Ted D. Billbe

Ted Billbe did not properly argue my case, by failing to request relief to which I was entitled and misstating facts that would have been in my favor. Billbe represented me in a dissolution of marriage. My husband tried to manipulate me into commiting tax fraud with him. He eliminated my income f...rom our tax forms, demanding that I not receive earnings and income for any work that I do. He was berserk with rage. During trial, Billbe did not ask for reimbursements to the community from my husband, which the court would have awarded my equitable share if he had asked. Instead he asked the court to consider the diversion of funds in determining the final distribution (that did not work so well). He failed to ask the Judge for reimbursement of half of my attorney fees and costs, which included addiitonal expert witnesses that Billbe had me hire. Billbe argued an incorrect titling of our house which both the title company and tracing expert had clarified there is no such title. It was purchased during marriage and he should have argued it was community property. He mistakenly said "out' of an account, instead of "into". He did not illustrate to the court the extent of commingled community and separate assets as our flowchart graph of funds exhibited. He failed to identify all the community property. The judgment that Billbe obtained for me did not reflect our experts' exhibits. In a final billing, I found that Billbe charged me for an unauthorized meeting before trial with an "estate, wealth and tax" attorney. That made no sense. Our tracing expert, already working for us, is also a renowned tax attorney with a PHD. We had no reason to ask for legal advice; if so, we would have used our expert. Billbe did not explain why he had the meeting, how it would benefit me, and he did not reverse his charge. This was a very expensive proceeding. These are verifable truths. I do NOT recommend Ted Billbe.

The 1 star review was posted by my exwife's mother in law. She did not understand that my ex and I wanted to save travel time and expense so we had Ted file in king county. Neither her or I wanted a change of venue or to have a bad review for Mr. Billbie. We are now divorced, and are both happy ...with the terms of our divorce. Mr Billbie explained and handled everything in a fair and understandable manner. He explained how it wpild all go, explained some possible alternative outcomes and for every problem he provided a solution. Everything went as smooth as it could have. I would highly recommend him to anyone who is in need of an attorney.

By the time I interviewed Mr Billbe, I had already spent 10s of thousands of dollars and a year of my life trying to reach an amicable agreement with my husband. I was living paycheck to paycheck, had just a little left in savings and felt like I was losing my mind. During our initial consultation Te...d asked several questions about my situation, more importantly, he listened, explained the divorce process then got into the specific strategies towards accomplishing my goal; becoming divorced as quickly and as inexpensively as possible. Hiring a great attorney is critical however, clients have a responsibility to educate ourselves, participate, listen to counsel advice and keep the big picture in mind. As a skilled attorney who won’t get mired in minutia as well as a kind and thoughtful human being; I would highly recommend Ted Billbe to friends or family looking for a family law advocate.

After 27 years of marriage, the decision to seek a divorce did not come without serious thought and consideration. In selecting an attorney to handle my divorce, I relied on recommendations from friends who had recently gone through the divorce process. Ted Bilbee was one of these recommedations. ...I called several, and none gave me the feeling that I had after I contacted Ted Bilbee and his office staff. The intitial phone conversation with his partner/wife Sheila made me feel that this was someone I could trust to look out for my better interests and that my divorce would be just as important as any other he was handling. There was absolutely no pressure to sign with him at my initial consultation. In fact, he encouraged me to consider all we'd talked about, seek out the advice of at least one other attorney and call him back with my decision. Throughout the process, he was attentive to my needs, handled all the complications that occurred, and was immediately available and involved with even the most minute details of the divorce. If something was important to me, it was important to him. I could not be more pleased with the results of his handling of my case, and would highly recommend him to anyone going through the difficulties of the divorce experience. Ted was absolutely wonderful.