Seattle Family Lawyer
Allen Glass is a family law attorney with offices located in Seattle, Washington. For the past 12 years, his practice has focused on family law matters--divorce, property divisions. custody, child support, maintenance, and domestic violence.Most of our clients are referred from past clients. Our past clients tend to refer us to their friends, family members and colleagues
We have a record of success in resolving family law matters. We identify and advocate the rights of his clients who are in a domestic relationship. We have represented many clients in complex property divisions. When our clients are also parents, we forcefully assert their right to have a meaningful relationship with their children and to fairly share in their children's support.
Fair property divisions, parenting plans and child support are fundamental rights and responsibilities that no one should take away. We are committed to make sure that our clients assert them.
Experience
We have represented hundreds of clients through divorces, separations, and post-divorces, in the Seattle metropolitan area and throughout King and Snohomish Counties, for the has over 10 years. We have significant experience in contested and complex divorce, custody, paternity, custody and domestic violence cases. Our experience extends from the simplest divorce to those having multiple properties, pensions, closed businesses, and hidden assets.Strong Advocate
Effective representation of your rights during a divorce, child custody child support, or domestic violence case requires a strong advocate. Court can often seem to be a hostile and strange place. As the author Oscar Wilde wrote, "the Divorce Court was specially invented for people whose memories are so curiously constituted." We use our best efforts to properly frame the issues for our clients and argue the facts that support their cases.Integrity
We advise our clients about realistic goals and works with them to come up with effective strategies for accomplishing those goals. We believe it is too easy for an attorney to make promises to a client that cannot be realistically fulfilled.We are sensitive to the needs of the children of divorce. Mr. Glass is registered with the King County Superior Court as a Guardian Ad Litem, meaning he is appointed by the Court to represent the best interests of children in preparing a parenting plan or residential schedule.
Cost-Effective
We charge an hourly rate that is very competitive. We participate in various legal plans and offer discounted rates based on economic need. You will find that given our experience that our service provides an excellent value.* * *
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Representative Cases
Divorce Trial Result - We obtained primary custody of a toddler for our client, a professional man. Before we appeared, the man had been falsely accused of domestic violence and the parenting evaluator had recommended for the mother.Paternity Trial Result - We obtained primary custody of a young child for our client, a professional man. Before we appeared, the man had been falsely accused of domestic violence and he had no residential time with the child.
Divorce Trial Result - We obtained primary custody of three children for our client, a working mother. We also obtained a judgment for attorney fees and an order giving her part of her husband's pension. When we first appeared, her husband had obtained an order to remove her from the family home.
Divorce Trial Result - We negotiated an agreed parenting plan, and litigated against the wife's request for substantial maintenance and attorney fees at trial. The requests for maintenance and attorney fees were denied by the court
Divorce Trial Result - We represented a mother with a young child and allegations of domestic violence on the part of the father. We had the court grant the mother custody and required the father to comply with treatment as a condition for residential time.
Divorce Settlement Result - We represented the husband in a negotiation that involved the distribution of multiple investment properties and a privately-held business. We negotiated a settlement that preserved our client's ownership of the business and minimized is value for the purpose of the settlement.
Parenting Plan Arbitration Result - We represented the father in a post-dissolution matter in which both parties made allegations of violation of the parenting plan. The arbitrator substantially sided with our client and awarded him attorney fees.
Child Support Motion Result - We represented a father who had approximately $60,000 in back child support, with the State taking away his licenses and threatening him with jail time for contempt. Reviewing the Order of Support, we spotted an opportunity to have the Court reduce the back support. At the motion hearing, the Court totally eliminated the father's $60,000 of back child support.