Barbara Jo Sylvester
Phone: (253) 627-1181, Ext. 109
E-Mail: bjs@mcgavick.com
Ms. Sylvester has dedicated her career to helping families. Her practice is devoted to complex domestic relations matters, including adoption, dissolution of marriage/legal separation, custody/visitation, support, and guardianship. Ms. Sylvester is a highly skilled litigator and negotiator, but also is able to offer collaborative services to her clients. In her thirty-five years of practice working in domestic relations, Ms. Sylvester has had the opportunity to represent clients in all manner of domestic relations, frequently handling complicated dissolutions involving long-term marriages with extensive assets, and highly contested parenting issues. Ms. Sylvester is also able to offer her services as a mediator.
Practice Area:
Family Law
Adoptions
Education:
- University of Washington, B.A. in Business Administration, 1973
- University of Puget Sound, J.D.,1977
Memberships:
- Washington State Bar Association – Former Adjunct Investigative Counsel; Former member, Code of Professional Responsibility Committee; Former member, Civil Rights Committee; Family Law Section Member
- Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association – Former Chair, Judicial Qualifications Committee
- Collaborative Law Professionals of Pierce County
- Collaborative Law Professionals of Washington
- International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
Community Involvement:
- Washington State Bar Association – Seminar Presenter on a Variety of Topics over many years
- Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association – Seminar Presenter on a Variety of Topics over many years
- Calvary Community Church, Sumner, Washington – Former Leader and Instructor, Marriage Ministry
- World Association for Children and Parents – Former Board President and Board Member
- Pierce County Juvenile Court – Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA), Counsel for CASA, and former Court Commissioner Pro Tempore