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About

Provided by Linda Kelley Ebberson

High Net Worth

Practice Areas

Family Law / Matrimonial

Career

Linda Kelley Ebberson is one of Washington’s preeminent divorce attorneys. An original member of Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson, Ms. Ebberson was instrumental in developing the firm's talented and experienced Family Law practice group. She is a skillful litigator with more than 40 years of experience. In her many years of practice, Ms. Ebberson has handled some of the most challenging commercial, construction and dissolution cases which prepared her well to now limit her practice exclusively to complex divorces and property status agreements (cohabitation, prenuptial and postnuptial).

Professional Memberships

Past President, Washington Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers

Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers

Washington State Bar Association

King County Bar Association Judicial Evaluation Committee, 2007-2021

Washington Law School Leadership Council [formerly Foundation Board], 2005-2021

Publications

Presentations:

- 2017, “Effective Restraining Orders & Creative Remedies,” 8th Annual Wechsler Family Law Symposium for the King County Bench

- 2015, Chairperson, Washington Chapter, AAML 21st Annual Family Law Conference “Mastering Social Media and Harnessing

Technology: What Every Family Law Attorney Needs to Know to Keep Up and Avoid Pitfalls,” March 27, 2015

- 2015, Contributing Author, Washington Practice, Family and Community Property Law

- 2014, Mary H. Wechsler Family Law Symposium for the King County Bench, “Tax Consequences of Marital Dissolution – What Every

Judge and Court Commissioner Needs to Know”

- 2013, Chairperson, Washington Chapter, AAML 19th Annual Family Law Conference “Top Tips For A Successful Family Law Practice,”

March 8, 2013

- 2012, “Case Management, The Million Dollar Divorce: A Focus on the Money,” The Seminar Group, April 2013

Work Highlights

- Participated in case preparation, negotiation, and settlement of one of the country’s largest marriage dissolutions involving the

technology sector and celebrity goodwill.

- Successfully divided a complex series of trusts created following the sale of a Fortune 500 business, allowing the wife to gain control

over her estate.

- Successfully enforced a prenuptial agreement after a ten-year marriage, allowing the husband to retain his separate $100 million net

worth.

- Successfully enforced a prenuptial agreement restoring the wife’s separate property solely to her after a brief marriage to a financial

opportunist.

- Successfully traced thirty-seven years of accumulated and comingled separate and community property for allocation between the

parties based upon original source.

- Obtained Summary Judgment dismissing petition for establishment of a committed intimate relationship and enforcing Cohabitation

Agreement.

Languages Spoken

English, fluent.

Education

Western Washington University

Bachelor of Arts, Economics and Political Science

1973

University of Washington School of Law

Juris Doctor

1976

Awards

Best Lawyer - Family Law

Best Lawyers in America

2023

Lawyer of the Year - Family Law

Best Lawyers in America

2020

Law Dragon

Lawdragon 500 Leading U.S. Family Lawyers

2024

Top Lawyer

Seattle Met Magazine

2018

Top Women Attorneys in Washington

Seattle Met Magazine

2017

Top 50 Women Attorneys in Washington

Washington Super Lawyers

2023

Top 100 Lawyers in Washington

Washington Super Lawyers

2023

Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers

Martindale-Hubbell

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