Shana E. Thompson has achieved success by listening carefully, understanding her
clients’ long-term objectives, and helping resolve dissolutions as amicably and
expeditiously as possible.
Since 2000, Shana E. Thompson has been proudly serving individuals in family law
cases throughout Washington State, including the counties of King, Snohomish,
Whatcom, Island and San Juan, to name a few. Our firm will appear in any county in
Washington State that allows for virtual court appearances. Shana appears in person in
the cities of Seattle, Everett, and Kent. Her client base has been built through hard work
and determination, allowing her to become what she is today. She takes great pride in
providing top-level service when you choose her to handle your family law needs.
In 2022, she co-authored the property chapter of the Washington Family Law Deskbook.
Also in 2022, she received a Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating
which she holds to this day, an award to only those lawyers with the highest ethical
standards and professional ability. Shana has further served as a commissioner pro
tem in King and Snohomish counties.
As with many Northwesterners, Shana is a dog person. Where she goes, so go her
four-legged friends. She finds it so sad that in dissolutions of marriages and committed
intimate relationship the court treats pets as property. When there is a dispute, the court
generally places a value on your pet, gives that pet to one spouse, and provides the
other spouse an “offset” in the rest of the property division for the monetary value of
your pet. Shana knows that you cannot put a price on a loved one and will do everything
possible to help her clients protect their relationships with their pets. She has devised
pet visitation schedules for past clients—something which can only be done through
mediation.
Often, when parents separate, one parent relocates out of Washington State and long-
distance transportation of children becomes something many clients must coordinate. It
is a challenge with which Shana is personally familiar, having been to the airport at 4
a.m. with her unaccompanied minor. She knows the anxiety of putting your child on a
plane and the long absences that follow. She empathizes with her clients, and is right
there, ready to assist in arranging the best possible long distance residential schedules
for their children.
Shana is dedicated to providing you with the right services for all your divorce needs.
Shana is always learning, educating herself on the latest court cases and changes to
statutes that affect the practice of family law. Shana advises her clients on the current
law and the effect it will have on your case.
