Yanchar Law Office LLC

confidence in his legal knowledge put my heart and mind at ease from the very first meeting. Nik was honest and communicated clearly while showing sensitivity to the fear and uncertainty I faced as a queer person with a disability trying to navigate a surprising and upsetting situation professionally. It was such a gift to work with someone who was encouraging, supportive, and a great listener who even found ways to infuse a painful and upsetting conversations with humor along the way. Most importantly, Nik championed for me and earned me a settlement commensurate with his initial estimation! I have already referred a couple of friends to Nik with confidence that his passionate and purposeful practice of law will continue to foster dignity, justice, and resilience in our communities.

I tried to talk to Nik a few times about a legal issue I've been going through with my employer. On top of this, I was wanting to discuss just my rights in general as an employee and other things. I had emailed Nik a couple times and he didn't respond but I was determined to have ONE lawyer in Portland talk to me as a trans person. I paid Nik $100 ahead of time and wrote up the intake form with info all about what I was dealing with and other issues I was seeing in the trans community. I wanted help and to get what info I could out of a one hour session to help as many people as I could. Nik refused to help because I hadn't met a criteria but he also didn't read or acknowledge any of the details or questions I added to the intake form. He just offered to refund me and did. I just wanted help. I dont want to grieve more friends because of shitty employers. I did get fired while on leave. I also got threatened with a 10 page psychotic letter calling me uncivil. This work ordeal put me into an IOP due to a suicidal ideation in June and I can't get anyone but my spouse to care. That's why the suicide rate is 41% for trans people. I don't wanna add to that but when it feels like you have people who specifically represent LGBT clients they'd show some empathy for them. Idk. It doesn't matter. I don't recommend Nik.