Catherine Jean Baron, experienced Family Law attorney in Austin, TX with 5 reviews
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Catherine Jean Baron

600 W. 13th Street, Austin, TX

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04 Nov, 2019
Catherine was an incredibly helpful and compassionate resource during a complex (but not acrimonious) divorce. My ex and I were trying to pursue what turned out to be a somewhat complicated hybrid of a mediation and collaborative divorce. Catherine was incredibly patient and insightful as she advised me on the pro's and con's of several different options. She did not pressure me to take a scorched-earth approach and very much understood the human and emotional aspects of what I was going through. I imagine she'd be incredible if you're someone who really wants to "win" a divorce, but if you're equally concerned with navigating an open, just process, with awareness of multiple courses of action, I can't recommend Catherine highly enough.
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Monica

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05 Apr, 2019
I had a very complicated divorce case. I have been fighting my ex-husband for about 9 years to get what was granted to me in my divorce decree. He made the impossible to leave me without anything. After so many years trying to solve the issue in a good manner and getting a good affordable lawyer which was impossible; I found Catherine. She took me under her wing and offered me the help I had been looking for so many years. Although the case was very complex due to the location of the assets which were overseas, and berries of the language, that still didn't intimidate Catherine and she pleasantly took the challenge. We fought this for around one year and a half and even my ex-husband tried to persuade Catherine to leave my case, she stood with me no matter what. We ended up going to trial after using all the tools and resources to end this issue in the most civilized manner but my ex wanted revenge at all cost. The trial was incredible because after an exhausting 6 hours in court we got the results we wanted or even more than I was expecting. Catherine fought like a lioness for my case and destroyed completely my ex arguments. Catherine has 6 years of experience and the most incredible thing is that she bit up with no consideration a 35 year of experience lawyer and make her look like nothing. I was very impressed with her outstanding performance. Sometimes you think getting a very experienced lawyer is going to get you to win but not in all cases and neither this one. Her professionalism and the respect of the rule of law took her to great success. She is very honest and makes very clear which ones are your options and possible outcomes. Catherine is compassioned and conveys emotional response whereby one perceives another's problem and authentically, genuinely wants to help resolve the problem. She likes to put into practice her knowledge and abilities with assertiveness, not aggressiveness in a clear, concise, and logical manner. But when she needs to imply some of that aggressiveness which at some point it's important in the courtroom, she will go for it without hesitation achieving the desired results. She possesses good oral communication skills that help her communicate persuasively effective with convincing arguments to judges. She has an impressive high intelligence, strong analytical advocacy skills, an ability to communicate effectively structuring and evaluating arguments to persuade. She holds the ability to listen and respond and timely manner. I'm really grateful to God because first, he was present in all this and sent me an angel to fight for me and he didn't let me down for sure. I highly and with no hesitation will recommend Catherine and I'm pretty sure she is going to achieve more success with the years to come. I won more than a lawyer, I won a friend.
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Suraya

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14 Mar, 2018
Miss Barron was extremely helpful in my situation. She's very informative and answered all my questions. Had a great experience and would return for her services in the future.
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