Ellen Cronin Badeaux, LLC

"Ellen is clearly farming for reviews. DO NOT HIRE THIS WOMAN. She stole my money while doing absolutely no work. The child I asked her to protect has now been returned to me with numerous emotional scars due to her ineptitude as an attorney."

"Their staff started out perfectly. Quickly responded to all questions and were very knowledgeable. This quickly turned into no response from any email. Phone calls were not returned. After nearly three weeks of no contact from anyone in their office i fired the firm. Ellen called me 6 days after this telling me how much progress she was making in the last few days. Then got rude and hung up on me when I asked why she was working so hard AFTER being fired. They have not refunded my retainer either. Extremely unethical business practices at best or complete incompetence at worst."

"Choosing an attorney can be a daunting process, so I would like to share my good fortune in finding Ms. Badeaux. She represented me in a difficult divorce situation and steered my case from beginning to end with professionalism, skill and confidence. As a seasoned attorney, she brings a formidable bank of knowledge and experience to her cases, which was a constant reassurance to me as a client. In listening to me, she was consistently sharp and incisive, her assessments were spot on, and her successful management of my situation was masterly. I heartily recommend Ms. Badeaux for legal services."

"I contacted Ellen for a consultation on custody and relocation of my daughter. Ellen was very honest and up front during this encounter, she made it very clear that this would be very difficult to accomplish. In 2020 I hired Ellen. I was instructed to complete anger management of which I did. Each time court was held a continuance was issued due to difficulty in finding another party needed to move forward. I had gotten a p.i. to locate the other party in which we were finally able to move forward and able to see a hearing officer. Ellen was able to get me every other weekend custody. This was the first time in three years that I was able to see my daughter. Being that I lived in another state I had to fly out every other weekend no matter how financially difficult it was. I made every weekend visitation and in March of 2022 Leslie was assigned to my case. Leslie answered all my questions and was extremely professional. After many continuances from the other parties I was granted temporary custody of my daughter for the summer. Shortly after this in September I received a deferred judgement granting me sole custody and relocation. Thank you Ellen and Leslie for all your hard work and dedication to me during my case, I am very grateful. I will be keeping Ellen on retainer just in case any legal issues should occur when my daughter has to go back and visit for holidays."

"Worst experience with a lawyer ever. Ignored my calls/emails, never returned calls, failed to fulfill her own dealings/promises, missed the court deadline, and her secretary constantly made promises on her behalf that were never fulfilled. Long story short she ghosted me (despite me over paying her an extra $2000). I advanced her $4000 with the promise I’d receive any unused funds. Well since she ghosted me in may and I never nor the defendant never received our final custody agreement to sign…I formally requested the termination of her services 3 times via email and requested my unused funds (retainer fee) to be returned to me (which is over $2000) and have yet to receive my money or a reply. I still have no final custody agreement because she failed to write it up in a timely manner, and I was told our entire court proceeding is not even on record with the court somehow. I had to find out, through the kindness of the defendant informing me, that our court date (for not having a signed final custody agreement) was rescheduled…still don’t know the new date yet. She has been silent the entire proceeding, actually ridiculed me infront of the hearing officer, the defendant, and his lawyer, and then she literally ghosted me in may. She owes me my unused funds and has yet to even contact me back regarding this or my case which was supposed to be resolved back in may if we had the revised custody agreement to sign. Never had such a horrible experience hiring a lawyer."