Paul John Hamlin Jr.

From the moment I walked in and spoke to Mary Beth,, I felt cared for and important. I went in with a felony from habitual misdemeanors with only a offer for prison. Mary Beth assured me that Mr Hamlin would do everything possible to help me. I was able to put cash down and they set up a helpful paym...ent schedule, I met Mr Hamlin a shirt while later and my record is horrendous, he looked it all over and I watched him, and could actually see his mind working, figuring out how he would approach our defense, he never, not once acted superior or judgmental based on my history. That's not something that's common, most of the time when I've spoken to lawyers I got judgement or I could feel the difference in the way they treated me after they checked my history and saw how difficult a deal or even dealing with the state would be, mr Hamlin assured me he would do everything possible to help me, and he went through the process of what he would do at each stage. Most lawyers in my experience tell you all these wonderful things and then just try to make a deal, Mr Hamlin was ready to defend me at trial and never influenced my decision just gave me his wisdom. Imagine my surprise when I showed up for court and he told me that my charge was getting dropped. That wasn't ever a thought in my mind, I mean I was caught red handed, and had no legitimate defense. He searched for the parties involved and found they had moved, they were unable to be reached or brought in as witnesses and that made the officers testimony hearsay, he immediately pressed the state attorney and within a couple days I had a letter of NOLO in my mailbox saying all charges dropped, at that time I had another case going on Paul wasn't representing me on, but the situation turned out to be very close to the same. My public defender was telling me to take the 90 days in jail. After Paul beat that charge I was able to explain to the woman how to properly defend me, she filed dismissal papers on the same grounds, charges dropped two days later. He was a huge blessing, he gave me a second chance at the rest of my life. After all that, I still owed him money and have been paying payments weekly, and when I pay him he always has a kind word or wisdom to bestow on me. He's a great lawyer and rolemodel. I hopefully will never be in trouble again, but if I do, I'll never use anyone but him

OMGoodness...what a kind, thoughtful and caring attorney. I called the office of Mr. Hamlin on the morning of Tuesday, January 24, 2016....got voice-mail so I left a message with a brief description of the circumstances and the urgency of needing attorney representation due to receiving paperwork in...dicating that we needed to appear in court on Wednesday, 02.01.2017. Within the hour I received a call back from his wonderful legal assistant ready to schedule a phone consultation that same very day. After the first consultation I forwarded the paperwork we received to Mr. Hamlin for his review. Once Mr. Hamlin reviewed the paperwork he had his legal assistant give us another call to schedule yet another phone CONSULTATION for the next day, Wednesday, Jan. 25th, at no charge. During both phone consultations Mr. Hamlin spoke to us about our situation with such professionalism and kindness. Mr. Hamlin cared enough about our situation and felt very confident that he could help us...that he was willing to take our case with very short notice...right in the midst of all his many other cases at which time he earned our respect so very quickly we did indeed retain Mr. Hamlin. Mr. Hamlin and his legal assistant made our case a priority (like we only had 11 days from the date of receipt of the paperwork on 1/20 to the scheduled date of 2/1 to appear in court at 8:00a.m. with four of those days being weekend days). However, at the end of the day on 2/1...we walked away from the court room with a GREAT BIG WIN...the case was thrown out!! If you are looking for a hardworking, dedicated and wonderful attorney in the Pensacola, FL area that also has a great legal assistant...Hamlin & Hamlin Law office is the one to call. I highly recommend Mr. Hamlin and his firm. Thank you.

Paul Hamlin and his office coordinators were excellent representation. From my first meeting with Mary Beth until my last hearing with Paul I felt understood and cared about. They went out of their way to keep me updated and put me at ease through an otherwise terrifying journey. Paul Hamlin was able... to get all my charges dropped and the case dismissed within a few months. He absolutely turned a nightmare into a miracle. I would definitely recommend him and his office for anyone in need. Everyone in the office is caring and professional and will go out of their way to help you.