Law Office of Thomas S. Olmstead

A very good law office. Gives guidance and let's you consider the alternatives. This should be your first stop.

We did not choose to hire this lawyer, and if we had we would've paid over $55,000 more in child support over the years than necessary. I scheduled a free consultation, at the time I was no married and was the girlfriend of my now husband who was finishing up his divorce. I told the paralegal this and she said it was fine, then when I came in they said they weren't supposed to talk to me. So we spoke generally instead of specifics. Mr. Olmsted had to ask his paralegal most of the questions I asked him. Our main concern was that he was paying $600 a month in child support even though he had the kids equal time as their mother, paid their medical/dental/vision, and she was unemployed by choice. Mr. Olmsted said that's normal, he said it didn't matter that she chose not to work, just that she didn't have an income, and at best he could get it down to $500 a month, but he would have his paralegal look at it for $500. We said no. Then we went to the mandatory meeting with the court house clerk where they go over the divorce papers and make sure it's all correct before your hearing. The clerk was shocked at the high number and asked if we wanted her to recalculate it. She said it DOES matter that their mother chose not to work, and her income should be calculated as her income POTENTIAL (so minimum wage full time) since she could be working if she wanted to. She recalculated it and changed it to $142 a month, saving us $458 per month. This appointment was free by the way. If we had gone with Mr. Olmsted instead and his inaccurate information, just from the time of the divorce to the time the oldest child (5 at the time) turned 18, we would've paid over $55,000 in child support more than we are. (The $500 a month he quoted us, minus the $142 we got, multiplied by 13 years.) Plus the last 2 years after that at whatever updated amount it would've gone to with only one child. I am SO glad we did NOT hire Mr. Olmsted and lose out on that money, now we can put that toward a house instead.

I have had a amazing experience with this law firm. I can call and reach them almost ever time I call. They have held to everything they said. I called many places and this law firm was the only one to give me a chance to speak to them, my case is a big tangled web and they made me feel at ease. I would recommend them to anyone, matter of fact I have already to a few!!!

The man has clearly no integrity and no balls to pursue an open first face discrimination lawsuit .the guy is about as useless as a limp-dick in a whorehouse in my opinion.the Seattle office of civil rights already did the leg work on my case and I just wanted to take it to the next level we had all of the material in hand and his lack of Integrity wasted my time.Thank God it didn't waste my money.

I feel cheated. Tom was welcoming enough. Our initial meeting made me feel like I was finally going to have someone representing me in my divorce. Immediately after that, I found Tom to consistently be unavailable or too busy to take any questions or make any recommendations (he doesn't have a cell phone, either). The rare occurrences when he was available, he seemed fairly helpful. He gave lots of assurances, but never recommendations or next steps. I was happy until I realized that after over 6 months of waiting and trying to motivate my ex, her lawyer, and my lawyer to make progress that there was no active interest in my case or my well being. He wasn't even familiar with the case or my name. My questions were left to Mindy, his assistant, who gave the most minimal answers possible to get me to go away. I never received any amplifying information or help that I didn't directly think to ask for. I was always treated as an inconvenience to her. She was like a less helpful version of google, but most of the answers I needed weren't readily available online. Basically, I was on my own to navigate a difficult divorce, which I had never done before. I never received any advice on what to include or not include in my settlement offer even though I clearly needed help. I would have changed lawyers, but by the time I realized just how unhelpful they were I was approaching the end of the divorce and just used them to write out the paperwork and assist me in court. Then, when Mindy wrote out the final copy of the settlement, she misspelled my name (Bradley to Bradlie...never heard of it being spelled that way and it was only incorrect on the header). It was no big deal to me, until I was charged $50 to have it fixed. Are you f^@%# kidding me? I have no doubt that it was an intentional error made so that she could charge for another '30 minutes' of work. Also, when paying for Tom to drive to the courthouse for the hearing, I was charged for 4 hours ($1200) of driving and being at the courthouse. Port Orchard is 30 minutes away - maybe an hour if there's heavy traffic. The time in front of the judge only took about 10 minutes. I do not know what I was being charged so much for.Long story short, if you want to be treated like a person, or even not get robbed, run far and fast. I don't know if other lawyers act in a similar fashion, but I will never approach this office again. I recommend you don't either.

Good local fresh food.

A very hood lawyer, who cares.