Valerie Anne Bell is a lawyer practicing family, estate planning. Valerie received a B.A. degree from University of New Mexico in 1975, and has been licensed for 46 years. Valerie practices at Bell Flegenheimer in Seattle, WA.
I hired Valerie twice. Once to do immigration for my boyfriend and once for a divorce. I am now recommending her to my daughter who needs a divorce for her wife in Italy. That country requires you to come in person twice 30 days apart even if it is not contested. When she took care of a divorce out of the country it was not required by WA state as long as it wasn’t contested.
Does not understand UGA but took a UGA case, spent $20k then when it came time to go to court she stated that she did not understand guardianship law and I should hire a different lawyer. I have been trying to clean up her mess for 4 years. Incompetent is understatement of the year.
First of all I have never written a poor review about anyone before. In this case I feel compelled to warn others. If she has put measures in place to mitigate what happened to me that would be great. I sent a certified letter asking for reassurance that she has put measures in place. She chose not to respond. Ms. Bell failed to properly upload documents I sent to her and thus failed to get them to opposing counsel. When there was clear confusion on her part and the part of the OC she never picked up the phone to try to figure it out. I even requested that she call OC. Four months later, I figured out what had happened. Ms. Bell admitted it but treated it as no big deal and deflected her responsibility. She did not fall on her sword, offering to own full responsibility to OC, instead behaved defensively. When I told her I needed to let her go and asked her to let OC know the response I received via email was...."Done." I have reported her to the WA State Bar
119 1st Ave. S., Ste. 500Seattle, WA 98104-2563U.S.A.
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