Reviews

At a difficult time for me, Kiona made herself available and provided the help I needed. Highly recommended.

Going thru a divorce is a very taxing process. Kiona was upfront and informative from day 1. She really took the time to understand what my biggest concerns and priorities were. She made sure to promptly respond to any of my off the wall questions and never made the process feel as daunting as it did when I came to her. I appreciate her time, professionalism and genuine care for helping me thru one of my biggest life events.

We are so thankful we found Kiona Gallup after having different family law representation. Kiona is effective and thorough. She listens, treats clients with the utmost respect and honestly advises whether it makes sense to take legal action or not in a given scenario. Our family law matters took place in King County's Kent Justice Center where Kiona has much valuable experience with various commissioners and judges.

Community Advocates Northwest represented me better than I could have ever imagined. My attorney went above and beyond for me in my family law/ child custody case against an extremely powerful opponent. I couldn’t have asked for a better law firm or attorney! My attorney was Kiona Gallup. Kiona gave my case all the time and attention that was needed to be successful in court. She was strategic and confidant during very difficult court proceedings. I would highly recommend anyone of the attorney's at Community Advocates Northwest. I very much appreciate the knowledge and support I received from Kiona and Community Advocates Northwest.

Kiona represented me in a landlord/tenant dispute in late 2017. She went above & beyond & I won my case. She is amazing & will retain her again if needed!

I was scared to hire an attorney because I didn't want to play games, but I was incredibly lucky to find Kiona. She's not an intimidating lawyer type, she's a real person who knows her stuff and makes me feel completely comfortable and confident. She's more like a friend that has your back. She fought for me and my kids. She is passionate about justice and doing the right thing. I felt that she really cares about her clients and supports them.

Kiona and I connected through the company she used to work with, and she gave me the option to continue to work with her when she left that company and started her own - I agreed. Kiona never sent me an agreement for the arrangement and during mediation revealed to the mediator that she was working Pro Bono for me. I never received this via writing either. During mediation, I felt that Kiona rushed me along to make decisions I was concerned weren't realistic, without advocating for my stance. Following mediation, I found several substantial errors in the orders that were sent over from the other party, despite signed and agreed orders in mediation, which needed to be fixed prior to an agreed order, which Kiona had overlooked. This is when Kiona became difficult to reach. Even once a decision had been reached and the orders were finalized, I was not notified, not given the signed order, nor able to connect with Kiona; this, despite Kiona never serving a notice of intent to withdraw. Many months later and out of the blue, Kiona emailed me the final signed order, an invoice (despite no written agreement and pro bono statement), and notification that she had dismissed herself from my case. I tried to contact Kiona by email and phone to resolve the matter of the invoice, however, my emails were returned undeliverable and Kiona's phone is disconnected. The last I heard from her was another invoice for a service I was told would be Pro Bono. At the end of the day, while Kiona showed up for representation, she was of little to no benefit to me by ignoring concerns I raised in my legal matter, was unresponsive when I needed to reach her, showed no follow-through, and overall unprofessional.

When I really really needed a lawyer and had been looking around for weeks and kept being turned down because I'm a single mom and don't have thousands to put down on a lawyer Kiona was there for me. She let me set up a payment plan that worked for me and set up a retainer fee that I could actually afford! She walked me carefully and respectfully through the whole paperwork process and court process with ease. During our many month working together she was always a phone call away and always there when I needed her to answer all of my millions of questions. But most of all she is kind, giving, dedicated, Determined, respectful, and a extremely hard worker and over achiever. Everything you could and would ever want in an attorney. She walked me through my case step by step and helped me turn everything around in my favor and got me everything I asked for and soooo much more I thought was impossible to even get. I am so happy that I stumbled across that lawyers office number and she up and seen me that day. I couldn't have asked for a better attorney. I'm serious, if you are looking for a great family law attorney or any other services she provides you can not go wrong with hiring Kiona you definitely want her on your side.

I have worked with Kiona for years. She is quick to see the problem and swift to finding resolve with the least amount of conflict. Her cost effective approach towards all of her clients is outstanding. I have worked with multiple attornies in the past, all of which have failed me. Kiona is the only lawyer who I trust to do what is right, not what is easiest. She is strong, direct, insightful, precise, and dedicated. I will forever appreciate having her as my lawyer and will trust no one else but her to handle all my family dealings. Forever grateful to her.