Michael B Galletch

I and my partners hired Mike several times over the course of the past few year to write solid corporate documents, agreements and represent us in business negotiations and disputes. Mike is very dependable , knowledgeable, to the point and very efficient. One of our businesses we hired Mike to repr...esent is a law firm as well. So we know what a legal professionals looks like and Mike represents it very well.

I hired Mike from 2015 thru 2017, including to defend me in trial against my commercial landlord's wrongful eviction attempt. Landlord failed, but I was still unhappy with the result. But now, seven years later, Mike has switched sides and has reintroduced himself as an enemy. He is now working fo...r my (criminally convicted) landlord, and he is attacking me wrongfully. Specifically, they are making demands for money and repairs they are not entitled to. Obviously Mike's betrayal and about-face reversal with his clients is upsetting. But his flip flop on specific lease-related issues is even more upsetting to me. In at least one issue (HVAC repairs), he appears to have completely inverted and changed the entire substance of his understanding. From my perspective, Mike's wrong reasoning and bad advice steered me into a conflict with the landlord regarding the HVACs - and then Mike switched sides and reversed his position on the issue. And now he's also demanding 150% of rental payments that he is not owed. Obviously, what Mike has done has made all these matters worse for everyone. And he should have realized the problems that he has caused and continues to cause. After all, he pivots from defending a business against a landlord and then starts attacking that same business on behalf of the same landlord, all at the same address, when absolutely none of the parties have changed and the passage of time has not been very long at all. Indeed, it's only been a few years and the business's entity name - which Mike was alternatively defending then attacking - is my initials spelled out - so he should have known. We worked together for over a year and a half, including a week-long trial along with numerous other court appearances. And it is the exact same HVAC repairs from 2016 I'm still fighting with the landlord about. Maybe Mike somehow "forgot" all of that, I wouldn't know, but that would seem to be a whole other problem. Altogether, I would not recommend Mike Galletch. Edit: I apologize for this edit, but I feel compelled to address these falsehoods posted by Mike in his response to my initial post above. It is in fact true that Mike switched sides and betrayed me despite his denials - and I have the emails to prove it. In fact, he represented my landlord against me until I filed a complaint about him with the WA State Bar Association for this very reason: switching sides in a dispute, which in my mind is a "betrayal." At that point Mike withdrew his representation, but my complaint with the Bar is still pending as of this date. It is also true that the landlord Mike first defended me against, and then subsequently represented against me, is indeed a convicted criminal - and in fact it was Mike who dug up this 2009 fraud conviction back in 2016 when he was representing me. Again, I have the emails to prove it. It is also true, as Mike posted, that I did have a few other legal problems - although I strongly dispute Mike's characterization of events and maintain that the judge got things wrong - but that's what happens when resources run dry. However irrelevant all that may be, I believe Mike is just trying to discredit me personally instead of addressing the substance of my complaint - which, incidentally, is exactly what he's doing regarding my complaint against him with the WA State Bar.

Myself and my companies have used Mr. Galletch for approx. 10 years now. Michael is extremely detailed, very knowledgable, and friendly to work with. You will not get any of the typical attorny arrogance with Michael as he works to solve your problems. Micheal is honest and caring about your situa...tion. I have referred Michael to several of our clients and he has always been professional, capable, and responsible in his forte'. I am quite confident that you will enjoy working with Michael, as he will fight very hard for you!