Do not trust their website or anything they tell you. They are unable to practice in Oregon but will charge you to consult of legal stuff they can't even practice Edit In Response to their reply: I can confirm that my wife did consult with them and the name and address matches. Can confirm they charged us for consultation without ever mentioning they can't handle Oregon related cases. read more

Attorney William Ball at Beaty Hatch has been the calm in the storm with regard to a legal battle a close family member has faced over the past few years. His patience and expertise have been so very appreciated. Mr. Ball has always kept us up-to-date with the letters and responses received or needed. He organized and filed hundreds (if not a few thousand by now) of pages of documents, and set important calendar dates and reminders well in advance. All of his communications and follow-ups were precise, on time, efficient and always reinforced our confidence that the case has been handled by a reliable, dependable and trustworthy attorney. He has been there to answer all of our questions and to explain the legal process with patience and kindness. He is very knowledgeable. He has worked hard for us - and seeing him in action during court appearances has confirmed that we selected just the right person to represent my family member. Not all cases end the way we would hope. Legal battles can cause pain and heartache exposing personal and private matters that are better left behind closed doors. Life gets messy. It's easy to place the blame on someone else because life is unfair and the judge may not rule in your favor. Will Ball has helped us through with not just legal documents but with the hard personal stuff too. The other party in the case has been unresponsive and even combative at times, which has extended the case and cost more money. I am grateful for Mr. Ball for looking at things from new angles, and working with several opposing attorneys, court clerks and the judge to help move this case through the court, all the while being incredibly sensitive to the stress and toll that this case has taken on our family. He has made a difficult and lengthy process much easier to get through. I highly recommend William Ball at Beaty Hatch as an excellent, reliable, dependable and kind person and attorney. read more

Avoid William Ball, unless you're looking for a milquetoast middleman who masquerades as a lawyer. I had the misfortunate of hiring him from Beaty Hatch during my dissolution. I went in the assumption that he was going to fight for me and resolve the dissolution in a timely fashion. That is all I asked for in our initial meeting, regardless of the outcome. After just two months, I was so baffled by his unresponsiveness and lack of interest in the case (he'd routinely take days or weeks to reply to even simple questions, if he's respond at all) that I asked him what additional compensation would incentivize him, to which his secretary replied that she would print out my last email for him. Imagine hiring a lawyer for 300 USD / hr who is so disorganized that he can't even keep track of client emails and needs a secretary to hold his hand. Well, you don't need to imagine. You can just hire William Ball. As time went on, who the lawyer was between us become increasingly blurred. Numerous emails to the judge and opposing counsel were just him forwarding text I wrote with his name attached. Here are more instances of poor work on his part that I'd like to highlight. 1. Before the first "mediation" session with the opposing counsel in mid-April, I had made it extremely clear that I wanted to resolve the dissolution as quickly as possible. By that point, opposing counsel had two months to prepare. So what does Mr. Ball do just a week before mediation? He agrees with the opposing counsel to push it out two more weeks, so she can prepare more! I immediately emailed him asking why on earth he would do that, to which he basically replied, "oops, too late." 2. Mr. Ball failed to inform me that I was allowed to hire my own business valuator to valuate my LLC. I only found out later because another lawyer told me. Considering that this valuator's work contained factual errors and bad analysis, this kind of information would have been incredibly useful. Another lawyer reviewed Mr. Ball's work shortly after I fired him. Upon learning about his failure to recommend our own valuator, the other lawyer commented, "[This] seems UNBELIEVABLE and incredibly negligent." 3. During the second "mediation" session, Mr. Ball was given an opportunity to question the valuator's work. His efforts were nothing short of embarrassing. Instead of homing in numerous lines of evidence indicating that she had put little effort to her analysis or had relied on problematic assumptions, he spent forty minutes tossing her softball questions that did nothing to bring into question the credibility of her valuation. 4. The verdict of the "equalization" provided by the arbitrator included false information about statements made during "mediation". What did Mr. Ball do in response? Absolutely nothing. Not a peep of protest, despite acknowledging that the arbitrator's decision contained factual errors. I was dumbfounded. At that point, the reality sank in that I was just another case he could cram into his schedule and extract money from. I had spent months thinking, "OK, soon he's going start fighting. He's just waiting for the right moment to pounce." Nope. By the time I realized I had been had, it was too late. I informed him that I did not want to pay his last invoice of 3.6k, having already spent 16k on him. I gave a long list of grievances regarding his performance. His equally unprofessional manager, Valerie Nack, responded to with a cheeky claim that I'm merely disappointed by the outcome of the dissolution. No, let's not mince words: even if I had "won", Mr. Ball is still incompetent. The outcome was unjust, even by Mr. Ball's own admission, but that is the arbitrator's fault, not Mr. Ball's fault. Mr. Ball was asked to perform a job with a certain level of quality and professionalism and he failed to do it. Beaty Hatch has defended his incompetency and thinks that the matter will be resolved by harassing me with collections. They are mistaken. read more

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Do not go here. They will tell you one thing and you will get another. Also generic and bland. I was in a wreck and got nothing but medical bills paid. Why am I forced to give 1 star? read more

Our family used the services of Will Ball at Beaty Hatch over the past several years. This was a complex case that he handled and did so with care, persistence, patience, and professionalism. The opposing party made every possible effort to make this as difficult as possible. With William Ball's expertise, and I would imagine many many hours of research and composing documents on our behalf, he did things as our attorney that we could've never done for ourselves. It was worth every penny to use his services. The other party went through several different attorneys over time, and that prolonged our case and delayed things numerous times, which also tried our patience. We didn't know what the outcome would be or that this case would take several years to resolve, but in the end, it all worked out the way it needed to. He did a wonderful job of explaining the process, navigating the court system, along with recommending outside services to deal with the challenges we faced. We highly recommend William Ball at Beaty Hatch as an excellent and thorough attorney who knows what he is doing. read more

I hired William Ball to represent me while going through a difficult and contentious divorce. He was upfront front from the very beginning with fees, the process and outcomes depending on how I wanted to move forward. He or his paralegal were always available and got back to me quickly. He put out the fires my uncooperative ex husband started. It was not pretty and very stressful for me but William took care of the legalities and kept my ex in line Even now, months after my divorce he still checks in to see how things are going. I appreciate all he and his paralegal did for me and would recommend his services. read more

William helped me come to a resolution with my ex after three years of fighting back and forth. he was my second lawyer in the case and I spent an enormous amount before coming to him, let me tall yah, I wish I had sought him out first. great guy nothing but love for him read more

I was the guardian for my father's estate but I lived in another state than he did. So it required monitoring through the courts in court appearances which I couldn't be at many times through out the years, through this I've had a couple of different attorneys handling my dad's case and one of them Beaty Hatch, Excellent attorneys keeping you informed through emails and phone calls and up-to-date with all the important information you need to know about your case, court dates and mailings. I always felt confident and informed with this company and treated respectfully when I called or emailed a question and needed an answer on my case. read more

My Attorney, Michael Beaty did a very good job for my wife Patricia. He was very kind hearted and always listened carefully. He's a very nice man and he always made me feel comfortable and so much better when I was nervous and scared and made sure that I understood everything that was being said by the other Attorney's involved in my case. I will call him if I'm ever injured in another accident and I would not hesitate to refer others to his law firm that involves any type of accident. He's a 10+ in my book and I thank him and his staff for his hard work and caring. read more

It was very pleasant to work with Michael. He was very responsive and able to answer all of my questions and concerns throughout the whole process. I would definitely recommend Michael for injury and diminished value claims! read more