Lauren M. Barnhart

I would give her 10 stars if I could! You need an attorney to help in ur case and call out liars, she’s the one for you. My daughter is in a WAY better place now that she is with me. I will definitely use her again if anything is needed. I’m so proud that I had her though my case and she answered all... the questions I had and never once lied to me. I’m proud I had her on my side to get my daughter back and stick up to a man that was an abuser to me and her. She is the one for you if you need someone to show the right way. She is absolutely amazing and I couldn’t of been more happy.

Lauren was patient and kind. She looked out for the best interest of my kids and never stopped even with the opposing party waswilling to stop at nothing short of destroying me or my character. It was a long battle but Lauren was always there and always pointed me in the best direction. She's awesom...e and am grateful for everything she did for me and my kids!

Lauren did an excellent job of advising me about communicating in a difficult grandparent situation. She read the difficult communications from the other party and she provided excellent guidance for me to respond. Eventually I was able to obtain some limited access to visit time with the grandchil...d involved, which was a result I did not have before working with Lauren. Thank you, Lauren!

Lauren Barnhart was my attorney during a custody battle. I am so thankful for Lauren. She was very helpful and always made time for me. She went the extra mile to provide excellent customer service. It did not matter what time or day it was, Lauren always took time to listen to and respond to my conc...erns. I appreciated how fast and efficient Lauren prepared my court documents that I would not have been able to do myself. Lauren was an excellent attorney.

I hired Lauren for modification to custody. Lauren and I seemed to have a common understanding of our legal strategy when I hired her. Her legal firm consulted me on the strategy to modify from joint to sole custody. However as the trial date approached she demanded to communicate with the other att...orney and changed the strategy on my case. She pushed me towards a settlement that I regret. I had to give up important safeguards in my parenting plan as part of the settlement that Lauren thought were “micromanaging”. It’s ironic that another attorney at her firm wrote my micromanaging parenting plan. Lauren often sympathized with the other side and made backhanded negative comments about myself. It is not Lauren‘s fault that my ex-wife negotiated a settlement in bad faith. However Laurens creative solutions left opportunities for a difficult coparent to exploit. I did not need creative solutions that she advocated, instead I needed custody. I had a strong case for custody and we simply compromised too much to negotiate the settlement. As the trial approached I felt Lauren was difficult to communicate with and did not try to understand my position. She allowed the other side to modify my parenting plan without track changes. She also was unavailable to review important documents under a deadline. I caught issues in the settlement language that were her responsibility to identify. She was generally outmaneuvered by the other attorney and the settlement was unresolved for over a month because she was out maneuvered. My ex-wife has failed to follow the settlement as I suspected. Lauren and assured me that I was better off with a settlement than a vindictive coparent. However I have a unhelpful settlement and a vindictive coparent and it was expensive. I am now in the position of seeking legal action once again only 2 months after the settlement. I regret hiring Lauren and was underwhelmed by her capabilities. If you have a difficult coparent who is not making decisions in your child’s best interest do not hire Lauren. Lauren seemed more intent on reaching any type of settlement instead of the actual resolution in a trial. I think Lauren is better suited to be a mediator than a trial lawyer.