Law Offices of John A Balent

John Balent rocks!
He (and his office workers, Kerry especially), handled my divorce without any hicccups or snags.
He has a very relaxed attitude and was VERY thorough!
As someone who relies on referral business, I have recommended 3 women to the office of John Balent and all of them were super satsfied!
He will always get 5 stars from me!

John helped me through a very difficult and emotional separation and divorce, He showed great compassion and he made both me and my my ex feel very comfortable ultimately leading to an amicable settlement. He first and foremost was concerned about our well being and encouraged us to make sure we had exhausted all options before making the final decision to divorce. A very loving man and he’s been a close friend for many years.

In 2011, I was slammed with a modification to lower child support for my family. Attorney John Balent to the rescue — no worries and no modification to lower support for my ex. This was a great experience in a very uncomfortable situation not only for me but for my children in need.

Mr. Balent is an expert with a kind heart. He helped me through a difficult child support issue. I am aware that there is One unhappy customer who is trying to create an online smear campaign against his offices. DON’T BELIEVE IT. It is a sad part of Internet life that one person with lots of time, venom and Internet savvy can hurt a good businesses reputation.

INCOMPETENT!
Balent handled my family law case and boy what a waste.
During the initial consultation, he was empathic and appear to be so concern about my interest. Money given (albeit we agreed to a fix rate, I received a bill with charges over the agreed fee — see review prior to this for description of such charges). No input from him on the development of the case. Met with him to follow up (waited a good 45 min even with appointment) and he appeared to have just woken up (that’s fine but I could have sworn I smelled alcohol eminating from him). Appeared disoriented and did not seem to know about my case. I repeated the whole situation to him again. During the trial, It appeared to me that he was working for the other party as there was no effort at all to argue my interest and agreed to all of the other party’s lawyer. I felt there were no effort made to make or defend my case. I could have done «pro per» and saved me my hard earned money, or paid someone else that would have fought or at least made an effort to argue my interest.
Other dissatisfied clients also have written reviews on how they were represented by this untrustworthy opportunist at
. There is also a website showing how he practices that I think every potential client should know before hiring him.

I recently met with Mr. Balent and feel such a weight has been lifted. While being kind and understanding, Mr. Balent presented a clear plan of action that is focused on the needs and goals of my family rather than drama. I cannot tell you what will happen with my family matters but I do know that I have a professional advocate with serious experience on my side.

John Balent is a dedicated, skilled professional lawyer. He takes the time to clearly understand the needs of each child and to guide the parent through the system.