Elise Buie Family Law, PLLC - Seattle (WA)

1 /5 Ruthy Bickham: Avoid this firm at all cost! I finally had some money together to go up against my estranged husband, and finally get some justice. I was seeking backpay in unpaid child support, and finalization to our decade long pending divorce from another state. They are all working remotely, it is not a bricks and mortar firm. I was unfortunately given Kate Stapleton as my attorney. My retainer was burned though instantly plus a couple thousand in invoices I paid out of pocket, desperate for some progress. You can honestly get better legal advice on chat gpt. When you try to close out they charge you close to $400 just to leave their "services". I dont know if they ever go to court. I certainly did not. I am in the same situation I was in before hiring them, only worse because Im out $12k+. Kate Stapleton told me I should talk to a pro bono lawyer after taking my 10k retainer. I cannot imagine her being anyones first choice for representation. Dont bother with a consultation! Take your money elsewhere! ZERO STARS, lost money and I dont have any proof that any work was ever done. No evidence of anything. They finally sent my some more detailed invoices, but no work done by my lawyer that I may be able to take with me to a real lawyer. In my situation the last thing I needed was a huge financial/ emotional blow at this time. I hope any woman in a dangerous situation, or anyone who needs actual representation sees this review and goes elsewhere!

1 /5 Chanelle: I did do my research with this firm and decided that due how severe my case is, I would also be happy with their services. Unfortunately, I didn’t listen to their bad google reviews that stood out to me. Please take the time to consider my review. This law firm took advantage of my extreme situation and ultimately emptied my bank and maxed out my credit cards before letting me go unrepresented after ONE court hearing in 6.5 months. I am completely left alone in a terrible situation, all they did was cover up with kind words and continue to send weekly thousands of dollars in billing. Joshana was the main Associate Attorney on my case. I am a very responsive and competent woman, I did most my paperwork myself within hours of request. Towards the end of services… they didn’t even have the courtesy to make the free check in call that was SCHEDULED, all due to me requesting them to let my case go. This is unjustified and just outright wrong in the justice system. Single moms or Dads, anything with DV and financial troubles DO NOT PUT YOUR TRUST in this company to help you. Elise Buie family law made my problems even worse at the end of the day. I received NOTHING but upwards of 70 thousand dollars of debt throughout my current open case.. I completely regret my decision to put all my trust in the company allowing them to make my life more miserable.

1 /5 Spencer Dufton: I was represented through the divorce process by two attorneys at this law firm. The first attorney did not help me through the process. I was told by my first attorney to provide all of my Basic Allowance for Housing to my ex-wife. I have been told since then that I was not required to pay that amount of money by a navy lawyer at my new unit. Secondly, I told my attorney my ex-wife was abusing stimulants, she had her speak to a counselor about alcohol and was found to not having a drinking problem. The third problem was the way my ex-wife violated the parenting plain and through using an attorney I spent thousands when I wanted to see my daughter and when she came my ex-wife would call her attorney and make false accusations leading to more fees. My first attorney also had me set up a court date for unpaid travel expenses and serve my ex-wife, who proceeded to pay after being served and then told me we couldnt go to court over it and I lost thousands more. I wanted the violation documented. That attorney left the firm, I received a new attorney who wanted to rewrite the parenting plain due to the first write up being bad. At this point I havent seen my daughter in a year and the attorney wants 10000 to go to court to help fix the mess the first attorney left me in. I have been advised not to call the police when she withholds my visitation and that the only way to move forward is to pay endless amounts of money. This has been a very hard situation for me. My ex-wife has called my military command to make false accusations, has bad mouthed me to my child, and ruined my relationship with my daughter.

2 /5 Sita Ping: I didnt end up moving forward beyond the first consult and was disappointed in my experience. I had to intake like three different times with the same information. The lawyer I was assigned to was late to our scheduled call that I had to follow up with them. During the initial consult the lawyer was not very insightful to the problem at hand (divorce with mental illness), and couldnt answer questions regarding protective orders. The consult is also meant to go over contracts and retaining fee vs the legal advice I thought I was paying for. But of course they are great and extremely timely for follow up for the retaining fees and signing contracts!