team-member

Austin Batalden

Portland, OR

Licensed for 13 years

Law Degree

Awards

Primary Practice Area

Child support

Language

English

About

My practice is dedicated exclusively to family law. I handle divorce, custody, parenting time, paternity, and child support. I am also experienced in family law issues for same-sex couples and parents.I make it clear to my clients that, from the time they start working with me until the matter is over, my job is to carry the burden of worrying about their case.In order to provide exceptional service with compassion, I ensure that my clients are informed of the legal process and competently guided throughout.It is my goal to know my client's main concerns about the process. I want to be able to educate my clients as to how the process works, what to expect, and what options they have.

Practices Areas

Child custody

Child support

Divorce and separation

Family

Language

English

Contact

Morris, Stannard & Batalden Family LawPO Box 19014Portland, OR, 97280PO Box 19014Portland, OR, 97280

Office: N/A

Website: N/A

Reviews

Not represented
February 3, 2022

First I completely agree with the previous review Austin needs to go back to the 4th grade to improve on spelling, punctuation, and grammar. My kids have laughed at the errors it’s embarrassing. Austin is unprofessional and violates the professional code of ethics. There is a blog about this office out and also a class action lawsuit as the community has been wronged by this attorney. It is time to stop the abuse and not allow these bullies to control the court room. Personal agendas and their own personal discrimination towards opposing parties his inappropriate behavior. We would not tolerate this from police, or other officials. We will not tolerate it from negligent attorneys like Austin. There is a change.org petition to have Austin’s license terminated please sign everyone. Stand for truth and justice in the court room.

anonymous
August 12, 2021

I deeply regret hiring Austin to represent me during my divorce. The resulting judgment was a disaster where the plan to increase parenting time with my children was not robust enough and simply fell through without any alternative. I was stuck with very little parenting time and had to hire another lawyer to undo the mess that Austin created, costing me tens of thousands of dollars more. Even worse, Austin bailed on me with merely 48-hours notice while the judgment was being finalized. She partnered with other lawyers to create her own office, hoping that I would follow and keep her as my lawyer. What a joke. Throughout my divorce, Austin provided very little--if any--counsel, merely forwarding emails from the other party to me. She wouldn’t add any analysis, options, or comments to help solve problems created by the other party as they came. She typically had no hindsight into the unreasonable proposals from the other party, leaving it to me to understand whether the methods used by my former spouse to intimidate me were just smoke and mirrors or could be actual bad news for me. Austin’s inability to truly represent me added a lot of stress to an already nerve-wracking situation for me. The icing on the cake was that every single piece of correspondence or legal document that Austin wrote was full of spelling mistakes and typos. I had to spend an unreasonable amount of time proofreading emails and documents that were poorly written. I stuck with Austin because I didn’t know better and was afraid of changing my lawyer in the middle of the process. I was aware that she wasn’t doing a great job but I didn’t realize how catastrophic her skills were until I hired a real lawyer who knows how to advise, protect, and represent their client. Do not hire Austin, especially if your case is very conflictual. She is not mature enough to be a lawyer.

Not represented
February 3, 2022

First I completely agree with the previous review Austin needs to go back to the 4th grade to improve on spelling, punctuation, and grammar. My kids have laughed at the errors it’s embarrassing. Austin is unprofessional and violates the professional code of ethics. There is a blog about this office out and also a class action lawsuit as the community has been wronged by this attorney. It is time to stop the abuse and not allow these bullies to control the court room. Personal agendas and their own personal discrimination towards opposing parties his inappropriate behavior. We would not tolerate this from police, or other officials. We will not tolerate it from negligent attorneys like Austin. There is a change.org petition to have Austin’s license terminated please sign everyone. Stand for truth and justice in the court room.

anonymous
August 12, 2021

I deeply regret hiring Austin to represent me during my divorce. The resulting judgment was a disaster where the plan to increase parenting time with my children was not robust enough and simply fell through without any alternative. I was stuck with very little parenting time and had to hire another lawyer to undo the mess that Austin created, costing me tens of thousands of dollars more. Even worse, Austin bailed on me with merely 48-hours notice while the judgment was being finalized. She partnered with other lawyers to create her own office, hoping that I would follow and keep her as my lawyer. What a joke. Throughout my divorce, Austin provided very little--if any--counsel, merely forwarding emails from the other party to me. She wouldn’t add any analysis, options, or comments to help solve problems created by the other party as they came. She typically had no hindsight into the unreasonable proposals from the other party, leaving it to me to understand whether the methods used by my former spouse to intimidate me were just smoke and mirrors or could be actual bad news for me. Austin’s inability to truly represent me added a lot of stress to an already nerve-wracking situation for me. The icing on the cake was that every single piece of correspondence or legal document that Austin wrote was full of spelling mistakes and typos. I had to spend an unreasonable amount of time proofreading emails and documents that were poorly written. I stuck with Austin because I didn’t know better and was afraid of changing my lawyer in the middle of the process. I was aware that she wasn’t doing a great job but I didn’t realize how catastrophic her skills were until I hired a real lawyer who knows how to advise, protect, and represent their client. Do not hire Austin, especially if your case is very conflictual. She is not mature enough to be a lawyer.

Not represented
February 3, 2022

First I completely agree with the previous review Austin needs to go back to the 4th grade to improve on spelling, punctuation, and grammar. My kids have laughed at the errors it’s embarrassing. Austin is unprofessional and violates the professional code of ethics. There is a blog about this office out and also a class action lawsuit as the community has been wronged by this attorney. It is time to stop the abuse and not allow these bullies to control the court room. Personal agendas and their own personal discrimination towards opposing parties his inappropriate behavior. We would not tolerate this from police, or other officials. We will not tolerate it from negligent attorneys like Austin. There is a change.org petition to have Austin’s license terminated please sign everyone. Stand for truth and justice in the court room.

anonymous
August 12, 2021

I deeply regret hiring Austin to represent me during my divorce. The resulting judgment was a disaster where the plan to increase parenting time with my children was not robust enough and simply fell through without any alternative. I was stuck with very little parenting time and had to hire another lawyer to undo the mess that Austin created, costing me tens of thousands of dollars more. Even worse, Austin bailed on me with merely 48-hours notice while the judgment was being finalized. She partnered with other lawyers to create her own office, hoping that I would follow and keep her as my lawyer. What a joke. Throughout my divorce, Austin provided very little--if any--counsel, merely forwarding emails from the other party to me. She wouldn’t add any analysis, options, or comments to help solve problems created by the other party as they came. She typically had no hindsight into the unreasonable proposals from the other party, leaving it to me to understand whether the methods used by my former spouse to intimidate me were just smoke and mirrors or could be actual bad news for me. Austin’s inability to truly represent me added a lot of stress to an already nerve-wracking situation for me. The icing on the cake was that every single piece of correspondence or legal document that Austin wrote was full of spelling mistakes and typos. I had to spend an unreasonable amount of time proofreading emails and documents that were poorly written. I stuck with Austin because I didn’t know better and was afraid of changing my lawyer in the middle of the process. I was aware that she wasn’t doing a great job but I didn’t realize how catastrophic her skills were until I hired a real lawyer who knows how to advise, protect, and represent their client. Do not hire Austin, especially if your case is very conflictual. She is not mature enough to be a lawyer.