Reviews

Adam was recommended to us by a co-worker at Boeing. Our family was recently involved with CPS and had no idea how to deal with a very hostile and very complicated process. Adam met with me and explained the process and attended 3 meetings with us, during that time we were able to find out exactly why these allegations were happening. The contrast between how we were treated during that first meeting and the second meeting when we had a lawyer was night and day. The first meeting everyone was hostile and my wife and I felt very much like we were on trial somehow with the social worker telling us that we did things we did not. Once we were at the second meeting the entire tone changed and we were allowed to talk and present paperwork and our view of what was happening. We were able to meet with Adam, who we could tell knew his stuff. I was immediately relieved after leaving his office and felt like for once in this whole process we actually had a plan for what to do. Not having a voice or being able to say what you need to say was incredibly frustrating. I can say definitively that our family is together still because of his intervention. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND Adam to any family dealing with CPS.

The woman who organized the meeting at CPS pulled me aside after and told me she thought what was happening to my family was ridiculous. She suggested I call Adam that day and I was in to see him right away. He was polite, prepared and made me feel at ease immediately. My girls were not removed from my care and thats owed almost entirely to Adam. He was absolutely fantastic in court and said everything that needed to be said perfectly. I cannot thank him enough I'll always owe him

Adam absolutely won us over with his performance at our administrative hearing. We had many many nights of anxiety and freakouts before our hearing to get "founded" allegations cleared up and Adam delivered when it came to getting our case closed. The states case was a sham to begin with with NO investigation done for months and an investigator who didnt call us back. We were very pleased with the result

Mr. Ballout won our case at the emergency shelter care hearing after our two girls were removed. The state took them after they found a "medical condition" which they would not disclose to us and the very same day our girls were in foster care. We did not have a chance to speak with them or have any contact with them the entire weekend until after the hearing. We hired Mr. Ballout after reading reviews online and he made himself available to us the same day we called (although only I could hire him) my wife had to get a different attorney. The afternoon of the hearing Mr. Ballout came prepared and was all business. The social worker perked up when she found out we hired Mr. Ballout and suddenly did a 180 and was polite and answered our questions. On the stand however she repeated the same story and lies we had been fed the entire time. Mr. Ballout went through line by line with the worker exactly what she wrote in her declaration and pointed out she said basically the complete opposite another time. Mr. Ballout had called the hospital and talked to the doctors and had the medical paperwork faxed to court which he presented at the hearing. From 1:00pm until 4:30pm we sat at the hearing and watched as she suddenly reversed positions and said that the conclusions she put in her statement were not really hers but her supervisors. Our girls came home that night and we had a new worker assigned to our case. Mr. Ballout did exactly what he said he would and took the social worker to task not letting her get off the hook a single time with her answers and making everyone in the room knew exactly what was going on. the other attorneys responded to Mr. Ballout and I could tell he was taking the lead at the hearing because my wife's attorney did not really have much to add even though he had the same materials. I would recommend anyone who is going through trouble with CPS to get an attorney quickly and to make sure it's Mr. Ballout

If you truly want optimal results fast, It is ESSENTIAL to hire a Specialist like Adam to handle your Dependency Court case. Most general practitioners or family law attorneys who specialize in divorce and child custody issues in civil court are like fish out of water in the Dependency Court -- trust me, as an attorney myself, I should certainly know! Adam, on the other hand, knows this field of law inside and out. He has an impeccable professional reputation and commands the respect of his colleagues, the judge, and CPS. When Adam makes a phone call, things happen. He is extremely proactive- an unquestionably aggressive advocate. When my toddler niece and nephew became the subject of a very complex 72-hour Shelter Care Placement Hearing, Adam stepped in and expertly handled our case within a few hours' notice. He showed up to court the next day completely prepared with a persuasive brief to provide the judge prior to our hearing. Apparently he spent the night before working late hours on our case, as he was clearly familiar enough with the facts of our case to spot the subtile inconsistencies in the CPS records. He even took time to research supporting case law, which ultimately helped to convince the judge to issue a ruling in favor of immediately releasing the children into family care instead of shelter placement. I myself am an attorney who has practiced law for 10+ years. My expectations were exceeded upon seeing the amount of dedication and hard work that Adam committed to our case from the moment we walked into his law office. Witnessing a top-knotch attorney like Adam in action made me want to go back to my own law office with a renewed zeal for my practice. He is an Attorney's attorney- someone who gets the results that justice demands and makes me proud of of the legal profession. Call him now!

Adam demonstrated that he cared about us a people rather than just clients during a very difficult time. He communicated better than any other lawyer i have worked with and took the time to understand us. I would work together with Adam again anytime.

Adam Ballout took my case, compiled my declaration and dismantled the oppossing party's case in court all in under 24 hours. If you dont already know it the legal system has its share of complacent attorneys who will waste your time and money and shrug your case off to the judge's whim. NOT the case with Adam Ballout. He and his team worked late to put my case together and after a well presented successful trial followed up repeatedly with me to insure there were no lose ends. Honestly the best work I've seen in the legal arena.

From the time we hired Mr. Ballout to handle our CPS case things changed for the better. Calls were suddenly returned and our social worker's aggressive and rude behavior during meetings before we were represented stopped. Our hearing lasted 2 days with the social worker getting called to the stand and Mr. Ballout picking him apart and using his own statements against him. Mr. Ballout treated my wife and I with respect and seemed to know every single person in the courthouse which made us feel a whole heck of alot better.Our family is now coming back together after a long process and our biggest turningpoint was getting Adam.