McKinley Irvin

McKinley Irvin is a leader in complex and emerging areas of family and matrimonial law, including high net worth divorce, complex property and debt distribution matters, high-conflict divorce litigation, child custody, and international family law.

Based in Seattle, McKinley Irvin has guided clients in divorce and other family law matters for over three decades. Today, it’s the largest family law firm in the U.S. Pacific Northwest region.

McKinley Irvin routinely represents clients with multimillion-dollar estates at issue involving an array of unique and nuanced fact patterns. These cases frequently require the identification, protection, valuation, and strategic distribution of complex and high-value assets, such as executive compensation, business interests, stock options, intellectual property rights, privately held companies, and real estate holdings.

McKinley Irvin provides service according to the client’s preferences, family situation, and life management needs. This approach ensures that McKinley Irvin’s legal teams provide exceptional and thoughtful personal service, support, and strategies tailored to support each client’s unique position and designed to protect what they value most.

The firm has attracted a formidable team of highly respected attorneys with a deep understanding of the legal nuances that sometimes can make or break a family law case. They include professional leaders, skilled negotiators, and tenacious litigators and are considered among the best in the country. Many are peer-reviewed, hold leadership roles in the legal community, and speak on family law topics around the world.

Their client-first approach has served McKinley Irvin well, earning the firm a wealth of professional distinctions, including seven Fellows of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, a listing in the Lawdragon 500 Leading Family Lawyers Guide, an AV Preeminent® peer-review rating from Martindale-Hubbell®, and five recipients of “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers in America® in the field of Family Law for the Seattle metropolitan area.

• Founder and CEO: Rita Herrera Irvin
• Law Practice Managing Partner: Marc T. Christianson
• Practice Areas: Family Law, 100%
• Number of Partners: 11

• Bellevue, Washington
• Everett, Washington
• Kirkland, Washington
• Seattle, Washington
• Puyallup, Washington
• Tacoma, Washington
• Vancouver, Washington
• Portland, Oregon

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• (206) 397-0399