Attorney Autumn Beck Blackledge in Pensacola

We hired Autumn and her team in the Spring of 2020 for my husband to adopt my daughter. We explained our strange situation to Autumn and she explained all the different scenarios of how the adoption would play out. Through all the craziness of this year, her team continued to work on our case. In August, the papers were served and in September a court date was set. Then, hurricane Sally hit. Autumn's team continued to get our court date rescheduled. In November, we had our court date. Autumn and her team prepared me for how the hearing would go. When the hearing was happening, Autumn made us feel protected and well represented. We won! It was because of Autumn's experience that we were able to finally achieve something that we have been working towards for three years. She helped make our family whole and she is a blessing to our family! I recommend Autumn 100%!!! Positive Responsiveness, Quality, Professionalism, Value

My initial case was based out of South Carolina which was difficult to handle being I live in Pensacola. Hunter Hendrix helped advise me as to which attorney I should select in South Carolina since unfortunately he wasn’t able to represent me up there. His guidance and helping me choose representation led to me gaining custody of my son. I then had to change jurisdiction to Escambia county and he helped me every step of the way. Since he has helped us with a few injunctions we have had to file here locally. He has been very helpful, easy to communicate with, and gone above and beyond for our family. We are truly grateful for everything Mr. Hendrix and this firm has done for us.

I’m sharing this in hopes that others don’t endure the same frustration I did. Ms. Blackledge overpromised, underperformed, and both she and her staff repeatedly lied to me. Before hiring her, please read this review in full— and read through other reviews in full you’ll be thankful you did and will likely seek a more reliable attorney. I retained Autumn Blackledge to handle a visitation modification for my son. She assured me that a petition would be filed within three days of payment. Now, three months later, no petition has been filed. When I voiced my concerns, she informed me that she was withdrawing from my case. A few weeks after retaining her, I called the law firm to check on the status of my case and was told nothing could be filed until I completed forms I hadn’t been informed about. I submitted them within 24 hours, yet weeks passed, and I was repeatedly promised a draft of the petition. Each time I followed up, I was told Ms. Blackledge was too busy to work on my case. Months later, I finally received the petition. It included only three claims, was riddled with errors, and failed to reflect the key points we discussed during our consultation. Instead, the petition seemed to be based solely on conversations with her paralegal, who admitted to writing it herself. After researching, I learned this isn’t standard practice—such work must be directly supervised by an attorney. Adding to my concerns, the paralegal works remotely and isn’t based in the firm’s office. When I raised these issues, I was told I needed to schedule a call to discuss revisions—and would be charged for it. While I was willing to pay for revisions, I was baffled as to why the critical points we discussed weren’t included, especially given that I had submitted 111 pages of supporting documentation. After expressing my frustration, Ms. Blackledge informed me she would no longer represent me. She promised a refund and assured me the check would be ready at the front desk. I called the office to let them know I would pick it up on Monday morning. However, when I arrived, I was told Ms. Blackledge was out of town due to a family emergency, could not be reached and no one knew about my refund. The staff claimed they couldn’t reach her. Frustrated, I stepped outside to retrieve my phone to show the staff the email confirming the refund. When I returned, 5 minuets later I was shocked to find Ms. Blackledge standing behind the front desk, despite being told she wasn’t in town and unable to be reached. When I confronted her, she began yelling at me, claiming the check wasn’t ready because I hadn’t emailed her back, even though her email never indicated a reply was needed. Eventually, she wrote the refund check on the spot, but the ordeal was unprofessional and humiliating. Adding to my disappointment, I later discovered numerous negative reviews about Ms. Blackledge’s services, including allegations that she pays to have bad reviews removed and buys fake 5-star reviews. After reading these, I noticed a pattern: her reviews are either 1-star or 5-star, with nothing in between. Several reviewers claimed they weren’t even clients, but rather friends of hers. This has been the most unreliable and unethical experience I’ve ever had with an attorney. If you’re considering retaining Ms. Blackledge, I strongly advise against it. Please, for your own sake, stay far away from this law firm. I have now wasted months of my life. No progress has been made in my case. My son son is in a very toxic situation and I am now left to start over and searching for a new attorney…

Overpriced for the work they do for you. 0 stars for the communication with the paralegals. They add charges to your account if you are emailing for an update or any quick question. Hendrix, Hunter is kind in person but he's a ghost after your first meeting with him. Then it's just hitting a brick wall to get in touch with his paralegals. Cara Marie Beyers was the paralegal on my case and she was always calling out from work. So difficult to get a hold of. She didn't return calls. My questions were rarely ever answered and pertinent information was not relayed to me, yet they still charged me thousands. I still have so many questions. Worse experience imaginable during such a vulnerable time in my life. Wish I could get a refund for every penny given to them. Please don't waste your time or emotions of this horrible firm. I hope they will adjust their pricing system and replace their employees or shut down.

Autumn will not take the time to help past clients when issues arise. I needed help with closing a real estate transaction of our marital home post divorce a few years ago, a different family law attorney assisted after she refused to help, as well as a current contempt issue that I had to handle with a different law firm. Both issues because the settlement was weakly written by one of her attorneys. I begged her for help with my insurance reinstatement. I even recently changed my past factual review to an 5 star, that I left a few years ago during the home sale because said that she does not help past clients that leave nasty reviews. I wrote the review after she would not help me so the review was very factual not nasty. Divorce is extremely emotional, and many times unfair. It helps having a caring attorney who understands these emotions and hardships. Autumn is not that attorney. I almost lost my health insurance, I am paying $2000 per month of my ex husband’s back taxes, and was being taken advantage of the selling of our marital home because of my settlement wording or lack there of. If you choose to choose autumn, I would definitely have another attorney to look over the settlement agreement. Not trying to be nasty. I’m just trying to help others so that they don’t lose as much as I did with my divorce.

Ms. Blackledge and her staff have been amazing during my divorce process over the past year. The guidance and hard work provided by her and her team made this process as smooth as possible, considering the circumstances. They were always attentive and quick to respond, and truly care about their clients. I am so pleased by the outcome of my divorce, and I couldn't have gotten through it so successfully without Ms. Blackledge, her paralegal, Cara, and the rest of her team.

The office of Autumn Beck Blackledge made my family court case experience feel like a walk in the park. Autumn and her office exceeded my expectations. They took all the emotional, mental, and physical stress away that I felt the first time around going to court with my son’s father. I was always informed of new information and was give so much reassurance about my case which helped my anxiety tremendously. I had faith in God and knew me choosing Autumn to represent me was his doing . Autumn’s career is her purpose and God given gift because her and her office made my sons and I feel like family and not just another case she wanted to win. She was honest, transparent, and genuinely cared about the best interest of my son. The day of the hearing her daughter entertained my son and he said he had the best time with her sweet girl. I’ve never had such AMAZING AND WARM service anywhere. I definitely will continue to refer the office of Autumn Beck Blackledge. Karen is awesome she goes above and beyond her work duties to ensure the clients are taken care of.

Autumn Beck Blackledge and her staff have been amazing during my divorce process for over the past year. The attention to detail by her and her team made this process as smooth as possible considering the circumstances. They always gave prompt attention to any questions that I had regarding my divorce, time sharing, finances, etc. I was very pleased with her performance in the courtroom. She is intelligent, extremely supportive and I am satisfied with the outcome of my divorce that I was able to get with her assistance. I highly recommend Autumn and her team!