Practice Area: My practice is a general practice with a focus on family law, immigration and appellate work in Seattle, Washington. I have a working knowledge of Russian and German, which facilitates my work with members of the Russian community in the areas of family law and immigration.
For the past 19 years, I have concentrated on family law and immigration. In the family law arena, I have argued dozens of cases before a variety of courts and in a variety of counties: from Pacific county in the south to Clallam county in the north.
Families have always been my focus; from child custody litigation, child support, modifications, divorce, processing immigrant fiance' and marriage petitions to arranging foreign adoptions. Whenever a child is involved, great care must be taken to protect that child from being exposed to the legal problems, which often place the parents at odds with one another.
About: Dave Hawkins has been the sole owner and operator of the Law office of Dave Hawkins for the past 10 years. He actively litigates cases throughout Washington State, concentrating in Snohomish, King and Kitsap counties. Mr. Hawkins enjoys representing individuals in family law proceedings and immigration matters involving deportation proceedings as well as the submission of various petitions to the USCIS to help immigrants who wish to live in the Untied States. He has an active Russian clientele and is actively seeking to open up the courts to individuals who traditionally have been excluded from the courts in their home country. Mr. Hawkins also argues cases before the Court of Appeals.
Mr. Hawkins grew up in the silicon valley of California in the Bay Area and still has family residing there. He attended college at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and completed his undergraduate education in Virginia at James Madison University. He earned degrees in Political Science and Paralegal studies. Mr. Hawkins attended law school in Lansing Michigan and actively participated in Moot Court, competing at the national level and earning recognition for his speaking skills and the art of advocacy. He also actively participated in the study of international law which gave rise to his interest in the legal procedures of foreign countries. He earned his Juris Doctorate degree in 1991 and traveled west to Seattle to practice law in Washington State. Mr. Hawkins is admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the state of Washington, the US District court for the Western district of Washington and the Immigration Court in Washington. He is a member of the Snohomish County Bar Association, the King County Bar Association, the Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, and the American Bar Association. Mr. Hawkins is also a standing member of the Amicus Committee of the Washington State Bar Association as well the Court Rules Committee of the Washington Stat Bar Association.
Mr. Hawkins' law practice emphasizes divorce and family law, adoptions, both foreign and domestic, international child abduction, immigration matters, and representing the interests of those who have requested asylum from the persecution they have suffered in their home country. Mr. Hawkins is active in advancing the rights of Russian immigrants and citizens who seek to invoke the power of the court to for protection.
Mr. Hawkins' interest in oral advocacy is long standing. During his undergraduate days and in Law School, Mr. Hawkins took it upon himself to hone his oral advocacy skill be participating in debating societies and the National Moot Court competition.. Mr. Hawkins seeks to keep those skills sharp by participating locally in Toast Masters and is a Member of the Masonic order.
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