Karen Halverson

I was recommended to retain Ms. Halverson for a misdemeanor DV case with the Everett Municipal Court. My ex spouse at the time was deliberately attempting to get me into legal trouble because I wanted to spend more time with my child. My ex used her boyfriend at the time to leave a threatening message on her voicemail and accused me of leaving the message in order to obtain a temporary restraining order which affected my request for increased visits with my child. Ms. Halverson was well aware of this situation and discussed the terms of her service along with the retainer fee. I agreed to her terms and sent her the requested retainer fee and this is when things began to head south.
About a month after I retained Ms. Halverson for her legal services, she was very difficult to contact whenever I attempted to get an update on my case. The few times that I was successful on contacting her, she would charge me $ 50 just for speaking with her. She said that this case will be dropped by the EMC prosecutor Teresa Cox, but that never happened because Ms. Halverson travels frequently and failed to communicate with the prosecutor before my due court date.
Before my due court date, Ms. Halverson was unprepared, unorganized and filed a motion to withdraw from my case while keeping my retainer. She did absolutely nothing for my case, but was asking me for more money on top of the retainer fee I gave to her. I do not recommend this attorney to represent people for their legal problems, because she is only interested in one thing. Do yourself a favor and save your hard earned money.