About
Lawgate, the family law practice of Michael W. Bugni & Associates, PLLC, is a Seattle, WA firm founded in 1983 and focused exclusively on family law. The firm handles divorce and legal separation, committed intimate relationship dissolutions, child custody, parenting plans and modifications, child and spousal support, property and asset division, domestic violence protection and safety orders, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, establishing parentage and paternity, enforcement and contempt, third‑party and grandparent rights, stepparent adoption and family formation, guardianships and juvenile dependency, and post‑divorce estate planning and probate.
Based in Seattle’s Northgate area, the firm meets clients in person and remotely. While centered in King, Snohomish, and Pierce Counties, it also assists clients in Kitsap, Skagit, Whatcom, Island, Jefferson, Clallam, and San Juan Counties, and coordinates with counsel statewide, nationally, and internationally for multi‑jurisdictional matters.
The team includes attorneys Michael W. Bugni, Karma L. Zaike, Natalie M. Beckmann, Tonya R. Meehan, Robert C. Bennett, Brady J. Horenstein, Daniel F. Bugni, and Roslyn C. McKean Berner. The practice seeks amicable resolutions when possible and provides detailed, comprehensive litigation when needed.