Batch, Poore & Williams, PC
Divorce lawyer, Family law attorney in Raleigh, NC
- Address
- 5540 Centerview Dr Suite 315, Raleigh, NC, 27606
- Phone
- (919) 234-5797
- Website
- batchwilliams.com
About Batch, Poore & Williams, PC
Batch, Poore & Williams, PC is a family law firm in Raleigh, North Carolina, working out of Centerview Office Park near the Wake County Justice Center off I-40. The practice is confined to domestic and family matters, and the attorneys carry credentials that match that focus: three of the partners are board certified in family-law or child-welfare specialties, a distinction the firm notes is held by fewer than one hundred attorneys statewide. Together they bring more than seventy years of combined courtroom and negotiation experience in Wake County proceedings. The firm handles the full arc of a separation. Divorce and equitable distribution — the division of marital property — sit at the center of the work, alongside alimony and post-separation support. Custody and child-support matters are handled through temporary and permanent hearings, and the firm takes domestic-violence protective orders, adoptions, terminations of parental rights, and alienation-of-affection claims. Appellate work is available for cases that continue past the trial court. Because several of the attorneys are certified mediators and parenting coordinators, the firm can also work a matter toward resolution outside a contested hearing, and it offers both full representation and unbundled, limited-scope services for clients handling part of a case themselves. What distinguishes the practice is the mix of disciplines the partners bring to a family file. One partner holds a Master of Social Work in addition to her law degree and is a board-certified child-welfare specialist, which shapes how the firm approaches custody and child-protective cases where the legal and social questions overlap. Another partner came to law from computer engineering, a background the firm leans on in equitable-distribution cases that turn on complex financial records, business valuations, and asset tracing. A third founding partner built more than two decades of experience in juvenile law, guardianship, and adoption. That range lets the firm assign the case to the attorney whose training fits the dispute rather than treating every family matter the same way. The firm's stated model is continuity of counsel. Clients are told they will not be handed off to a rotating cast of associates or paralegals; instead a partner, an associate, and a paralegal are assigned to a case from the first day so that the people who know the file are the people who appear in court. The firm describes its guiding principle as putting the client first and pairing specialized certification with direct, personal attention. Because family cases in Wake County can move between the district court, mediation, and, occasionally, the appellate courts, the firm positions itself to carry a matter through each stage without transferring it to outside counsel. For prospective clients, the practical takeaway is a boutique family-law firm with board-certified specialists, mediation and appellate capability in-house, and a deliberately small team structure built to keep the same attorneys on a case from the initial consultation through final order.
Batch, Poore & Williams, PC was founded by partners Sydney J. Batch, Shannon C. Poore, and J. Patrick Williams, and grew into a boutique Raleigh family-law practice serving Wake County and the surrounding region. Sydney Batch — a UNC-Chapel Hill graduate with law and social-work degrees who also serves in the North Carolina State Senate — and Patrick Williams, who co-founded the firm and holds an engineering background, anchor a team that later added family-law specialist Tatjana Williams. The firm operates on a 'clients come first' philosophy and a team-based model in which a partner, associate, and paralegal stay with a case from start to finish. Clients and the wider bar recognize the firm through its attorneys' repeated Super Lawyers and Rising Star selections, board certifications in family and child-welfare law, and the partners' community and pro bono work across North Carolina.
Services
- Abuse, Neglect and Dependency Cases
- CPS Investigations
- CPS Practice Areas
- Foster Parent Rights
- Responsible Individuals List Appeals
- Termination of Parental Rights Defense
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