According to Families and Living Arrangements: 2006, released by the US Census Bureau, there were 12.9 million one-parent families in 2006 — 10.4 million single-mother families and 2.5 million single-father families. In the future, these figures are expected to grow.

The idea to start my own law practice, DL Washington Law, arose after the birth of my beautiful son, now 22 months old. As a single mother, I thought it was absolutely impossible to own my own business. I thought about health insurance and job security, but then I realized what I sacrificed everyday by working for someone else and missing out and ,often, having to make the decision on whether or not to attend a doctor’s appointment or a fruitless meeting.

Although, I provide a variety of unbundled legal services, the focus of my practice is single parents. I am an undying champion and advocate for those of us who do not have another parent to assist with the load that comes with raising children, for one reason or another. What I hope to achieve in this blog as well as in my legal practice is to offer real-life assistance to single parents as well as modest-income New Yorkers seeking legal assistance, in a non-judgmental forum. I look forward to interacting with fellow New Yorkers in the future.