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Patricia Joan Chvatal

Licensed for 48 years

Family Lawyer at Richland, WA
Practice Areas: Family

Po Box 966, Richland, WA

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Licensed in Washington for 48 years

State: Washington

Acquired: 1977

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Law Offices of Patricia Joan Chvatal

Po Box 966, Richland, WA, 99352-0966

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17 Client Reviews

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Posted by anonymous | January 24, 2019 | Hired Attorney

DO NOT HIRE UNPROFESSIONAL

Patricia Chvatal know how to set you up after being a attorney for 41 years. She will tell you everything you want to hear, just to get a contract from you.Ms. Chvatal will walk out of meeting with you, to go help another client, even the settlement conference. Her staff will make error on your bill ...and Ms Chvatal will try to take every $ you have for all her trip, she take while she is working on your case. When you have a meeting with Ms. Chvatal will talk about everything like to join her church, your dog ,your childhood,and wanting you to vote for attorney that she want to be the next Judge .I guess she think that will help her in court. Then,when you get her bill all that time you spent with her is on your bill. Ms. Chvatal did not check to see how much money my x wife had in her retirement.I found out after I fired Ms. Chavatal after the divorce was over and hire another attorney to fix the error she made on the final divorce and he found that my x- wife had pulled $85,555 out of community property retirement account and did not disclose that to the courts before the divorce was over. There was a court order that all large amount of money taken out of account was to be disclosed. I hire different attorney and save my part of my share of her retirement account, He even had to track her down in Florida, When she went missing. The mistake that Ms Chvatal made ,it took a year and 1/2 after my divorce to get my money from my x-wife retirement account and more attorney bill, the total cost for both attorney this was over $35,000.

Posted by Corinna | November 22, 2017 | Hired Attorney

I couldn't have had a better lawyer

Patrica was a god send with my first child 16 years ago. Because of her i have my son. 11 years latter she fought for me again. Because of that i have my daughter as well. Patrica was professional, kind, and willing to bend over backwards for me. I thank her every day night and Christmas for what s...he has done for me. I highly recommend her if your a straight up honest and loving parent. That only wants the best for your child. If your willing to do whatever it takes to keep your child in a loving home. I owe her a thank you that is long overdue and Look no further. She is the one you want. Thank you Patricia for everything Corinna Myers

Posted by anonymous | March 14, 2017 | Hired Attorney

Wonderful!

Even though the process was hard, I found Pat Chvatal to be wonderful, while I was divorcing my ex! She is a delightful, passionate, and professional. If you want the best attorney in the Tri-Cities, get Pat Chvatal. She will fight for you! My experience is that all of these website are confusing.... Call her at 509-943-3331. E-mail her at [email protected]. I have found out that these are the best ways of contact.

Posted by john | February 12, 2014

Place Trust In Yourself and Not The One You Hire

I had no knowledge of divorce proceedings and what to expect. Even though I was against getting a divorce, my divorce was non combative and non confrontational. However, I was set up with the worst parenting plan, and divorce decree imaginable. Of course I didn't find out until it was too late. Fo...r example, I was literally advised against 50%-50% shared custody that my X and I agreed to. Instead, Pat Chvatal set me up with 50%-50% shared visitation, and told me it was the same thing. Unfortunately, I believed her since I was paying her to advise me. In addition, to the parenting plan, medical premium credits in the child support worksheet were not given. For as easy as my divorce was there should never have been such poor service. Her services ended up costing me more than it should have (thousands $$- years down the road), and less time with my children. My advice is to trust yourself, and not your attorney. Your attorney does not know what is best for your children. If you love your children get 50/50 shared custody, and not 50/50 visitation or even joint custody (there is a difference). Be active in your children's lives, go to parent teach conferences, school events, med,dent, and optical appointments, sports events, dinner events, vacations etc., and document everything you do in a journal. 50/50 shared custody is the best and healthiest custody agreement for children as well as dealing with the X. There is tons of documentation supporting this.

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