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 11 - 15 of 29 reviews | Recommendation

Posted by Mackenzie | November 07, 2016 | Hired Attorney

Amazing advocate

Gina is a wonderful attorney. She was my advocate through an incredibly difficult and ongoing child custody case. Gina fought for me, she has helped keep my child safe and made the process much less difficult than anyone else could have. She listened to me, and I felt like I was a valued client at al...l times. I am so glad that Gina has been my counsel throughout this process, and recommend her to anyone that is in need of an attorney that has your family's best interests at heart. She is amazing, and I'm incredibly grateful of her skill and knowledge.

Posted by Victoria | October 25, 2016 | Hired Attorney

Amazing woman

Gina has drawn me to her since the day I saw her in the court room working on other cases not mine. At that time I wanted to talk to her about my situation but didn't because IBM super shy person. The day I figured out I needed a lawyer Gina was my first call. Walking into her office I was so surpri...se to see her as this was truly meant to be myb lawyer. Since that day Gina as offered on so much guidance on how to finally finish this awful parenting plan and also help win full custody of my kids as this is a very hurtful case being my ex is a substance abuser. She has helped guided me and protect my kids. Thank you Gina for always being by my side your the best.

Posted by Michael | September 16, 2016 | Hired Attorney

Horrible Experiece

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.

Gina Costello

Replied last September 16, 2016

You paid me $2,000 after temporary orders where you lost custody of your child to the other side (prior to my involvement). On the day I entered my Notice of Appearance discovery requests made by the other side were already past due. I charged you 2k to review the volumes of court files in your case to get you in compliance with their written demands served on previous counsel and to appear at your procedural check in-s with the court - status conference. All the while I have returned you calls and your e mails including the questions your wife posed. You have often complimented me and thanked me for getting back to you right away. Your account with me has been past due for some months, the experts have now all recently weighed in and without payment I do not understand what you would like me to do. I wish you nothing but the best in your search for just the right attorney to tell you what you want to hear. Clearly, I am not that person never have been never could be. I thought that was why you appreciated me and I am sorry you clearly do not. GMC

Posted by Joshua | September 12, 2016 | Hired Attorney

Child Custody

My ex decided to serve me with paperwork on a Friday at close of business to go back on a verbal agreement we had over custody of our three children. Me living out of town made it rather interesting and since I only had a couple days to get things together I did some quick research and found Gina Cos...tello and decided to hire her. I'm glad I did because we had to attend an emergency hearing by the following Wednesday and Gina came to the rescue. We have another hearing since that one and it turned out in my favor again. My ex and her lawyer are using every avenue to continue this case and Gina will be representing me yet again in October 2016.

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

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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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