Douglas Becker

Specialties

Our mission is to provide clients the guidance and advocacy they need for one of the most traumatic and important events in their life. We handle cases from simple to highly complex, including property and custody issues of all kinds, child relocations and modifications.

History

Established in 1984.

Mr. Becker was honored with the WSBA Family Law Section’s Attorney of the Year award in 1992 and received a Special Service award from that group in 2002. He has a Martindale-​Hubble A rating and an AVVO 10.0 rating.

Bar Admissions

–Washington State Bar Association, 1984

–U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington, 1986

Education

–Seattle University Law School, Juris Doctor, 1980

–University of Iowa, Bachelor of Science, 1977

Awards & Recognitions

–Martindale-​Hubble peer rating: AV (5.0 of 5.0) since 2000

–AVVO rating: 10.0 (highest rating) since 2013

–WSBA Family Law Section 2002 Special Achievement award

–WSBA Family Law Section 1992 Attorney of the Year award

Meet the Business Owner

Doug B.

Business Owner

Douglas Becker has over 30 years of experience as a family law litigator and he is one of the most knowledgeable family law attorneys in Washington. In 1999 – 2000 Mr. Becker played an important role in passage of the Child Relocation Act. The Washington State Bar Association Family Law Section twice recognized his contributions to family law with the Attorney of the Year award in 1992 and a unique Special Service award in 2002.

Mr. Becker has served on the WSBA Family Law Executive Committee since 1993 and he is the founder and moderator of the WSBA Family Law Section’s web site/​forum. He publishes Family Law QuickCites, a summary of Washington appellate decisions used by many Washington attorneys. He is also a long-​standing member of the Domestic Relations Forms Sub-​Committee of Washington’s Administrative Office of the Courts as well as a frequent author and lecturer on family law topics.