Reviews

I am an attorney in direct competition for business with Mrs. Badeaux, so it would be in my best interest to give her a bad review. However, Mrs. Badeaux and her office staff are efficient and very effective. I can speak from experience that she will work hard on your case. As for the money issue the few reviews have complained about... good luck finding an attorney that works for free or a reduced rate. Every attorney in the U.S. is going to want to be paid for their work. If you want excellent service you have to pay for it. As much as I have had dealings with Mrs. Badeaux, both as an opposing counsel and working in cooperation with her over the past 20 years, you will get the most for your money when you hire her, with the exception of hiring me of course ; ).

Miss Badeaux is truly a miracle worker. In a mess of a case that felt hopeless, she stayed with me and fought for me all the while. I'm ever grateful for the amount of attention she devoted to me, and I will certainly be coming back to her should her services become necessary in the future. Highly recommended!

I approached Ellen Badeaux with a request for assistance with a St. Tammany Parish traffic issue that required a court appearance. Ellen replied with an acceptance the next day. Ellen was able to guide me through the legal process with a very positive result. I appreciate her service and would highly recommend her practice to others.

Extremely knowledgeable and aggressive attorney. She has been our attorney for nearly 10 years. I highly recommend her for any family court matters.

This lawyer is a full on scam! Employed her and her homophobic team to steal our money and leave us worse off in court than we were when hiring her!! DO NOT HIRE HER!! They will charge for calls that didn’t even happen!

I should have checked the bad reviews before I chose this attorney. This is by far the worst attorney I've ever had the misfortune to be represented by in a custody matter. So much so, even the judge herself reprimanded her in every court appearance we had. Let me further elaborate. The first court appearance was supposed to be in person, and I tried to contact Mrs ellen for a month straight to inform her that the court date was approaching but they never returned my call. No contact whatsoever, didn't even bother to call me to prepare for the ruling in advanced. So the day of court, which we wasn't even sure she would appear, we searched around the building to locate her but to no avail, keep in mind she was supposed to be in person, however she appeared in a zoom call. When our proceedings began the Judge asked her "why are you appearing in a zoom call when you are supposed to be here in-person." Mrs Ellen got an attitude with the judge and said, "Well my paperwork says it was suppose to be a zoom call." The Judge responded "no. This is a ruling, which has to be in person." Mrs Ellen disagreed with the judge which was just so unprofessional and shows she was clearly unprepared. The judge gave her a stern warning to pay closer attention to court documents. Once the first appearance came to a close the judge mandated that there should be a filing done by April 18th 2024 by Mrs Ellen on our behalf. The judge went on to Say that if Mrs Ellen failed to prepare the order in a timely manner then she(The Judge) would have no other choice but to consider the opposing party counter suit. Mrs Ellen agreed and promised the judge that she would file an appropriate order per the judge request. I left the court thinking that progess will be made, ASSUMING that Mrs Ellen would take heed to the demands of the judge and file the appropriate order in the timeframe alloted. As time passed, I was disappointed because she did not. I went to the clerk of court to check well after April 18th to see if she filed, and the clerk of court told me that she did not, that no one heard from her. They stated that the judge reissued only Mrs Ellen a summons to appear before the judge to give a reason why she had not prepared the order. I left to court to call Mrs Ellen and after a number of, maybe, 10 times I finally got the receptionist who said Mrs Ellen would get back to me later that day but never did. I've didn't hear a word from her but 5 days later I received in my email a poorly drafted order than could of been done by a 5th grader. My heart dropped. Just poor work, I was so disappointed because I forked over 3500 dollars for this attorney to do nothing and get everything wrong plus argue and debate with the judge. Lastly what made me finalize the separation from this so called attorney was when she sent a bill saying I owe an additional $1800.00 for preparing that poor document at a rate of $400 an hour. Of which her sending that email was in that cost at a price of $100. This lady is a scammer. At the last court appearance she appeared angry that I asked her to withdraw from my case and hearing officer asked her if she wanted to sign the paperwork of withdrawal and she told the hearing Officer "I'm not signing anything for this client." The hearing officer just told her she could leave. Thank God this nightmare is over. Mrs Ellen gave us more problems than the opposing party. She made this case so difficult when prior to her services I was pro se and represented myself far better than she represented me. 0 stars is what I would give this rude and obnoxious lady. Please no one use her services. I wish I would've took heed to the bad Reviews. This is my loss don't let it be yours.

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. She spends more time responding to her bad reviews on Google than she does on her cases. Truly disgusting behavior to break the attorney/client privilege by disclosing details of the cases of the people that leave bad reviews. A clear indication that you do not want this garbage person as 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.

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.

TRAFFIC TICKET DISMISSED! I was recently cited for a moving violation. Being a retired police officer, I knew I had not committed the violation I was cited for, and I also knew that the side of the road was not the place to plead my innocence. I resigned myself to go to court and see if I could have the matter reduced to a non-moving violation. I am currently on chemo and had neither the time nor will, to fight it. I was referred to Ms. Badeaux and through her efforts the citation was dismissed! I highly recommend her and her firm!

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.