Mariah M Mudgett

Mariah M Mudgett

3.9
Rating: 6.0

Licensed for 5 years

Family Lawyer at Bend, OR
Practice Areas: Family

404 SW Columbia St., Ste 150, Bend, OR

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Licensed in Oregon for 5 years

State: Oregon

Acquired: 2020

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Baxter Harder, LLC

404 SW Columbia St., Ste 150, Bend, OR, 97702

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Mariah M Mudgett's Reviews

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3.9 /5.0

14 Client Reviews

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Posted by anonymous | October 26, 2025 | Hired Attorney | Domestic Violence

Unfortunately I can’t recommend

Went to her because she was recommended for domestic violence and because she was a woman, thought she would have some understanding. Felt like all she cared about was money. Handed over custody not understanding the devious nature of the other party. She is not educated in domestic violence enough ...or high conflict exes and the controllers that go after credibility. She had no clue what was going on in the case so much so she handed over custody in a very simple abuse case, by giving more time it ment we were ok with the abuser. I looked like a fool in court several times, walking in completely confused and unprepared. Helped make the case more complicated for someone to take over. Also was completely played by the other parties attorney. Now there is a huge mess to clean up and child is in serious danger. She also over charged me and couldn’t account for it. She needs more experience and compassion for her clients and their children.

Posted by anonymous | June 27, 2025 | Hired Attorney | Domestic Violence

My divorce

Not helpful i was a victim of domestic violence. And she told me just take the deal whichi am still dealing with a narcissus two yeats later thanks mrs. Mudgett

Posted by anonymous | December 30, 2024 | Hired Attorney

Less than impressed.

Lacking in communication. Ended up going elsewhere to get the help I needed.

Posted by anonymous | July 22, 2024 | Hired Attorney | Child Custody

Hiring Mariah was a Tragedy for Our Family

Hiring Mariah Mudgett was a tragedy for our family. Over the course of two years she took a totally winnable custody modification case and destroyed it. All of her legal advice was wrong. Her understanding of the law and statues and their application was wrong. Her strategy for winning at trial was a...mateurish and absurd. She never even attempted to make reasonable objections at trial even after saying she was planning to “out lawyer” the other side. I gave her copious admissible evidence to work with. She couldn’t handle it. I gave her everything admissible to impeach the credibility of the other side. She didn’t use it even after I spent two years telling her how important it was and we lost because of her inability to show the evidence. I felt totally unprepared the day we started trial. Her trial preparation was so sloppy it had to be done twice and I was charged twice. In the end she ran copies of the evidence through the copy machines without even noticing that the copies she sent to the judge could not be read clearly anymore and we went to trial that way. When she didn’t know how to do something she had to ask for help from other attorneys and they charged me thousands of dollars for those attorney's input. Her fees went more than $30,000 over the original, estimated cost of the matter. In the end, her losses in our case combined with fees are well over 100K and counting. At no point did she get any positive results. When her mistakes caught up with her and her law firm she tried to withdraw from the case in the midst of the case still going and then she tried not to tell me she was doing that. One day without warning, I got an email from her assistant with a motion to withdraw. It sighted the reason for withdraw was that the law firm was having an ethical conflict in representing me but she had never even spoken to me about that. I was left totally unrepresented for 3 weeks until the judge ordered her back and she never once tried to explain. Later I found out that they were trying to get out of paying money to a reference judge in our case so they quit without even telling me which is unethical. Mariah’s demeanor in court is so flat that it was hard to tell that she even cared about the case. It was embarrassing to be represented that way. She appeared passionless throughout the trial. The other attorney who has a terrible reputation for sloppy work and did not do a good job at trial was still able to walk all over us and dominate the entire matter for two years. All Mariah did most of the time was shrug. She talked tough in the initial consultation but never got tough after that. She let total lies become public record even though I gave her all the evidence she needed to get in front of those lies. I told her what was going to happen. She let it happen. After the judge ordered her back to the case she got passive aggressive and did an even worse job. I had no money at that point to retain a new attorney. Mariah Mudgett bankrupted me. I had to file chapter 13 after her continuous losses. All of her mistakes were used against me as reasoning to rule against me and Mariah never spoke up. I almost lost my house and I’ll be in bankruptcy for the next 5 years. Custody of my kids was given to an abusive parent. My daughter started talking about killing herself. It's a traumatic mess everyday. We have 9 more years to live like this. My kids will be grown up when it’s over. In the end, Mariah had evidence of judicial misconduct in our case but she withheld it from me and then went out of her way to lie to me about it afterward. Mariah cares more about judges liking her than she does about representing her clients real interests. She burned us without regard for how it would hurt me or my kids. The worst part is that this all happened after she told me that she became a lawyer to “change the system.” She represents the law firms that profit grossly off of families in crisis.

Posted by Brent | December 11, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Divorce & Separation

Great Lawyer

Mariah was great throughout the year long process of divorce and helped me understand the ins and outs of the process. Her impressive knowledge of the law helped out tremendously.

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Lewis & Clark Law School

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