Reviews

Our family is so thankful to Renee for her expert legal advice and compassion during the most stressful time of our lives. Our married daughter was 8 months pregnant when her husband walked out the door, leaving her and her 7 year old son with no explanation or financial support. We hired Renee who immediately went to work on a parenting plan, child support, and did her best to help support us with our court cases. After a year long case, our daughter's divorce was finalized and she was awarded primary custody of both young children. Now we are able to ensure our grandchildren are going to be raised in a stable and loving home with our family. Stacie, paralegal, was also amazing and there for us when we had so many questions! What a great team, we are so THANKFUL to have outstanding legal advice and representation.

I hired her for my case and she did an amazing job at getting the custody for my son. She was friendly, kind, smart and professional with her job and how she approached my case. She took on a tough one and helped me out a great deal!

The first impression during the consult was Renee was very intelligent and knew her stuff. She appeared to be honest with what she truly thought we could accomplish. She had another attorney Karan help because it was cheaper. But it took his WAY longer to do everything and he clearly had no idea what he was doing. We stared to feel like she didn’t have time for us and was squeezed our case into her work load. Looking back she shouldn’t have taken our case and been honest that she couldn’t take another client, she tried her best but was too busy to really give our case the attention it deserved, this was about our child after all and deserved to be not just squeezed in. The worst part is at the end of it all, not being satisfied we reached out after already having paid $10,000, we had a balance of a little over $600. She then told us to pay what we could. At that point we had nothing to pay, we had paid all we could and didn’t bother attempting to borrow money from friends and family we just didn’t pay anything. Months had passed with no communication and then my husband gets a phone call saying we are in collections and that Renee is suing us over $600 we owed her. I called the office confused they said since we didn’t pay anything they sent us to collections. I explained Renee said to pay what we could, which was nothing Stacie here paralegal then said that meant “within reason”. If some type of minimum payment was due then that should have been stated. I reached out via email to Renee stating I want to see my final notice that says you’re sending me to collections. She said she doesn’t need to do that and that she had said she would “be willing to accept anything”. So now we are in collections and she will not pull it from collections after telling us we only needed to pay what we could. Renee stated one thing and did another. If we knew this was going to collections we would have asked friends and family to help. After paying her THOUSANDS of dollars and being told to pay “what we could”, we find ourselves in collections over $600, Do NOT recommend. Do NOT use.

Renee represented our us in a complex, multi-sibling family custody case. We were distraught with emotions and fear for our grandchildren’s safety and personal care. She showed a genuine interest in our case and the welfare of our family, as a whole. Renee is direct and clear when communicating with us. She was quick to set me straight, when I was off course. She did it with a soft but steady influence. Renee has a gentle but intense approach in the way she represented us in court. I felt confident when she was addressing our pleas to the commissioner. The way she poised the law over our situation was impressive and I sensed a level of respect that I don’t often feel in court hearings. Rene’s Paralegal, Stacie, is phenomenal. She is responsive and confident. I have complete faith in the both of them. I sleep every night, at peace, knowing that my grandchildren are not only safe, but thriving.

Renee protected our family and brought out the truth was very professinal and about the children and what was right! Nother about the money like most lawyer's. I would recommend her to anyone at anytime.

Renee DeFreece is a strong and confident attorney. My husband and I hired Renee to help us rescue our grandson from abuse. Renee took on our third party custody case with confidence. We worked closely through the entire process so we can speak from that place of personal experience. Grand Parents do not have rights in the state of Washington. When we discovered abuse and neglect, with our 5 year old grandchild, we were especially horrified that we could not step in to protect his innocent humanity. We now have full legal custody of our grandson, while his parents work to restore a safe and suitable live for themselves. Renee was knowledgeable of the laws. She was tough when we needed her to be but also, gentle and understanding with our pain. She held a space for us to understand legalities and the whole landscape, not just what we wanted; out of fear that we would never see our grandchild again. Renee walked through this journey with us, she was our teacher, our emotional support and our inspiration in that she thinks deeply but speaks at a level that we can understand about the strategy and the law. We felt confident with Renee representing us in the courtroom. She is well respected in the courthouse and still was kind and humble. Her personal attention brought us comfort that she was representing us in such a worrisome matter. Stacie Beery was our paralegal. She was great about helping us navigate through the paperwork, dates and attending the right hearings. Stacie’s gentle approach and quiet confidence provided exactly the professional yet personal support we needed. We highly recommend Renee and Stacie.

I hired her to attend a hearing for my child support case. She lied to me and said she filed my declaration, but never did. Then she advised me to sign a document that would wave all back child support, or hold it in abeyance and in exchange the other parent would forego all visitation. She told me that this agreement was illegal, but I should sign it anyway. She encouraged me to have the opposing lawyer write the document because she knew it was illegal. I am now paying a different lawyer to pursue the back support and modify things that she agreed to, but that I didn't want to agree to.

Handled my child custody case with welcomed compassionn for the circumstances. Included my thoughts on how and what would be best. Very Knowlegable on the laws. Prompt communication and overall a great as an experience as one can have concerning Child custody cases. I will and have recomended Renee to anyone whom might need her to help with their legal issues. She really does care about the client as an individual and human being which makes a big difference in trusting that she has your best interest and situations ahead of all else. Thank you Renee!!!!

Renee DeFreece is a dynamic lawyer! You can't go wrong by retaining Renee to help with your legal matters. She makes it a priority to understand the 'big' picture about her cases and her clients. This is displayed in the courtroom with her clear articulation of the facts. When she speaks people listen but she does it with dignity and respect for everyone she meets. Standing alongside Renee, in the many hearings we have attended, I have felt relaxed, at ease and comfortable that the outcome at the end is exactly what I stated to her. She doesn't beat around the bush and if she feels you are 'off the track' she pulls you back with sound advice and bases her statements on what's law. She knows her job and she's good at what she does on every level. She's one sharp card who's personality shines in her warm smile and side glance that makes you feel it's ALL going to work out in the end. She's not in the field to make a quick dollar by being your attorney which is very rare nowadays. She's someone who builds a trusting relationship with you that you know you can count on long after she's not needed to defend you in the courtroom.

I am extremely satisfied with Renee. Her professionalism, knowledge, and compassion made an upsetting situation much easier to go through. I would definitely recommend her.

I started a parenting plan and child support modification on my own last year but about 8 months into it I felt overwhelmed with paperwork and the legal process. I was referred to Renee and she got me in for an appointment almost immediately. Within the first hour of meeting her a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders. Without hesitation, she told me exactly where I stood and what needed to happen in order for my modifications to be successful. I retained her that day and everything ended up in my favor at court. My son is doing wonderfully now and I wouldn't have been able to do it without Renee's confidence, support, and guidance. I've already referred her to a friend and she's been incredibly successful in her parenting case as well!

Excellent attorney! Renee is very well versed in family law and quickly and efficiently handled an emergency hearing (ex parte) and followed through to a finalized parenting agreement within a month's time. She was responsive and explained everything clearly. I could not be happier with her level of knowledge and focus of family law. She is definitely the person I would turn to again if the need were to arise. I would highly recommend Renee.