I must have done something good to have been blessed with Veronica and her team. They are a wonderful team and, against tough odds, we won primary custody of my kids. Veronica is brilliant, compassionate, professional, efficient, and direct. And a sight to see in the courtroom. If you have the unfortunate experience of going to trial, you’ll be extremely happy that Veronica is on your side and not the opposing counsel. If you can avoid going to court, Veronica will not allow you to get a raw deal. In addition to Veronica, her whole team is kind, thoughtful, engaged, and knows me. They are responsive, calm, warm, and tough. It has been a joy for me to have their support through this most difficult experience of my life. I learned so much from both Veronica and Amy and I’ve come out a better person for the experience. I'm a father every day thanks to Veronica and her team.

Excellent service!

Veronica is an amazing family law attorney. My children and I were blessed to have her on our side. She's tough and fair.

Over two years ago, I was blessed to retain Veronica as my family law attorney. She and her amazing staff have been invaluable walking alongside me during a challenging situation.

I was blind sided by ex-husband's decision to leave our marriage of 17+ years. He forced me to sign an agreement that demanded my kids and I to move across the county, limited my cusody and provided no financial support. From the moment of my consultaion with Veronica, she had an accurate read on my situation and advised me on what to expect from the court system and my ex-husband. Her recommendations were not what I wanted to hear at the time, but her presentation was compassionate and professional. Veronica helped me to take control of my situation.

My case was complicated by my ex-husband's unusual behavior, abusive use of conflict and consistent disregard to follow court orders. In the past 26 months, Veronica has appeared in family court > 20 times on my behalf. She is articulate, prepared and effective. I am always grateful for her calm and professional manner as well as her ability to advoacte on behalf on my children and me. She has walked me through the steps of getting bench warrants issued, court orders copied, protection orders issued and many other legal processes that are foreign to me. On numerous occasions, other parties in the courtroom have asked me for my attorny's contact information as they are impressed with her abilities and interested in hiring such a well spoken, calm and effective attorney.

Veronica and her staff respond quickly and thouroughly to emails. I had several frightening situations where my children were not able to be located while in their dad's custody or domestic violence situtiaons. Veronica repsonded to me after hours, on weekends and even while away on vacation so that she could advise me on how to handle the situation.

This practice is small but it is an advantage as Veronica is intimately involved in my case and her lead paralegal, Amy, is the one person working wtih me for all motions and paperwork. Amy often remembers important details that I have forgotten during such a stressful time. Both Veronica and Amy write well. After reading so many declarations from my ex-husband's multiple councils, I appreciate the consise, professional, truthful and well written declarations that are produced on my behalf.

Veronica and Amy are always senstive to my children. When calling they make sure I am able to speak freely without little ears hearing uncomfortable conversations.

I was able to observe Veronica work well and cooperate with a variety of opposing councils as my ex husband had >15 attorneys (family law and criminal) represent him during the past 2 years. Veronica worked with my ex husband during many of his pro se stints, as well. She was patient and despite his challenging behaviors, kept my kids and me as her priority.

Billing is well documented and fair. I have consistently felt that she has under billed me for emails/ conversations.

Veronica is a very stong advocate who is well respected, knowledgable, hard working, compassionalte and committed to her clients. Her support staff is personable, kind, professional and eager to help. Sadly, I have endured a long divorce process, however; Veroncia has done a wonderful job advocating for my kids and me. I recommend her with my whole heart.

I came into Veronica's office for my initial consultation feeling hopeless and emotionally spent due to the conflict in my relocation case. Her calm energy is contagious, and I instantly felt at ease after listening to her. Hiring Veronica was the best decision I ever made, and wish I had hired her for my divorce trial as well. She came highly recommended to me by a different lawyer, who told me that if she ever needed to hire a lawyer herself for family law, she would hire Veronica in a heartbeat. I now know why. She and her staff worked tirelessly on my case, knew it backwards and forwards, and were exceptionally prepared at trial. Veronica is highly intelligent, has loads of common sense, and is personable all in one. She is also more reasonably priced compared to many other top attorneys, and I never felt overcharged for anything.

Amazing Veronica!

The moment I met Veronica, I knew that I was in good hands. I had few consultations with other family law attorneys before I came to her. I noticed that she was the only and the first one who seriously listened and wrote everything I was telling her about my hurtful marriage. Veronica and her considerate paralegal, Amy, always promptly answered my calls and emails that not only they were my legal advocates but also they were my personal advisers as well as friends. I felt that I was protected and they truly cared about me and my children's well beings.

While my ex and his girlfriend did many immoral and irrational things against me and my family, Veronica helped me to make everything under control that eventually put me in a much better situation in many things including parenting plan. Veronica is knowledgeable, professional, honest, ethical and trustworthy.

Words are so limited to express my appreciation to Veronica, but one thing I can definitely say is that Veronica is the right and the best one if you ever need a family law expert. I highly recommend her!

Veronica is a great lawyer.I’m so glad i found her and she is the who I had would have trusted to fight my case.She is fierce on one hand and on the other hand is great listener and works to make sure that the her clients can confide in her.
Not long back ago, while I was in a custody battle and divorce process, my ex found that the best way to find all the cases would be accusing me of abusing my son. As is common practice in WA, the court filed a restriction order against me and the police showed up at my work place to take my son away. Needless to say that few days later I lost my custody case, I was forced to pay not only an abusive child support amount but also retroactive in more than a year. Furthermore, I was unable to see my son and forced to go through a painful process. After trying few Lawyers, I finally found Veronica Freitas after seeing all the great reviews I read about her.
She from the very beginning was my confidante and a friend, she took my case and immediately requested an audience to review my case with the Judge, at that moment for me was just another hearing, after almost 2 years in Court, without been able to see and hug my son but, Veronica did the impossible. In her first hearing, she not only established that the whole thing was fabricated but also proved that I was a good father to my son. Veronica proved in a single session that all the accusations against me were created with absolutely no basis. She fought to ensure that the restriction Order against me was removed. I was also allowed to see my son again and my ex was forced to facilitate the reunification process between my son and I.
I totally recommend Veronica to anybody who needs a honest and professional Lawyer and not just someone who files papers. She is always well prepared and does all necessary researches before a case. Veronica fights tooth and nail to ensure that her clients get justice

Veronica Freitas is easily one of the best lawyers in Seattle. She is as comfortable, if not more comfortable, in the courtroom than in her own living room. She took my case when I had very little money and had already been poorly represented to the point where my case needed a lot of help to get back on track. She cares about her clients enough to give them "tough love" even if it means telling them things they don't want to hear. She managed my expectations very conservatively, and yet each time we were in court, she exceeded those expectations. She was very reasonable in her fees, thorough in her research of my case and has a spectacular memory which allows her to think on her feet in even the toughest crisis situations. I could not be happier with her performance during my divorce trial. If you are considering a divorce attorney, I hope you are lucky enough for Veronica to take your case.

I originally found Veronica by the great reviews that she had on this site, what sealed the deal to hire her for drawing up a simple will and post-nup was that she was straight forward and straight up about costs. I soon learned she was more than that, she was an attorney that was attentive and had no concept of the time of day, she was on the ball regardless of it being after 9 pm, yes 9 pm, only a few hours after I emailed her thru AVVO is when she first emailed me back.

It’s unfortunate that my story did not stop there. 2 years later I contacted her when I was blindsided by my now ex, who had conjured up a plan to try and steal my boys and try and get me sent back to Canada. Remember the Post-nup agreement I mentioned, that was what my ex was afraid of. How better to rid yourself of a financial burden of a stay at home mother, make her disappear but try keep the blood off your hands. My case ended up lasting over 14 months. We were in and out of court continually. We probably saw over 15 judges. Veronica was on top of it the whole way.

My ex hired an extremely expensive law firm, benefits to this is they will do whatever you tell them to regardless of what they believe the outcome will be. My ex is DISTURBED, so you name it he was going to say it or try it, his attorneys had no problem following along. I never really understood the joke when people talked about how slimy lawyers are. Well I get it now. His female attorney, was perfect for him, she would lie and twist everything, just to try and win. In the end my ex basically got what I would have agreed to without attorneys, actually to tell you the truth he would have fared better if he wouldn’t have thought he was so clever. He basically got what we had offered before the year long fight, the difference is that he spent onwards and upwards of $300,000+ with his attorney, destroyed his reputation, lied to his family and friends, manipulated many innocent, unsuspecting people and most importantly, hurt and emotionally scarred the kids.

I had a GREAT attorney who was there for me the whole way. She was always available. She did all her own trial preparation. It was an extremely difficult case to say the least. I ended up paying probably ¼ of what my ex paid his attorneys, if not less. And Veronica destroyed his lawyer in court. You could tell that his attorney relied on her paralegal staff to create her case. Veronica has this uncandid ability to recall information…well I’m sure her ability has a lot to do with her hard work & attentive nature. Veronica is a pit bull in court, she doesn’t let go till she draws blood, this is an attorney that you want on your side of the table. It’s obvious that she has a background in criminal law, now you may think that isn’t needed in family law, but hell yes it is. The criminal background gives her a different perspective than other family law case lawyers, this is a benefit no matter how easy or hard the case is turning out to be.

Veronica’s staff are also very attentive and actually just awesome! The paralegal’s at V. Freitas law are reliable and fast to respond to questions or concerns. Veronica’s staff were not only there for me legally, but emotionally. Sometimes a person outside of the situation can give better clarity to an issue, I relied on Veronica and her great paralegals and office staff for this, they never disappointed me. This great group of people were there for me every step of the way, I will always consider them special friends.

Just know that Veronica will never tell you what you want to hear, she will tell you what you need to hear and she will work her ass off for you.

****As for other reviewers stating Veronica's reviews are not from real clients. Yup, they are!!!

Veronica took over my very complex custody case which involved international adoption, along with out of state living implications.Thanks to her brilliant, strategic mind and her passion for cases that are a challenge, we ended up with the right decision for the children. My family is very thankful for Veronica's excellent work, and will be forever indebted to her for all that she has done. An added bonus to all of this was that she did her best to keep us out of trial and did not try and nickel and dime us through the process. I've dealt with many lawyers in the past, and she has been the most honorable and transparent.