Gina Maria Costello

We hired Ms. Costello for our daughter's divorce. She was unprofessional with her writing, grammar and punctuation in her court reports! Really bad. I have to re-do her work multiple time. She must have been working too fast, or dictating without editing. Many of her sentences and paragraphs did...n't make any sense. Her paperwork was never in order during court hearings. The judge commented several time that he couldn't find what she was talking about. The way she wanted us to work with her was quite manipulative to both parties. Sneeky, sly communication with the exiting spouse in order to catch him. Really not my style. She yelled at us a few times when the going got tough and we were frustrated. She even told the judge, in open court, that she smoked marajuana, in an attempt, I think, to minimize the act of using. She also told us that one of her visits was free, then later charged us full price for the same visit. With the multitude of attorneys in Spokane...no one should ever use this person for any legal proceedings. Never.

A lot of attorneys don’t bother getting to know their client or really try to build a good attorney/client relationship but this is not the case for Gina. She genuinely cares about your story and well being. She will recommend you get into a domestic violence support group and seek therapy to heal fr...om the harrowing experience of an abusive relationship because she has your best interests at heart and wants your emotional health to be a priority. She is blunt and straight forward but that’s a good thing, you don’t want an attorney who just tells you what you want to hear. At my first meeting with Gina, she told me exactly what her plan was and had a draft of the declaration written up by the end already. Her communication is great and she leaves you feeling informed instead of in the dark and unaware of what she plans to do. She understands what abusers do and seems to know how to counter it. So far after hiring Gina I am very happy and confident that she will represent me to the very best of her ability and help keep myself and my child as safe as possible under the circumstances.

Gina has been my lawyer for the past couple of years and has represented me in quite a few instances involving my ex-wife and our child. She has helped in mediation, parenting plan revision, child support modification, contempt charges, relocation issues, etc. My situation has not been a walk in the ...park. There have been several times throughout the last couple of years where I will admit that I questioned the direction that Gina wanted to take things, but each time I trusted her and I am so glad I did. When I first came to Gina I only had my daughter every other weekend and alternating holidays. With Gina's guidance, I eventually gained 50% custody of my daughter and I am now the custodial parent, having my daughter the majority of the time. Obviously the actions of my ex played into how everything worked out but Gina was spot on each and every time that she gave me advice. It is intimidating trying to find a good lawyer but Gina and her team have worked exceptionally hard for me and things would not be where they are today without their efforts. I cannot say thank you enough! I would definitely recommend Gina to anyone who is in need of a good Family Law Lawyer.

I hired Gina to help with my child custody case. She and her staff have done an amazing job with helping with my case. They are always on top of keeping me updated with what is going on and if I have a question or concern they get back to me fast with an answer. I couldn't have asked for a better law...yer. Gina and her staff truly care about their clients and what they are going through. They try their best to make their clients lives easier and less stressful. I would highly recommend Gina to anyone who is going through any kind of child custody. She will not only care about you but most importantly she will care about your children as she has done for mine.

I hired Gina in January to finish up on a child custody case. 9 months and $5000 later there has been little or no work done on the case. Not a single request sent to the opposing part for any information. One deposition scheduled then cancelled 1/2 an hour before it was supposed to happen, never res...cheduled. Then 60 days before we are supposed to be in trial, she files an notice to withdraw from the case. I found her to be rude and abusive when talking with her, she has cussed out my wife and I over the phone and despite her promises to knowing exactly how to bring this whole thing to a resolution has put us further behind and in a deeper hole than we ever could have imagined. Now even a simple request like did mediation get scheduled and if so when is it scheduled is completely ignored. I finally had to call the attorney I think is being used for mediation and ask their staff if there's an appointment because my attorney can't even respond to that. Hiring Gina was by far the worst mistake we made in this entire process.