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April Boutillette Brinkman

Licensed for 20 years

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Reason: Not Practicing
This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2018
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Licensed in Washington for 20 years

State: Washington

Acquired: 2005

Disbarred

Lawyer disciplined by state licensing authority in 2018

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4.6 /5.0

14 Client Reviews

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Showing 1 - 5 of 7 reviews | Child Custody

Posted by Harry | November 22, 2016 | Hired Attorney | Child Custody

Don't waste your money

I financed my daughter's child custody and divorce, paying the flat lawyer fees requested by Ms. Brinkman. All went well UNTIL Lee, her paralegal, left for personal reasons in mid 2015. Then things started to "not get done". It did not go well, as we prepared for the court case, Ms. Brinkman infor...med my daughter that she was not prepared for trial, had not conducted asset searches as she told us she would do, and told my daughter that if she didn't sign the papers from her abusive husband's (who owns a business in Vancouver, Wa.) lawyer, we would lose in court, because she was had not prepared, as she had been overworked. At one point, she threatened to charge extra, even though I have e-mails from her that stated that her originals fees covered through completion of trial. The final settlement: less than $300/mo. child support for 2 children, no alimony, no recovery of fees (which we had requested that she try to obtain).

April Brinkman

Replied last November 22, 2016

First of all please know we dispute the facts claimed in this so-called client review. As the person who wrote the review is admittedly not a client, it is unclear how he knows what he claims to know. AVVO's policy is to allow people who pay for attorney services to leave reviews as if their interests were always aligned with the client's interests. This could not be further from the truth. For example, we deal with many abused women. Some are forced to get their cases funded by people who may or may not have their interests at heart--yet, the funding does allow that person an attorney. The attorney must be very careful, however, to represent the interests of the client and not of the person(s) funding them. Given AVVO's policy of lumping together clients and the persons who fund them as if they had the same interests, we have decided as a firm to deactivate from AVVO. AVVO compels us to leave up a skeleton profile, although we object to doing so.

Posted by Celia and Alberto | April 10, 2016 | Hired Attorney | Child Custody

Parenting Plan

I found April Brinkman law firm through google and We decided to call to ask her for an advice. I had a court coming in soon because the custodial parent decided to make false acussations against my family to change the Family plan for my children. April help me and the petition was denied and Im so... greatful to Brinkman law firm that help me with this matter. I strongly recommend Arpil Brinkmann law firm if you need a lawyer. She was on top of all my questions and concerns during this court case.

Posted by Amanda | December 01, 2014 | Child Custody

rock

April did an outstanding job in my custody aND divorce case. Over the 16 months that my case went on, April was always there to guide me down to correct path even if I didn't see why at the time. In the end, the overall outcome was favorable and April was a fantastic support and rock when I couldn't ...see the end. ThanK you April

Posted by Beau | June 17, 2013 | Child Custody

Great person and lawyer.

April was my first experience ever with a lawyer and she really changed my opinion on what a lawyer was. She helped me with a child support and custody case and got everything we had planned for and was great at communication and keeping things moving forward.

Posted by Katherine | May 14, 2013 | Child Custody

April Brinkman-Child Custody and Child Support

Ms. Brinkmanm is by far the most ethical Lawyer I have ever met, I found her in the yellow pages after calling lists of attorneys and finally finding one that seemed to genuinelty care about the best interests of my child. I found her knowledgeable, trustworthy, kind and witty, even when I was devast...ated by being constantly drug into court April found a way to be cheery and calm, she is not only a great attorney but a genuinely good person. We are still involved ina custody case today after nearly 2 years and April is still there. I would definitely reccomend her to anyone.

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This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2018.

Disbarment issued in WA, 2018

updated on 10/03/2018

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Suspension issued in WA, 2017

updated on 01/22/2018

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