There may come a time when your family needs a lawyer to handle sensitive and complicated family matters such as a divorce, custody of and/or visitation with a child or grandchild, support for a child or spouse, or the adoption of a newborn, foster child or step-child. Or possibly, your family needs assistance for a disabled child or an elderly parent.
Maybe you are seeking an appropriate placement setting for your parent and are hopeful they will be able to continue to live with dignity and in comfort. Maybe your need for an attorney only involves a traffic ticket received while traveling through New York. A wide range of people affected by these and other legal challenges in New York seek the assistance of our firm.
Maybe you are seeking an appropriate placement setting for your parent and are hopeful they will be able to continue to live with dignity and in comfort. Maybe your need for an attorney only involves a traffic ticket received while traveling through New York. A wide range of people affected by these and other legal challenges in New York seek the assistance of our firm.
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Syracuse attorney Elisabeth A. Barker possesses a wealth of related personal and professional experience in divorce, child support and custody disputes and other family law situations, including guardianships. The law firm of Elisabeth A. Barker, Attorney at Law, provides practical legal solutions to meet each client's needs.
When it comes to choosing an attorney to handle your family law matter, you should consider key factors such as your lawyer's experience and background handling cases similar to yours and the attentiveness your lawyer has to your legal concerns. Divorce: We are prepared to help you initiate a divorce action and assist you through the entire process.
I just wanted to let you know how much it meant to me and to all of us that you just gave so much time in my son's defense. I continue to be grateful for all you did. Thank you greatly for the work that you have done with this case so far. I don't think anyone else would have been able to get the results that you have in this support matter.
Reviews (9)
William Meyerhoff
Dec 07, 2020
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As with many other reviews here, our experience was extremely disappointing. Paid for consultation and an additional $1500 as a preliminary retainer for a grandparent visitation matter. Received no response to inquiries regarding the case after waiting a month, only thing she did right was refund our retainer. Only gave one star for this review so I could warn others, do not engage this attorney. I would have left a solid negative five stars if possible.
Survivor Blessed
Dec 01, 2019
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Please I implore anyone looking for an ethical attorney to search elsewhere. Attorney Barker should be disbarred by the NYS bar association. She is not only unethical, abrasive, fights harder for the opposition than the person who retained her, but also very nasty to her clients. My experience was deplorable at best. She was rude, yelled at me and was constantly verbally abusive. Due to on going threats and dishonest and duplicitous suggestions, I eventually brought in family member's to witness how often she lied about small things. She worked so tirelessly for the other side I am still convinced
Melanie Wolfe
May 26, 2019
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Staci Mayfield
May 03, 2019
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I walked in to Betsy's office as a newly single mother of two young toddlers. We had a nice meeting and I went over my concerns with her and what it was I was looking to accomplish. She made me feel as though it would be a simple, quick process. I handed over my $850 to her and left feeling relieved that I had taken control of my situation and made a positive step in my life as well as my children. Well, I was wrong. This was February 2019, fast forward to the present and I am out over $500 with absolutely ZERO results. Nothing was done, I was robbed $550. I received one email with a "DRAFT" of
Kevin VanVranken
Jun 19, 2017
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Betsy, as I was introduced, is very fair, honest and one of the most comforting attorneys I have met. Being a contractor in these litigious times, I know my share. I sat with three family lawyers, Betsy was the obvious choice. I was first greeted by a smiling, upbeat Amy, Betsy's assistant. What followed at my consultation was a firm approach, with a calming confidence. Emails were answered in 24 hours or less. In the end, my wife and I settled out of court. I wash shocked at my return of retainer. Exceedingly fair. Thank you Amy and Betsy! Kevin
Sandra Blasi
Jun 04, 2017
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Elisabeth Barker did outstanding work on my child support case. Attorney Barker without a doubt puts her clients first. Her skills and hard work is surpassed by her modesty and compassion. She knew my daughters are everything to me. The more trust I put into her the more I could see she truly cares about her clients and fights for what is important to them, she is incredibly prepared for court and always kept me informed. Sometimes you feel like the deck is stacked against you, but Elisabeth took her time to explain things to me, met with me even after hours taking time out of her personal schedule
Kjkrunner
Aug 05, 2016
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We had the same experience as other reviewers. We paid thousands of dollars up front then had to take time off from work to chase her down at her office to get her attention. (Usually off on vacation). Few if any return calls. No attention to details and sloppy record keeping. When we did get her to a meeting she repeatedly asked for (and billed) information that had already been given to her. She was good friends with the opposing counsel and the only activity our case got was when he would tell her what to do. Not saying this because we didn't get the results we wanted. Saying that we never felt
Lora H.
Jun 15, 2016
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I hired Elisabeth Barker and she was highly professional and extremely knowledgeable in her field. I gave her all documentation and she handled everything. She took charge in court, which allowed me to focus on my health. My family and I were very thankful for her help and dedication. I highly recommend her.
Helen Murrell
Sep 24, 2015
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My wife and I hired Ms. Barker to handle a child custody case. We live in another state. We paid Ms. Barker a $1500 retainer and for the first part of our case she did a fine job. Our bills from her office have always been paid timely. However, there has been a glitch with our child support payments and we cannot get Ms. Barker's to return any calls to us. We have even gone so far as to file our own paperwork to have the case return to court. We know that she is still seen regularly in the child support court. But she WILL NOT return our calls and now we must find another attorney and start this
