McKinley Irvin

I hired Teresa to represent me with an out-of-state relocation for me and my minor children. From the outset, she was extremely knowledgeable and transparent with me about how my case could play out legally. On account of her tireless dedication and work ethic in addition to her colleagues, the outcome of my case was as she predicted: I was allowed to relocate with my children. Throughout my case, I felt like an absolute priority to Teresa and her phenomenal paralegal, Chriss Elliott. If needed to meet a deadline, Teresa blocked out her work schedule to focus on my case exclusively. In Court, she was incredibly prepared, professional, and a relentless advocate on my behalf. I had complete confidence in her legal expertise . Desite their busy schedules, Teresa and Chriss communicated regularly and kept me informed about the status of my case. You are in extemely capable hands with Teresa Foster and her team. Hire her!

Teresa was wonderful to work with while helping me establish a parenting plan and child support agreement. She was very kind, easy to communicate with, and always responsive. Everything was handled quickly and in a timely manner, which I really appreciated. She made the process feel much less stressful, and I’m grateful for her support and professionalism. Highly recommend.

My experience with McKinley Irvin was extremely disappointing. I spent over $20,000 and my divorce is still unfinished. They never secured a trial date, and the only thing completed was a temporary order. After that, the process kept getting delayed with no real progress. Before hiring them, I was told they would handle everything but I did all the legwork myself except for them filing paperwork. Additionally, my husband took all of our possessions over a year ago, and nothing was done through the legal process to address or prevent that. Between the high costs, ongoing delays, lack of communication, and no real progress, I ultimately had to drop them because I could not continue financially. I will literally be homeless due to my now huge debt of legal fees. I stated from the beginning and many times after that I couldn’t afford to drag this out and wanted to get it to trial quickly knowing we would never agree. I felt this never was a priority with them. I even trial to let me go early on and they convinced me I would be making a terrible mistake doing that. Yeah I fell for that.

The choice of a divorce lawyer can be crucial to the outcome. I am glad that I chose McKinley Irvin after having screened quite a few family law firms here in Vancouver. Katie McGinley with McKinley Irvin was my divorce attorney. I feel lucky that I found her at the beginning of my divorce. Her professionalism and experience helped me tremendously. She led me go through each step of the complicated legal process and the tough time in my life. She is understanding, caring, thoughtful, communicative and respectful. She helped me build up my trust in the US legal system. Owning heartfelt thanks to her and her team, I finally achieved what is believed to be my fair share in my divorce even if it took longer time than I expected. Divorce is a painful torture. That's why you need a real good attorney like Katie McKinley.

I am so glad I found McKinley Irvin. They helped me through both my separation and divorce. Their attention to details and expertise made the process go much more smoothly. I had consulted with other groups in the area and felt like I was being pressured to go after everything when all I wanted was as little drama and court fights as possible. They listed to what I wanted and helped me get the low drama divorce I was looking for. Their knowledge and experience helped me through each step of the process. I would recommend them to anyone else going through this tough process. They certainly made it easier for me and gave me piece of mind that that paperwork around our properties and shared dog were all properly taken care of.