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Stephen James Babe

4.2
Rating: 6.2

Licensed for 7 years

Family Lawyer at Des Moines, IA
Practice Areas: Family, Government, Business ... +2 more

666 Walnut Street, Suite 2102, Des Moines, IA

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Licenses

Licensed in Iowa for 7 years

State: Iowa

Acquired: 2018

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Cordell & Cordell

666 Walnut Street, Suite 2102, Des Moines, IA, 50309

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6 Client Reviews

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Posted by Christian | May 10, 2024 | Hired Attorney | Family

Phenomenal Job!

Stephen was exceptional in my case. He was always timely and professional through the whole process. The whole case took nearly 2 and a half years to complete and every step of the way he seemed to have a clear vision of what was going to happen and what I should expect. We won in the end which I att...ribute to his work ethic and ability to highlight the good in my character. I would recommend him to anyone in the area in need of help in family court.

Posted by Benjamin Harris | March 22, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Child Custody

Stay home father

I was a stay home dad for 12 years for 4 children (3 of the children we had together) and one day we decided it was best to go separate ways. I had to get a lawyer which was from Cordell and Cordell and they had Mr Babe work on my case. Like anyone else who does practice law we don't understand or ...know what we getting into. First thing first child custody situation is a long process. It doesn't happen overnight like what we see in movies or TV shows. Number 2 trust and listen to Cordell and Cordell (or Mr.Babe) they been doing this for years and have experience. Once again I had lack of patience and experience so I did felt overwhelmed. Also concern for the children because I used to be with them 24/7 before the break up. Best thing I loved and respected what Mr babe dud was explained every little detail to me about the process. Mr babe a great listener as well. There was time where he would say a certain thing n I would tell him this person we fighting against is different he would listen and change his method. So that a sign of him paying attention. The best thing about Mr Babe and this is very common with other lawyers he doesn't blow smoke up your @ss. He will tell you the truth and possibly chance of losing even if you did all the right things. You could be up by 100 points n yet he would say we could still lose. Mr Babe understand that a judge can change his or her mind in a split second so he doesn't want us to feel it an easy case to win because nothing easy when it comes to a child. With everything being done win or lose I would still Mr Babe in my corner everything because he has a straight forward answers and willing to listen.

Posted by Leon | January 31, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Family

Review of Attorney Services

I hired Stephen Babe to assist with some family law issues resulting from recent divorce. I found Stephen to be extremely receptive, expedient, and strategically engaged with my case. Going in to our relationship I was experience significant issues with my ex-partner and hoped to accomplish three o...bjectives. Each of the objectives were achieved and closed out with minimal difficulties or stress. It was a pleasure working with Stephen and hope he's available for my future family law issues.

Posted by Cynthia | June 15, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Child Custody

Just a numbers

I don't know where i should start, me and my husband hired Stephen to represent me and help me to get my 2 years old son primary custody. But before we even started that process, we had to go thru Emergency temporary custody because father ended up in Prison for 6 months and refused to let us see my ...son. Emergency custody was supposed to be easy and 1/1 process but it got more complicated because of Stephen lack of commitment , effort and motivation to prepare for hearing. Until he change his approach to the clients, care more about their situation I would advise you to look for another solution. Even if you do hire them, you will probably ended up firing them before your case is over and then they will make sure to make that process as much difficult as they possibly can. Our retainer fee was refiled every monday, with statement what was done in last week. But then suddenly for some reason you need to wait 14 working days until they issue back your money, because of their "policy". Even if we explained that we decided to go with another counsil and that they are holding that process because of that unreasonable hold of our money , they dont care. It is not just "another" process, it is not some insurance claim process... We are talking here about life of the 2 years little boy that is coming back to UNSAFETY enviorement. They were explained that they are playing with other people life because they are not happy that we decided to choose lawyer that is more passionate to help us. - They still dont care. That is the law firm that you are considering to choose. If you do care about the situation that you are bringing up in front of judge, choose another option.

Stephen Babe

Replied last June 15, 2021

Cynthia, I can understand that you are frustrated with Cordell & Cordell's policy to finalize the last billing statement before returning your retainer funds. I did authorize your retainer to be returned in an expedited fashion. It is unfortunate that you have gone to lengths to post about my services in a negative manner when I was successful in my part of representing you, contrary to what you are implying in your post. Please be aware that your representations of my work on your case, and your written recollections of our verbal and written conversations is not correct. I worked very hard for you in your case and did a very good job for you. While I am not going into details with this exact post to prove that your statements herein are not a correct recitation of my work on your case or of my advice to you within the case, I will defend myself, however, by copying and pasting your last email to me prior to your becoming frustrated after being informed that it may take 1-2 weeks for you to get the remainder of your retainer refunded to you (again after the final billing statement is processed) which is as follows: "Mr. Babe, First i want to thank you for your time and services. You have been a great help to helping us with our goals. Moving forward we decided to seek other counsel. i am requesting the file you have put together on my case and the remaining retainer that we have left. Once again thank you for all your help."

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Experience

Rating:  6.2 (Good)

Honors

2018

Distinguished Advocate Award, Jeffrey and Elizabeth Goodman

Work Experience

2018 - 2024

Associate Attorney, Cordell & Cordell

Associations

2018 - Present

Iowa State Bar Association

Member

Education

2018

Drake University Law School

J.D.

Languages

English

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