Karen D. Hatton

Karen D. Hatton

also known as Hatton Law, PA

3.3
Rating: 7.4

Licensed for 24 years

Criminal defense Lawyer at Mayo, FL
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Family, Expungement

110 S. Fletcher Ave., P.O. Box 446, Mayo, FL

About Karen

Biography

Practice Areas

3

Practice Areas

Criminal Defense 50%

All types of criminal cases, from juvenile cases to capital felonies.

26 years

50%
Family 49%

Dissolution of marriage, dependency cases, guardianship, paternity, child custody, and all other areas.

11 years

49%

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Licenses

Licensed in Florida for 24 years

State: Florida

Acquired: 2001

Member in Good Standing

No misconduct found

Location

Hatton Law, P.A.

110 S. Fletcher Ave., P.O. Box 446, Mayo, FL, 32066

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Karen D. Hatton's Reviews

Avvo Review Score

3.3 /5.0

7 Client Reviews

5 star (4)
4 star (0)
3 star (0)
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1 star (3)

Posted by Tracy | March 31, 2022 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Professional, positive, knowledgeable, kind

Hatton Law, has been amazing to our family she helped when us with a legal matter where a family member was wrongly accused. We are on a fixed income and she worked out a payment plan that allowed us to hire her so the family member had a dedicated attorney to help them. I will definitely be using Ha...tton Law in the future for additional legal matters I may have. I highly recommend her.

Posted by anonymous | March 5, 2021 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Extremely poor

Do not waste your time or money. Honestly, just run. Used this lawyer due to our old lawyer not practicing anymore. We paid well above what this office deserved. Unanswered phone calls, emails, etc. on more than one occasion. We continued to use her because she was familiar with the case at that poin...t and we were going to court one more time. We went ahead and paid thousands of dollars to put on our account so that when we did go to court for the last time the expenses were already handled. This lawyers office then went and advertised under a fake reviewer that this was used "as a retainer" when it most certainly was not. She was already retained as our lawyer and had been paid in full for all past work and was then paid more for future work if needed. When requesting an invoice to show where all the money that was previously given them had gone this could not be provided. When needing to get a hold of someone for emergent questions concerning our children there would be days before a response and when the response was provided it was summed up as "our hands are tied." Do yourself a favor and spend your money and time elsewhere.

Posted by anonymous | February 12, 2021 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Excellent Family Law and Criminal Law Attorney

Hatton Law has handled two cases for me and the results were beyond my expectations. I could not have asked for a better attorney and staff! Karen Hatton is so knowledgeable and caring that if I ever need an attorney again, she is the one and only for me! Go Karen!!!!! Thank you for saving my life...!

Posted by Kathy | March 13, 2020 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

excellent

When my daughter abandoned her children the youngest one that is 9 we had so many questions about how we could help him. Its not that easy like even enrolling him into school or go to the doctor. We were blessed that Karen's practice was in our home town. She instantly gave us a feeling of being comf...ortable with her and she guided us through what we needed to do for him. We were able to get custody of him because of Karen's commitment to all of us and because she is one smart lady. She is a kind of quiet easy going person but when she has to rise to the occasion as an old saying she can turn from a cuddly kitty to a full grown lioness. She even had crayons, coloring books and goodies for our grandson. She accomplished what we needed to secure him in a loving home not to mention the whole office made you feel like you were just visiting friends. I have told everyone I know if you need a lawyer go see Karen. I don't know where we would be without her.

Posted by anonymous | August 19, 2019 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Avoid

Hired this attorney and she made matters worst..As a potential client, please do your research, she'll tell you what you want to hear, after you sign that contract, she does very little for your case besides charge you lots of money for her gain..Her paralegal team will call and leave threatening m...essages if your behind on payments. Nevertheless, facing a legal matter is stressful, but hiring Ms. Hatton will make your matter even worst.

Karen Hatton

Replied last August 20, 2019

It's unfortunate, but this is the same person that keeps posting the same nonsense here. She moved out of the area against my advice and signed a negotiated mediation agreement, then wanted to cancel it. This was over 2 years ago. I can only give advice. It's up to you to accept or reject it and take the consequences. And yes. A signed contract should be honored, whether it is a negotiated mediation agreement or a retainer agreement.

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Karen D. Hatton's Lawyer Endorsements

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Angela Cancio

Criminal defense lawyer | Oct 16

Relationship: Opposing Counsel on matter

"I endorse this lawyer. I have had the pleasure of litigating Many cases with Mrs . Hatton. Without a doubt Mrs Hatton is very knowledgeable and an asset to our legal community."

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Angela Cancio

Family lawyer

Experience

Rating:  7.4 (Very Good)

Work Experience

2016 - Present

Owner, Hatton Law, PA

2000 - 2016

Assistant State Attorney, State Of Florida State Attorney's Office

Associations

2016 - Present

Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Member

Education

2000

St. Thomas University School of Law

Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor

1998

Eckerd College

BA - Bachelor of Arts

Languages

English

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