Maren Castillo
Founding attorney, divorce and parenting plans
Maren works with parents in the first, foggiest weeks of a divorce, and stays with them until the judgment is signed.
Maren handles divorces from the first filing to the final judgment, and most of the parenting plans that go with them. She started Lantern Family Law after years of watching clients open invoices they hadn't expected, and she still writes every flat-fee quote herself.
On a first call she asks two questions before any others: are you safe, and how are the children sleeping.
Focus
- Uncontested and contested divorce
- Parenting plans
- Dividing a house, a business or a pension
Admissions and education
Bar admissions
Oregon
2011
Washington
2013
Courts
All Oregon circuit courts
2011
Oregon Court of Appeals
2011
Education
J.D., University of Washington School of Law
2011
B.A., History, Reed College
2007
Languages
English
Spanish
Memberships
Oregon State Bar, Family Law Section
Multnomah Bar Association
How Maren works
Maren keeps a short list of what happens next at the top of every email, so you can find your place without reading the whole thread.
She prefers to settle when settling is safe and fair, and she prepares every case as if it might go to trial, so the other side can tell.
Outside the office she coaches a Saturday soccer team in Sellwood, which she says is the best training she's had for mediation.
Book a free call with Maren
Thirty minutes, by video or phone, and a written quote afterwards if you'd like one.
A first call doesn't make us your lawyers; a signed engagement letter does.