Ms. Carter Barron Casteel is a lawyer practicing family law. Carter received a M.A. degree from Southwest Texas State University in 1971, and has been licensed for 41 years. Carter practices at Casteel & Casteel in New Braunfels, TX.
She is amazing and just always knows what needs to be done.
She is feared in this county (& surrounding counties) because of her aggressiveness & effectiveness! I love her, her son, Barron, and her daughter Cheryl as well. They are well respected in our area!
My attorney was Cheryl Casteel. She was professional, knowledgeable, and caring. She took the extra time and effort to explain matters in terms that were easy to understand. She was also easily reached or responded to messages in a timely manner.
Not efficient, client-focused, or interested in resolving cases in a time-sensitive manner. They make something relatively peaceful and simple and expensive drawn out fight over items that end up right where they started. Lots of menial paperwork and failure to communicate with opposing counsel on simple items often directly results in more billable hours and a more contentious case. More often than not, instead of communicating with opposing counsel via telephone or correspondence, Casteel files for a court date and includes combative language stating "opposing counsel has been unwilling..." without attempting once to reach out to negotiate. As with any attorney, anytime you go to court you can expect to exhaust as least $2,000 of your retainer. In the case of Casteel, you will make multiple trips, but rarely if ever actually see the judge. Instead, you sit in a conference room for hours while the attorneys bounce back and forth, negotiating, and eventually reach to no agreement. An
