About Our Firm
A Seattle-Based Family Law Firm
Elise Buie Family Law is a Seattle-based family law firm serving clients across Washington state. We focus on divorce, parenting matters, child support, parenting plans, and complex family transitions with steady guidance, clear communication, and the highest level of client care. Our work in Washington state family law is centered on helping people understand their options and move forward with confidence in every decision they make.
Where To Find Us
Elise Buie Family Law, PLLC
We serve clients in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties.
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We serve clients in Family Law clients in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties and offer Estate and Relationship Planning services statewide.
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OUR PHILOSOPHY
Our Approach to
Washington Family Law
We practice family law with a strong focus on education, responsiveness, and practical problem-solving. Clients come to us during divorce, separation, disputes over residential time and parenting plans, and other major life changes, often during moments that feel uncertain or overwhelming.
Our role is to bring structure to that uncertainty. We take the time to explain Washington law, court processes, legal and financial documents, and available options in plain language so our clients can make informed decisions. We also work to connect our clients with practical resources, including webinars, a carefully curated reading list, and free divorce coaching for those with qualifying matters. We do this to most holistically support our clients’ and their families’ emotional and practical needs during and after their cases.
Our team is trained, skilled, and experienced. We are committed to ongoing education in Washington State family law and estate planning so we can bring creative problem-solving and thoughtful strategy to both straightforward and high-conflict matters. We serve clients in Seattle, King County, Snohomish County, Pierce County, and throughout Washington state.
OUR SERVICES
Family Law Services
Our practice covers the full range of Seattle family law and Washington divorce matters, including:
- Divorce and Legal Separation
- Parenting Plans and Residential Time
- Child Support
- Spousal Maintenance
- Prenuptial, Postnuptial, and Separation Agreements
- Relocation
- Blended Families
- Asset Division
- Estate Planning
We have extensive experience with high-conflict parenting matters and cases involving complex financial analysis, where careful attention to detail and strong organization are advantageous. Please visit our complete listing of practice areas for holistic support with your family law or estate planning matter.
Our Story
Where Our Mission Comes From
Elise Buie, the firm’s founder, developed her approach to family law through her own experience with major life changes and the work of rebuilding afterward. When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, her family was forced to evacuate. That displacement led to several relocations, first to rural Georgia, then to Minnesota, and eventually to the Pacific Northwest. During that same period, she went through a divorce while raising four school-age children.
Those experiences gave Elise a firsthand understanding of what families face when life changes without warning, especially when children are involved, and decisions will affect them for years to come. She personally has lived through the uncertainty of starting over, the strain of co-parenting during transition, and the need for clear information when everything around her felt unsettled.
After spending several years as a stay-at-home mother when her children were young, Elise returned to the practice of law, focusing on family law and child advocacy. Additionally, she served as a guardian ad litem, representing children in high-conflict family law cases. In that role, Elise saw similar patterns from another side of the divorce process: parents trying to make sense of a complicated system while also trying to protect their children from ongoing conflict.
Who We Are
Our Firm’s Values
Those experiences sit at the center of how Elise Buie Family Law works today. Elise built her practice on the belief that family law should help people make informed decisions, communicate more clearly, and find workable solutions for now and for the future. The work we do is not meant to add pressure to an already difficult time, but to give our clients the information and tools they need to move forward with stability and peace.
This approach guides every member of the team. Our firm’s culture reflects a commitment to education, respect, and putting family first, whether you work here or are a client here. We support our clients in understanding the process they are involved in, taking an active role in decisions, and reaching solutions that will serve their family well over time.
Whether through negotiation, mediation, Collaborative Divorce, or litigation, our goal at Elise Buie Family Law remains the same: helping families move through difficult transitions with greater understanding, less conflict, a stronger foundation, and, most of all, optimism about what comes next.
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