Shelly Kay Perkins

Ms. Shelly Perkins is a very competent lawyer in Portland and at the same time very Kind and Compassionate. She has represented me more than once and helped me get through rough times. My EX to change more than three lawyers just to defend himself still both the times I got a favorable judgment becau...se of her. She listens to all my concerns, responds in a timely manner and provides the best Legal advice and sticks to my side and she has also been a well wisher and guide. I am very pleased with her services. She is so knowledgeable and I am so amazed and thankful that I found her. The effort that she put in has been so much yet she billed me very reasonably. Her staff is also very great. I highly recommend Ms. Shelly Perkins services for anyone that needs help with Child custody, Divorce and separation.

I hired Shelly in the middle of my case. She immediately stepped in decisively and handled everything in a way that gave me the results I wanted. She knew exactly what I should do and when. Without her, I would have never gotten the support I needed or the time with my children that was good for t...hem. In a super conflict case like mine, I never expected anyone to really believe in me the way she did. Going to court is expensive and Shelly handled the case in a way to save me money too. Thank you, Shelly!

Ms. Shelly Perkins has been my attorney for several years through a particularly grueling visitation situation. It has always been important for me to have as much time as possible with my daughter. When I first hired Shelly, my daughter was less than a year old. At the time, the child's mother was o...nly willing to give me visitation every other Saturday and Sunday and was insisting that I pick my daughter up on Saturday morning, return her Saturday evening only to pick her up again on Sunday morning and return her on Sunday late afternoon. Being that I wanted to spend more quality time with my daughter and that the mother's residence was 45 minutes away, I decided to find an attorney to seek more time with my the child. Oregon claims to be progressive in that fathers are given equal opportunity to parent. Unfortunately, this didn't seem to be the case in speaking to several people in situations similar to my own. My consultation with Shelly was through an Employee Assistance Program though my work. I instantly felt at ease with Shelly and she explained the child custody laws and we discussed what I wanted and what options I had. I wrote a check for a retainer and have never had regrets. Our first court date awarded me not only an overnight every other weekend but an overnight and full day every other Thursday. I also was able to have four weeks with my daughter throughout the year. Shelly was well-organized, informed, and really just ran circles around the mother's attorney. We were able to stay with this visitation plan for three years. Over the years, there were a few incidents where the mother denied my parenting time with my daughter. When I was not able to have my child for the agreed upon Christmas break, I contacted Shelly, apprised her of the situation, and put her back on retainer. The mother hired a new attorney because she was dissatisfied with the last judgment. Before our court date, the mother and her attorney offered a child visitation plan that actually gave less time when all the calculations were said and done. I chose to go to court and unfortunately it took five hearings to finally get the visitation schedule settled. The length of time was no fault of Shelly's but rather the other attorney. I said that Shelly ran circles around the mother's first attorney and this was definitely true of the new attorney. For example, the mother's attorney would state what she called a "fact" and Shelly was able to open her well-maintained case file and within seconds, find proof that the fact was not a fact at all. Shelly tried to settle the visitation out of court by working with the mother's attorney but the other side refused to give an inch. As I mentioned, we went to court five times. The other attorney was constantly late, disruptive, and very unorganized. Looking back, I can say that Shelly kept the focus on the child while the other side focused on money, how much overtime I worked, etc. In the end, I was awarded week on/week off with my daughter over the summer. I have three weekends a month, an overnight for all school holidays, every spring break, every Memorial Day weekend, every other Thanksgiving, and half of Winter break. I even have a two hour dinner visit with my daughter on the Wednesday of the week that I don't have her for the weekend. Please let me note that this was never about the money for me. I didn't want more time with my daughter so I could pay less in support. I wanted time with my daughter because I love her and want to be a part of her growing up. Shelly helped me be able to do just that. People that I speak with are surprised that I received so much time and I credit Shelly's tenacity, level-headedness, and knowledge of family law. My daughter is now five and I am sure that before she turns 18, we will be in court again. When that time comes, I would want no one but Shelly as my attorney. Five stars out of five.

Ms. Perkins was hired, performed less than three months of work - mainly through her associate Adrienne, who was excellent - and then quit abruptly less than a month before the trial. She did not understand or advance my case at all. In fact, she undermined it. Do not hire this attorney if you ar...e involved in a high conflict case. This attorney can not understand or handle aggressivley unethical opposition. Waste of time, money, energy, all to end up far worse off had I not hired her. Avoid.