewhere. I wish I had.

Gina Costello

Replied last August 03, 2016

Response I am truly sorry for the difficulties You describe. It is not right that you were billing for our mistakes and I urge You to contact us to make it right. Thank you for your post and we hope You give us the honor of making this Right. Gmc

Posted by Christi | June 08, 2016 | Hired Attorney

Best attorney in Spokane!

I hired Gina to do a really complicated custody case. Let me start out by saying the reason why I hired Gina, I had been trying to do this case on my own. Everytime I went into the court room I saw Gina in action with her other clients. I told my husband that I wish I could have her as my attorney. G...ina even helped me before I hired her. She would tell me little things I could do because she saw I was doing it by myself. When I finally hired Gina she worked so hard for me, she went above and beyond what a normal attorney would do. Gina actually cares about her clients. I can't say enough about her. To make a long story short I won custody of my daughter and I know it would not have happened if it wasn't for Gina.

Posted by anonymous | April 15, 2016 | Hired Attorney

Gratitude - My Son & I Thank You

Gina handled the third party custody of my son, although I was on the other side of this and opposing to her client, she was considerate and thoughtful. It was the worst day of my life in one respect and the best day. I still get to be part of his life, he is well taken care of and my grandmother has... custody. What was clear to me, was she really was working in the best interest of my son, she was knowledgeable and considerate. Although she represented my grandmother, had her best interest at heart, she was a professional with compassion towards me. With that said, Thank you Gina, my family is doing great, I am clean and sober, I have a great relationship with my son and see him all the time. This could have torn my family apart and instead was a saving grace. Think of you often with gratitude.

Posted by anonymous | March 30, 2016 | Hired Attorney

Waste of time & $$$

By far the worst customer service experience from Gina and her employees. I interviewed Gina to be my divorce lawyer and hired her. Why? Because both her and her Web site gave me the false indication that she was compassionate and on my side. Saying I could call anytime. Well everytime I called it... was handed to the paralegal who wasn't real friendly. Swearing on the phone, being extremely rude. I had to rewrite my parenting plan numerous times after I had already done it. Why? I have no clue. And why I was charged for their mistakes? No clue. I started calling after a few months asking for a statement because I had given her 3000$. I ended up getting my first month statement, they never mailed or provided me with anything else. I had numerous rude phone calls from Gina. I walked in with a friend to fire Gina and she begged me back. BIG MISTAKE! mediation comes and I bring my dad. Gina was not prepared for mediation. Every part of mediation was a ridiculous waste of time. She had offers she never showed me. Why? I have no clue but my guess is the longer the divorce the more money for her. I was in tears for weeks because she told me lies. I was told my child support for 2 kids wd be less the 300 a month. When I went to talk with my ex I was told that was a lie he offered 1300. That's a 1000$ difference. It makes me sick that she wd pull that on a single mother. I called her out on it and she had no excuse. She ended up quitting on me after doing nothing for my case and now I owe her an extra 1500 on top of the 3000 I paid and I now have to represent myself because she failed. She swore at me and said harsh mean things. When I went to pick up my files I stood there for 20 minutes listening to them swear and talk crap about people in the back room. I'm disgusted by how she and her staff do business. They made an easy divorce a living hell. Her excuse was always a bigger case. How am I less important then the rest of your customers. . My only guess is she only cares about the cases that r making her big bucks, easy cases like mine who cares right? Wrong! She's awful horrible attitude, horrible person, horrible values, horrible ethics. A waste of money and time. Go somewhere else. A place that maybe won't charge for initial consult. I'm not paying someone that I'm interviewing!!! No one should have to deal with her crazy drama during a rough time in their life. A lawyer should have stability and she's just straight up Crazy!!!

Posted by anonymous | January 07, 2016 | Hired Attorney

DONT DO IT!!!!!

Worst experience ever. I recommend hiring yourself before Gina Costello. Went through a jurisdiction case with my daughters mother. Gina claims to be this massive threat to the apposing party, when it came down to it she wasn't clearly on my side. letting me know I had court 1 hour before I was suppo...sed to be there. No communication between her and her employees. Or to the client. Tells you what you wanna hear to get you on board then treats you as if the opposing party has 2 lawyers and your dead in the water. I have my faults don't get me wrong. But you hire a lawyer to defend you. Not get into court and talk you into agreeing to the opposing party. She flies off the handle in an instance, then turns around and acts like your best friend. Documents I still haven't seen but hear about all the time. The judge set in place orders for my daughters mother and I to agree on time and pick up location during the holidays. Soon as my back was turned she allowed my mother and her lawyer to decide those times then herself and the judge signed off on it. When confronted her response was "to be honest I didn't see that" haha really!? I wouldn't even recommend my daughters mother to use Gina Costello! If you sign on with her, be prepared to get things handed to you.

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Experience

Rating:  8.2 (Excellent)

Honors

2016

Status Conference Attorney of the Year, Spokane County Bar Association, Volunteer Lawyers

2014

Status Conference Advise Clinic, Spokane County Bar Association, Volunteer Lawyers

2004

Small Law Firm of the Year, Spokane County Bar Association, Volunteer Lawyers

2002

Young Attorney of the Year, Spokane County Bar Association, Volunteer Lawyers

Education

2000

Gonzaga University

JD - Juris Doctor

1995

Marquette University

French

Languages

English

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