ABC Law Group

What ABC Law Group does

ABC Law Group LLP is a private, Everett, Washington-based law firm founded in 2000 and formally incorporated as a limited liability partnership in 2011. The firm specializes in dependency and child welfare law, providing legal representation to parents and children involved with Washington State's Child Protective Services (CPS), Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), and Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF). Its core services include shelter care hearings (within 72 hours of child removal), dependency preliminary hearings, fact-finding trials, dispositional orders, progress review hearings, permanency planning reviews, termination proceedings, and Family Team Decision-Making (FTDM) meeting representation.

The firm operates as a traditional professional services practice with a small team of two co-founding partners (Adam Ballout and Taila Ayay), two additional attorneys (Melinda Drewing and Dana Halbert), a paralegal, and a legal assistant. Complementary practice areas include juvenile representation, school disciplinary actions, administrative law and appeals, adoptions, and wills and trusts. The firm derives revenue through hourly and per-case legal billing, with no technology platform, software product, or AI-enabled services. Marketing is primarily organic — Facebook, Google Places, Twitter, YouTube, and educational website content (DCFS/CPS guides, dependency process flowcharts, community resources) aimed at top-of-funnel client acquisition.

ABC Law Group serves clients across three Washington counties (Snohomish, King, and Skagit) from a single headquarters at 6303 Wetmore Ave in Everett. Its competitive position is built on attorney expertise in Washington dependency law, established relationships with local courts, DSHS, DCYF, and service providers, and the ability to provide emergency representation outside standard business hours. The firm is founder-owned and managed, with no external institutional investment, no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no public listing.

Name

ABC Law Group

Legal name

ABC Law Group LLP

Website

https://abc-law-group.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ABC Law Group LLP is a private Everett, Washington law firm specializing in dependency and CPS/DCFS representation for parents and children across Snohomish, King, and Skagit counties, with complementary juvenile, adoption, and estate planning practices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAHAAAK

Family & Private Client (Trusts & Estates) Law

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Legal Services

Keywords

• Dependency law representation
• Child welfare legal services
• Family law attorney
• CPS defense lawyer
• Juvenile court representation

Headquarters

HQ city

Everett

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Hourly/Per Case Billing: The firm provides legal representation services billed on a per-case or hourly basis for dependency, CPS, adoption, and family law matters. They offer emergency legal representation for shelter care hearings within 72 hours of child removal.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ABC Law Group LLP is a Washington State law firm providing legal representation to parents and children involved with Child Protective Services (CPS), the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF), and DSHS proceedings. The firm offers emergency 72-hour shelter care hearing representation, dependency hearings, fact-finding trials, termination defense, juvenile representation, adoptions, wills and trusts, and school disciplinary actions.

Product overview

ABC Law Group is a traditional law firm providing legal services through six interconnected practice areas. The firm specializes in dependency and child welfare law (CPS/DSHS representation, juvenile representation), serving parents and children involved with Washington state child protective services. Supporting practice areas include school disciplinary actions, administrative law and appeals, adoptions, and wills/trusts. Services range from emergency shelter care hearings within 72 hours of child removal to termination proceedings, fact-finding trials, and permanency planning hearings. The firm operates as a unified service practice rather than a modular software product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dependency Law / CPS / DSHS Representation Legal representation for parents involved with Child Protective Services (CPS) and Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) proceedings, including shelter care hearings, dependency hearings, fact-finding trials, and termination proceedings.
• Juvenile Representation Legal advocacy for minors in juvenile court proceedings, including dependency cases, guardianship matters, and child welfare interventions.
• School Disciplinary Actions Legal representation for parents and students facing school disciplinary proceedings and administrative hearings.
• Administrative Law / Appeals Administrative law representation including appeals from agency decisions, administrative hearings, and DCFS/CPS administrative findings.
• Adoptions Legal services for adoption proceedings, including stepparent adoptions, relative placements, and open adoption agreements.
• Wills and Trusts Estate planning services including preparation of wills, trusts, and related documents.
• 72-Hour Shelter Care Hearing Representation Emergency legal representation for parents at shelter care hearings within 72 hours of child removal by CPS, including evidence presentation and witness examination.
• Family Team Decision-Making (FTDM) Meeting Representation Attorney presence and advocacy during DSHS Family Team Decision-Making meetings concerning child placement decisions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Successful reunification of families and prevention of improper child removal by the State
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• LegalShield: Subscription-based legal services platform offering affordable access to attorneys across many practice areas, including family law. Represents an alternative delivery model that competes for budget-constrained family law clients.
• Cordell & Cordell: National family law firm with a multi-state footprint, focused on divorce, custody, and family-related matters. Comparable in practice area (family law) but operates at much greater scale and across many jurisdictions.

Emerging players

• Modern Family Law: A growing, tech-enabled family law firm with locations across multiple states. Comparable in targeting family law clients and exploring modern delivery models, though focused more on divorce and custody than dependency.
• Hello Divorce: An online divorce and family law platform offering unbundled and remote legal services. Competes for a portion of the family law client base ABC Law Group serves, particularly lower-complexity matters.

Others

• Avvo: An online legal directory and Q&A platform that drives client referrals to attorneys, including family and dependency practitioners. Functions as a marketing and client acquisition channel rather than a direct legal services competitor.
• Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith: A large, multi-practice national law firm with offices in Washington. Provides a reference point for the broader legal services market and PE-style consolidation thesis, though it does not specialize in dependency/family law.

Direct peers

• McKinley Irvin: A Pacific Northwest family law firm with offices in Washington State. It offers overlapping family law services (divorce, custody, dependency-related matters) and serves a similar client demographic in the same regional market.
• Law Office of Okrent and Wogsland: Predecessor firm where ABC Law Group co-founder Taila Ayay previously practiced dependency and parents' representation. Operates in the same Washington dependency and family law niche with comparable client base.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCzp0IeYvy0pH9_nZsxDbqtw
• Facebookfacebook.com/abclawgroup
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/abc-law-group-llp

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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